Healthcare Assistant in St Helens

Location: Saint Helens
Salary: £13.00 per hour
Recruiter: Apollo Home Healthcare
Job Hours: Part-time

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Job description

Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with young adults?

Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support?

If you are an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to expand your skills and knowledge into complex clinical care or if you already have complex care experience, this could be the perfect job role for you!

Meet our service user

Our service user is a male in his late teens who lives with his family in St Helens, he requires support throughout the day on a 2:1 basis.

He is very sociable and loves interacting with his family and care team, he gets a lot of enjoyment out of listening to music and loves to watch TV. His favourite channel to watch his CBeebies, especially his favourite programme which is In the Night Garden.

Throughout the day, your role will include assisting with mobility, supporting with his personal care, and attending to his clinical care needs when required. You will ensure his safety and well-being, and assist him to enjoying his hobbies, and interests, along with various social activities.

Essential Experience Required

  • 3 months previous care experience
  • Personal Care
  • Moving and Handling
  • Medication Administration
  • Desirable Experience

  • Cerebral Palsy Awareness
  • Epilepsy Awareness
  • PEG Feeding
  • We have the following shifts available;

  • Part Time Days
  • 3:30pm – 8pm
  • 2-3 Shifts Per Week
  • Take a look at our pay rates

    Weekdays: £13.00 per hour (£58.50 approx. per 4.5hr shift)

    Weekends : £13.50 per hour (£60.75 approx. per 4.5hr shift)

    Bank Holiday : £17.00 per hour (£76.50 approx. per 4.5hr shift)

    This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service user and really make an impact on his day-to-day life.

    Why work for Apollo Home Healthcare? We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users. We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this. In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:
  • Flexible hours to suit
  • Confirmed rotas
  • Excellent rates of pay
  • Holiday pay
  • Full clinical training
  • Opportunity to work with other service users in the area
  • Ongoing professional training and development
  • Please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01902 847111 or email on to find out more. Apply for this job

    About Apollo Home Healthcare


    Our purpose has always been to provide a complex homecare service that we would be happy for our own family members to receive. Our dedicated and experienced local teams are committed to ensuring that we consistently deliver a high quality, person-centred service to our clients with life-limiting needs and conditions.

    We go above and beyond to ensure that our clients can live the life they want to live and achieve all their aspirations along the way. Most importantly, enabling them to do this from the comfort of their own home. That’s why our team are an integral part of our success, ensuring that we continually deliver compassionate, high-quality personal care.

    As a trusted provider of complex care in the home, we operate through local operational hubs across the UK. We work in partnership with Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Case Managers, Local Authorities as well as private clients and those arranging care funded through their Personal Health Budget (PHB).

    We understand the importance of regular quality placements of work and we ensure that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers receive ongoing support, training, and development to help them grow their career.

    As well as our many front line care roles we also have a range of opportunities to join our growing central office team and local operational hubs. We have roles that support the recruitment, coordination, clinical oversight and management of each package of care that we deliver. There are also a range of roles to support our central office team, including clinical, quality, finance, recruitment, compliance and commercial roles.

    We strive to find like-minded people who share our passion for the delivery of high-quality care in the home. If this sounds like you, take a look through our available jobs or get in touch to find out how you can enjoy ongoing training and development, career progression and sector-leading benefits.

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