About this role
Job summary
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* **Healthcare Assistant**
* **Location:** Stockport, SK5
* **Pay Rate:** £16.50 - £19.50
* **Shifts:** Part Time| Nights | 10-hour shifts | Alternate Weekends
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**About us**
At Apollo Home Healthcare, we provide high-quality, person-centred care to people in the comfort of their own homes. Every individual we support has unique needs we tailor every care package to them, building a compassionate and skilled team around their requirements.
We live and work by the 6 Cs: **Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage**, and **Commitment** and were looking for people who share those values.
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Main duties of the job
**Meet Our Client**
A precious baby boy is preparing to leave hospital and return to his family home in Stockport, and we are looking for kind and caring Healthcare Assistants to join his dedicated care team.
This is a truly special opportunity to support him on this important journey and help him settle into life at home with his family.
He enjoys calming sensory activities, listening to music, watching Bluey, and story time. Your role will be to provide gentle, compassionate overnight care, keeping a watchful eye to ensure he is safe and comfortable, and creating a calm, soothing environment while he sleeps.
Throughout the night, you will support him with personal care, safe moving and handling, medication administration, and the management of his complex clinical needs, while closely monitoring his wellbeing to ensure he remains comfortable, safe, and supported.
Your care will make a real difference to this little boy and his family, helping them to enjoy these precious early moments together at home.
**Candidates are required to complete essential training and shadowing sessions at the hospital before our client is discharged home. These sessions will take place during the day.**
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About us
**Please note:** Due to the nature of our vacancies, our clients have the right to request either female or male staff.
Our clients family has specifically requested female care staff to join their team.
This isn't just a job its your opportunity to make a real difference in someones life.
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**What Youll Need**
* 3 months care experience
* Confident with medication, personal care, moving and handling
* Clear communication skills
* Confidence in working with children
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**What We Offer**
* Competitive hourly pay with enhancements for nights and weekends
* Regular confirmed rotas and flexible scheduling
* Reward & recognition programme
* Supportive management and 24/7 on-call support
* Opportunity to grow within a values-led, national care provider
**Our funded training, including clinical skills, comes at no cost to you, though attendance is unpaid.**
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Job description Job responsibilities
The role of a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) is to work without direct supervision in the home of the service user providing care and support including personal, social, and domestic support whilst adhering to the service users individual care and support plan.
The aim of the position is to enable service users to remain safely in their own home with as much independence as possible.
Alongside providing care and support in a professional, discreet, and caring manner, always ensuring the service users right to privacy and dignity is maintained
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Medication Management Personal cares Suctioning Tracheostomy
Desirable
Female carers only
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Apollo Home Healthcare
Address 1
Please note we are unable to supply the actual address
Stockport
SK5 6UX
Employer's website https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)