About this role
Job summary
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* **Healthcare Assistant**
* **Location:** Bury, BL8
* **Pay Rate:** £13.00 - £16.00 Per hour
* **Shifts:** Part-time | Days & Nights | 612 hour shifts | Alternate weekends
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**About us**
At Apollo Home Healthcare, we provide high-quality, person-centred care to individuals in their own homes. Every care package is tailored, with a compassionate and skilled team built around each persons needs.
**We live by the 6 Cs**: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.
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Main duties of the job
**The Role**
We are expanding our Bury services and are seeking compassionate and reliable Healthcare Assistants to support a baby boy with complex clinical needs as part of a dedicated care team.
This is a meaningful opportunity to be part of his journey as he prepares for discharge from hospital and transitions safely into his home environment with his family.
He enjoys social interaction and watching Mickey Mouse Club, and his familys goal is for him to grow and thrive at home, access school in the future, enjoy family outings and holidays, and work towards long-term independence, including potential tracheostomy weaning.
You will provide one-to-one care throughout the day and night, ensuring he remains safe, comfortable, and well supported at all times.
You will play a key role in delivering person-centred clinical care, supporting his daily needs, and maintaining a calm and reassuring environment.
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About us
**Key Responsibilities**
You will provide person-centred care, including:
* Supporting with personal care and daily routines
* Assisting with medication administration
* Supporting with moving & handling needs
* Delivering complex clinical interventions as required
* Maintaining a calm and safe environment
* Supporting comfort, safety, and wellbeing day and night
* Contributing to a smooth hospital-to-home transition
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**What Were Looking For**
* Minimum 3 months care experience
* Confident with medication, personal care, and moving & handling
* Willingness to support with complex clinical care following training
* Clear and effective communication skills
* Willingness to travel to Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital for shadowing and training
* A caring, patient, and adaptable approach
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**What We Offer**
* Competitive pay with enhancements where applicable
* Regular confirmed rotas and flexible scheduling
* Reward & recognition programme
* 24/7 support from a dedicated team
* Ongoing training and development within a national provider
Our funded training (including clinical skills) is provided free of charge; however, attendance is unpaid.
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**Additional Information**
**Please note**: Due to the nature of our vacancies, clients may request male or female staff depending on their care needs.
Our clients family has specifically requested female staff for this package.
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
Tracheostomy Suctioning Nebulisers Saturation monitoring Gastrostomyfeeds
Desirable
Females carers
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
Bury
BL8 3PZ
Employer's website https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)