About this role
Job summary
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* **Healthcare Assistant**
* **Location:** Warrington, WA4
* **Pay Rate:** £14.00 - £20.00 Per hour
* **Shifts:** Full-time & Part-time | Days 8:00am8:00pm | Nights 8:00pm8:00am
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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.
Main duties of the job
**The Role**
We are expanding our Warrington services and are seeking compassionate and reliable Healthcare Assistants to join a 2:1 care team supporting a lady in her 50s with complex clinical needs.
This is a highly rewarding role where you will support her during her transition from a specialist neurological care and rehabilitation setting back into her family home, helping to ensure a safe, comfortable, and well-supported discharge process.
You will play a key role in delivering person-centred care, working closely with a dedicated care team to meet her clinical needs while promoting dignity, comfort, and overall wellbeing during this important stage of recovery.
At home, you will provide support with personal care, moving and handling, and a range of complex clinical interventions. You will also offer companionship and support her to engage in her favourite activities, providing meaningful interaction throughout both day and night shifts.
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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
Providing companionship and emotional support
Promoting comfort, dignity, and wellbeing
Supporting both day and night care needs
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 for shadowing and training opportunities
A caring, patient, and adaptable approach
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.
Additional Information
Please note : Due to the nature of our vacancies, clients may request male or female staff depending on their care needs.
Our client has requested female care 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 Tracheal suction Nebuliser administration PEG Catheter Care Moving and Handling Moving and handling All personal care
Desirable
Female Carers only Looking for staff who are patient, emphatic and understanding.
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
Warrington
WA4 5HY
Employer's website https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)