About this role
Job summary
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* **Healthcare Assistant**
* **Location:** Doncaster, DN12
* **Pay Rate:** £14.50 - £16.00 Per hour
* **Shifts:** Part-time | Days: 8am-8pm | Nights: 8pm-8am
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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 currently building a dedicated 2:1 care team to support a lady in her 40s in the Doncaster area as she prepares to be discharged from hospital and return home to live with her husband and son.
This is a meaningful opportunity to be involved from the very beginning, supporting her transition home and helping her to regain independence, confidence, and quality of life within a familiar and loving environment.
You will provide person-centred care tailored to her individual needs, supporting with clinical interventions, assisting with daily routines, and encouraging independence wherever possible.
You will also play an important role in helping her enjoy family life and gradually reconnect with her community.
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**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 clinical interventions as required
* Promoting independence and rehabilitation goals
* Providing companionship and emotional support
* Ensuring comfort and safety during night shifts
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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 care following training
* Clear and effective communication skills
* Willingness to travel for hospital 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 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
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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
Doncaster
DN12 2NA
Employer's website https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)