About this role
Job summary
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* **Healthcare Assistant**
* **Location:** Warrington, WA4
* **Pay Rate:** £14.50 £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 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**
We are expanding our Warrington services and are seeking compassionate, reliable Healthcare Assistants to provide dedicated support for a lady in her 50s with complex clinical needs.
You will play a vital role in her care journey, supporting her while she is awaiting discharge from a specialist neurological care and rehabilitation setting, helping her to return safely and comfortably to her family home.
This is a highly rewarding opportunity where you will be instrumental in delivering person-centred care, working closely with a dedicated team to ensure her clinical needs are met while also promoting comfort, dignity, and wellbeing during this important stage of her recovery.
At home, you will provide support with personal care, moving and handling needs and attend to her complex clinical care requirements.
You will also offer companionship and support her to engage in her favourite activities, providing meaningful interaction and support both day and night.
About us
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**Please note:** Due to the nature of our vacancies, our clients have the right to request either female or male staff.
Our client has specifically requested female staff only to join their care 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
* Willingness to travel for shadowing and training opportunities
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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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Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer, advertising numerous vacancies on behalf of our clients and these specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation.
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
3 months previous care experience Personal care Moving and handling Clear Communication Skills
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
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The area below is where the role is located:
Warrington
WA1 4LN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)