Healthcare Assistant
Healthcare Assistant
Full time
Healthcare
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Complex Home Care
Job Ref 26022
Job description
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 person's needs.
We live by the 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.
The Role
We are supporting a young man in his 20s who lives at home with his parents in Stockport.
He enjoys:
During night shifts, you will be responsible for close monitoring and repositioning him every two hours to ensure his safety and comfort throughout the night.
Due to his complex care needs, you must remain highly vigilant, responsive, and able to act promptly when required.
This is a rewarding opportunity for a compassionate and reliable Healthcare Assistant committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
Key Responsibilities
Additional Information
Please note: Due to the nature of our vacancies, clients may request male or female staff depending on their care needs.
The client has specifically requested female care staff for this role
Job description
- Healthcare Assistant
- Location: Stockport, SK8
- Pay Rate: £14.50 - £17.50 Per hour
- Shifts: Full Time & Part Time | Days & Nights | Shift times vary
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 person's needs.
We live by the 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.
The Role
We are supporting a young man in his 20s who lives at home with his parents in Stockport.
He enjoys:
- Singing nursery rhymes
- Listening to music
- Receiving massages
- Using his soft mirror
- Spending time on his iPad
During night shifts, you will be responsible for close monitoring and repositioning him every two hours to ensure his safety and comfort throughout the night.
Due to his complex care needs, you must remain highly vigilant, responsive, and able to act promptly when required.
This is a rewarding opportunity for a compassionate and reliable Healthcare Assistant committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing high-quality, person-centred care
- Supporting with personal care respectfully and with dignity
- Administering medication as required
- Assisting with Moving & Handling
- Supporting daily routines and clinical care needs
- Monitoring wellbeing and responding to care needs promptly
- Providing companionship and emotional support
- Supporting with nutrition and clinical interventions (as required)
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilation management
- PEG feeding
- Oral suctioning
What We're Looking For - Minimum 3 months' care experience
- Confident with medication, personal care, and Moving & Handling
- Clear and effective communication skills
- Experience supporting children or young people (professional or personal)
- Flexibility with working hours
- Hands-on experience with complex and clinical care is essential
What We Offer - Competitive pay with enhancements for weekends and bank holidays
- Regular confirmed rotas and flexible scheduling
- Reward & recognition programme
- Supportive management and 24/7 on-call support
- Ongoing training and development within a national, values-led provider
Additional Information
Please note: Due to the nature of our vacancies, clients may request male or female staff depending on their care needs.
The client has specifically requested female care staff for this role
Band
- Band 2