About this role
Nursing Home: A Safe Living Environment for the Elderly
Nursing home is a safe living form for elderly individuals with extensive daily care and support needs and those with dementia. We have eight nursing homes located both centrally and in our surrounding areas. The operation is part of the Healthcare and Social Care Sector of Skövde Municipality.
Healthcare and Social Care Sector has an important societal mission. We work with support, service, care, and assistance for people of all ages, and our operations are characterized by professionalism and human values.
We work together as a team. We help and support each other when needed. You are surrounded by high competence, experienced colleagues, and managers. In this role, you also receive so much in return from those you are there for. Smiles, gratitude, trust, laughter, friendship, and life stories – here you are always appreciated and significant.
To provide the best conditions for our users/patients to receive the best possible support and care, and for our employees to succeed and develop at work, development work and continuous improvements are our focus. We want to be at the forefront of what we do.
As an employee with us, you are important. We want you to develop and stay, which is why you receive ongoing training and skills development. If you wish, there are opportunities to try different roles and make an internal career.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
We are now seeking new employees for Hentorp Nursing Home!
We are looking for someone who wants an exciting and developmental job. In the role of nursing assistant with us, you have the opportunity to help create the best living environment for our users. Our work is based on our core values of safety, responsibility, and respectful treatment, and you are a significant part of the resident's well-being. You work carefully and professionally with the user, in collaboration with the rest of the team. This also means working towards good cooperation with other professional groups and relatives.
As a nursing assistant, you are responsible for ensuring that our users receive social support and care, accompaniment, healthcare, and activation based on their individual needs. The work also includes service tasks such as preparing simple meals, dishwashing, laundry, and cleaning. The assignment also involves performing delegated and prescribed healthcare interventions according to the Healthcare Act (HSL).
Documentation in our systems is also an important part of the work.
In the Healthcare and Social Care Sector, we work flexibly between different units. This means you will also work shifts at other departments and nursing homes other than the one you normally work at.
"Fantastically fun job, you do good. You go home feeling that you've done a good job and helped others. It's a rewarding job that adds a golden edge to everyday life."
/Employee, Healthcare and Social Care Sector
QUALIFICATIONS
To work as a nursing assistant with us, you need to have an approved high school education from the Healthcare and Social Care Program or equivalent. It is meritorious if you have had similar work experience, preferably with a specialization in dementia, elderly care, or welfare technology, and previous experience with delegated tasks.
As a person, you need to be responsible and service-oriented, putting the individual's needs at the center. You are good at collaborating with colleagues, users, relatives, and other partners both within and outside the organization. We believe we build a better operation through cooperation and development together with others. You easily create relationships and have a respectful approach.
In this role, it is important that you can communicate orally and in writing in Swedish, as you and the user need to understand each other, and to complete documentation. You should be computer-literate and preferably have experience with social documentation.
Skövde Municipality is a Finnish administrative area, so knowledge of the Finnish language is especially welcome.
Wanting to care for, support, and develop other people is one of the most needed qualities in our society. And you who have it within you are the real future.
Upon employment, an extract from the police criminal record must be shown.
As of July 1, 2023, nursing assistant became a protected professional title. This means a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare is required to use the title of nursing assistant in healthcare and social care. Read more on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In Skövde Municipality, we work with everything from care, support, and education to infrastructure, maintenance, cultural life, and growth. We have hundreds of professions and 5,500 employees. The work varies depending on which operation we work in, but we all represent the same employer, Skövde