Vacant job

As an assistant, you will be part of a boy's daily life who lives with his family in Örebro. Getting to know the boy and his family is essential for the assistance to work in the best possible way. The boy is just over a year old and requires assistance around the clock. He receives help with breathing through a tracheostomy tube and is sensitive to infections.

As an assistant, you will receive training in a comprehensive introduction to the medical tasks. The first training session is a full day at LIVA at Karolinska Hospital, and for the remaining part of the introduction, you will shadow and get to know the boy and your work tasks.

As a personal assistant, you work in someone else's home, and it is important that you are attentive to the family's needs. You should be able to work independently but also in collaboration with other assistants and the boy's parents. We are looking for someone who has personal suitability for the role. It is important to us that you are responsible and meticulous in performing your tasks according to instructions. It is also important that your personality contributes to creating a calm and safe environment at home.

Novum is a nationwide assistance provider that operates based on a Christian value foundation, with the ambition to make a difference for the individual, the industry, and society. We are unique in the industry in specializing in children who need respiratory support at home.

Regular workplace meetings take place where the development of the assignment occurs. As an assistance company, we create conditions for the tasks that the assistance requires, in ongoing competence development based on the needs of the assignment. As an assistant, you will thus have the opportunity for personal development both as an individual and in your professional role as an assistant.

We consider the following requirements to work as an assistant in this assignment:

You must be proficient in Swedish, both spoken and written.

You must be smoke-free.

In addition, it is advantageous if you also:

Are a trained nursing assistant.

Have previous documented experience with tracheostomy.

About the position

The position is initially a temporary position that is expected to be extended to a permanent schedule (full-time is 40h/week). The working hours for this assignment vary and include shifts during the day, evening, night, and weekends. We offer a fixed hourly wage according to agreement. Other compensations are according to collective agreements. The selection process is ongoing, and more information will be provided during a possible interview. Start date will be agreed upon.

In this recruitment, we apply a personality test. This takes about 20 minutes to complete, and you will receive an invitation via your email if you meet the requirements for the position. The tests help us match the right person with the right job. In this way, we increase the chances that you, as a hired employee, will enjoy working with us and have the right conditions to succeed in the assignment.

For employment with Novum Assistans, you are required to have a BankID and agree to use your BankID in the service. According to the law (2010:479), regarding background checks of personnel who will perform certain services for children with disabilities, we as employers are required to request a background check from all employees who will work as personal assistants for a child under 18 years old. The background check must be submitted to us as the employer before starting employment. You will order the background check according to LSS from the police. The form is called LSS - perform certain services for children with disabilities (442.9) and can be found at the following web address: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/)