Summer Temporary Position as Nursing Assistant in Region Östergötland

The healthcare system in Region Östergötland is of high quality and we have high ambitions.

We want to improve care – every day, all year round. In an organization that encompasses everything from highly specialized hospitals to smaller clinics and health centers. Whether you work in a hospital or a health center, with somatic or psychiatric specialist care, you truly make a difference for both patients and their relatives.

Our Offer

A summer temporary position is an opportunity to broaden your experiences and knowledge while establishing valuable contacts for the future. Perhaps you will find the right fit immediately, and when you do – you will know. You are the right person in the right place. And in healthcare, we need people like you.

Job Description

As a nursing assistant, you are a key player in ensuring that life functions as best as possible for patients who need help, support, and care in various ways. You are therefore an important part of the care team where you collaborate with different professionals to perform treatments and examinations.

As a caregiver, you are a key player in ensuring that life functions as best as possible for patients who need help and support to get back on the right path. You are therefore an important part of a team where you collaborate with other caregivers, nurses, doctors, social workers, and psychologists. In the teams, care and treatment are coordinated together with the patients and their relatives based on the individual needs of the patient.

About You

To work as a nursing assistant, you must be a trained nursing assistant. In somatic hospital care, it is, in most units, a requirement to have emergency care 200 credits and approved practical training for that course. To work as a caregiver, you must be a trained caregiver or nursing assistant. You can also be a nursing or medical student who, at the start of employment, is approved in semester 3. For us to provide our patients with good and safe care, it is important that our employees can communicate in Swedish, both verbally and in writing.

Our expectations of you are that you do your best based on your knowledge and ability and always focus on what we are here for – our patients. No matter where you work, you will be part of a team that works together to provide the best possible care and support. Here, you will utilize your natural ability to communicate and create good collaborations. At the same time, you work to ensure that each patient feels safe and well cared for. You do this by being empathetic, attentive, responsive, and having an understanding of people's different conditions and needs.

Application and Employment

If your application is relevant, a request will be sent out via Refapp where you will provide your references for a digital reference check. Once the references are complete, we will contact you. A complete application includes:

• An attached cover letter and a CV where you describe your previous work experiences. If you have done an internship, you can include this.
• Attached certificates from training, licenses, or diplomas. If you do not yet have a diploma, attach a transcript of the courses you have completed (Ladok transcript or high school diploma).
• Indicating the weeks you tentatively believe you can work during the summer of 2025.

If your application is missing any of the above, we may ask you to make a supplement.

Please read more about the recruitment process HERE (HERE).

Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out a document (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

Warmly welcome your application! If you need help registering in the system, please contact customer service Support and Service at 010-103 60 00 during office hours.

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