Ambulance Services in Arvika is Looking for Summer Replacements for Patient Transport

Your Workplace

In Värmland, there are 12 ambulance stations that together operate 24 ambulances, three assessment units, and nine patient transport vehicles. The service also staffs healthcare personnel on service line buses. Close cooperation occurs with the air ambulance and emergency doctor car stationed at Karlstad Airport. The helicopter doctor provides medical support to the ambulance service.

The county's population structure, densely populated in the south and rural in the north, combined with large distances, poses a challenge from an accessibility perspective. The ambulance service is certified according to ISO 9001:2015, management system for quality.

Your Responsibilities

Patient transport offers transportation for patients who, for medical reasons, cannot be transported in any other way than lying down and who do not have care needs during transport. As an employee in patient transport, you will perform medical transports within and outside the county.

Your Skills and Competencies

You who are applying are a nursing assistant, ambulance caregiver, or nursing student in semesters 4-5. You must have a B driver's license with at least three years of driving experience and be proficient in Swedish, both spoken and written.

Great emphasis is placed on personal qualities. You have a good ability to work independently as the job involves solitary work. You are secure, stable, and have self-awareness, adapting your behavior to the situation. Experience from similar work is an advantage.

Before any employment, you must undergo work tests and a health check approved by the region. Region Värmland promotes a drug-free work environment and applies mandatory drug testing for new hires.

Before employment, a test day with interviews and practical tests in the form of physical tests and driving tests will be conducted. If you are a candidate for the position, you will be invited to the day in a separate email.

About Region Värmland

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Do you also want to work for everyone in Värmland? Welcome with your application.

Other

In connection with potential employment, we may ask you as an applicant to provide an extract from the police criminal record. Before employment in psychiatric care, care of persons with disabilities, or care of children or adolescents, the employer conducts a check in the police's suspicion and criminal record. A result in this register may affect your employment opportunities.

If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the HR Competence Supply Unit via the Region's switchboard at 010-831 50 00. You will then receive assistance in submitting your application without it being handled in Varbi. Please only include information that is relevant to the current position.

In preparation for the recruitment process, Region Värmland has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.