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 specialized 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 optimally for patients who need help, support, and care in various ways. You are thus an important part of the care team where you collaborate with different professionals to perform treatments and examinations.

About You

To work as a nursing assistant, you must be a trained nursing assistant. In somatic hospital care, it is a requirement in most units to have emergency care 200 credits and approved APL for that course. To work as a caregiver, you must be a trained caregiver or nursing assistant. You may also be a nursing or medical student who is approved in semester 3 at the start of employment. To provide our patients with good and safe care, it is important that our employees can communicate in Swedish, both orally 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. Regardless of 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 understanding of people's different circumstances and needs.

Application and Employment

If your application is relevant, a request will be sent out via Refapp where you will need to provide your references for a digital reference check. Once the references are complete, we will call you for a brief check-in where you will indicate which departments you are interested in working in. A complete application includes:

• Attached cover letter and a CV describing 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 taken (Ladok transcript or high school diploma).
• Indicating the weeks you preliminarily believe you can work during the summer of 2025.

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

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

We collect all applications in the same advertisement, regardless of whether you wish to work in Norrköping, Motala, or Linköping, you apply for the job HERE (#) (in the Linköping advertisement)! When you make your application, you will be able to indicate which cities you want to work in.

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

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

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