Care Assistant at Skaraborg County Hospital

Nursing homes provide a safe living environment for the elderly with significant daily care and support needs, as well as individuals with dementia. We have eight nursing homes located both centrally and in our surrounding areas. The operation is part of the care and support sector of Skövde Municipality.

The care and support 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.

Here, 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 back 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 support and care possible, 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 professional development, and if you wish, there are plenty of opportunities to try different roles and make an internal career.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are now seeking a new employee for the night shift at Skaraborg County Hospital!

We are looking for someone who wants an exciting and developing job. In the role of care assistant with us, you have the opportunity to help create the best living environment for our users. Our work is based on our guiding principles of safety, responsibility, and respectful interaction, and you play a significant role in the well-being of the residents. You work carefully and professionally with the user, in collaboration with others in the work team. This also means working for good cooperation with other professional groups and relatives.

As a care assistant, you are responsible for ensuring that our users, based on their individual needs, receive social support and care. The assignment also includes performing delegated and prescribed healthcare interventions, according to the Health and Medical Services Act (HSL).

Documentation in our systems is also an important part of the work.

Within the care and support sector, we work flexibly between different units. This means that you will also work shifts in other departments and nursing homes than the one you normally work in.

In this role, you will only work nights (weekdays and every other weekend).

"A fantastic job, you do good. You go home feeling that you have done a good job and helped others. It is a rewarding job, you add a golden touch to everyday life".

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QUALIFICATIONS

To work as a care assistant with us, you need to have a completed high school education from the health and care program or equivalent. It is advantageous if you have had other similar work, preferably with a specialization in dementia, elderly care, or welfare technology, as well as 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 your own organization. We believe that we build a better operation through cooperation and development together with others. You find it easy to create relationships and have a respectful approach. You are a driven person who is not afraid to take initiative. You are secure in your work role and can make independent decisions.

In this role, it is important that you can communicate verbally and in writing in Swedish, as you and the user need to understand each other, but also to carry out documentation. You have computer skills and preferably experience with social documentation.

Skövde Municipality is a Finnish administrative area; if you have knowledge of the Finnish language, it 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 that in you are the real future.

Upon employment, a police record extract must be presented.

As of July 1, 2023, the title of care assistant became a protected professional title. This means that a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare is required to use the title of care assistant within health and social care. Read more on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website.

OTHER

In Skövde Municipality, we work with everything from care, support, and education to infrastructure, maintenance, cultural life, and growth. With us, there are hundreds of professions and 5,500 employees. The work varies depending on which operation we are in, but all represent the same employer, Skövde Municipality, and our common mission is to be a welfare provider, community developer, and employer. Gender-equal, equal, and inclusive operations are a given for us.

As an employee in Skövde Municipality, you are an important player in a team that delivers services and support to our customers every day, all year round. It is in the meeting with our customers that the value of our work arises. We invest in you as an employee and offer professional development, favorable pension terms, wellness grants, as well as several wellness activities and offers. And best of all, we have room for more.

We welcome calls from those interested in the job, but we decline offers from those selling ads and recruitment services.

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