Vacant job

The Care and Elderly Administration in Borås City works towards the goal that both younger and older residents in need of care, support, service, health care, and preventive health work should have a good life every day. The administration consists of over 2,600 employees. We are now expanding our operations with specialist-trained nursing assistants!

We who work at the Care and Nursing Home at Våglängdsgatan 153 are a wonderful team consisting of nursing assistants, care assistants, SoL supporters, coordinators, and unit managers. With us, men and women with different backgrounds and experiences work together, enriching our operations and broadening our competence. The Care and Nursing Home at Våglängdsgatan consists of 6 departments, each with 20 apartments. The focus is on people with dementia. A good working environment is important to us, and at Våglängdsgatan, management and employees work together to promote a good working climate where everyone can thrive. Job satisfaction, collaboration, and collegial support are keys to the work that we collectively contribute to and take responsibility for creating. Within the Care and Nursing Home, systematic quality work is an important building block, and we strive to offer all users care and service measures of good quality.

As a specialist nursing assistant, your position is based on regular nursing assistant tasks, as well as performing tasks within your specialist area. You are a hub in the person-centered care and support around the user. Care measures and health care tasks are performed by delegation, and you document in our journal systems and design implementation plans. You work both independently and together with colleagues within the unit and in the interdisciplinary team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists. As a specialist nursing assistant, you contribute to the development of the operations within your specialist area, both in daily meetings with users and relatives, as well as in method guidance and competence development of colleagues. Other tasks in the role may include participating in/driving development work, monitoring the external environment, spreading knowledge within the specialist area, and working with quality registers, follow-up work of deviations, and supporting colleagues in social documentation. Evening and weekend shifts are included in the position.

In addition to meaningful work tasks, good collegial community, and good working conditions, you as an employee within Borås City are offered employee benefits in the form of wellness grants, free swimming in the municipality's swimming pools, benefit bicycles, and a variety of activities organized by the employee association MerKraft.

We are looking for someone who has a high school education in care and support. You also have a vocational college degree as a specialist nursing assistant of at least 200 vocational college credits, or alternatively 60 university credits in geriatrics and elderly health, dementia, or palliative care. You have at least 2 years of professional experience as a nursing assistant. Work experience in the specialist area is an advantage. You have good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written. To succeed in the role, you have good pedagogical skills and an understanding of both the user perspective and the operational perspective. Before an offer of employment, you need to present an extract from the police criminal record.

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