Healthcare Assistants for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

We are now looking for healthcare assistants for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Västmanlands Hospital in Västerås. With us, you will be part of a dedicated team working with some of the most acute and complex patients in healthcare. As a healthcare assistant in the ICU, you play a vital role in the care team, where your work makes a concrete difference for patients and their relatives.

Job Responsibilities

In the intensive care unit, the county's sickest patients are cared for, with failure in vital functions such as breathing, circulation, and consciousness. Many of our patients are unconscious or sedated and need assistance with all aspects of care.

As a healthcare assistant with us, you will be welcomed into a staff-dense environment with good camaraderie and close teamwork. We work in teams together with nurses, doctors, and physiotherapists. Our patients require constant monitoring and presence of staff. To make this possible, healthcare assistants work with one to two patients, depending on the care needs. You are a crucial piece in the care of our patients and their relatives.

Your workdays will consist of close care and being the patient's security during severe illness and injury. During our rounds, we prefer the whole team to participate if possible, as healthcare assistants have important insights and observations about how the patient is doing. We work in a technology-rich environment with many different devices around the bed that the patient needs, such as monitoring equipment, ventilators, medication pumps, and dialysis.

The training period is approximately ten weeks with the possibility of extension. After the training period, you will have a colleague who is your mentor during the first year. It is important for us that you feel secure in your professional role.

About the Workplace

The Intensive Care Unit at Västmanlands Hospital in Västerås is focused on general intensive care. We currently have up to 8 beds and about 850 patients per year. Our goal is to expand with more beds in the future. With us, you will meet patients of all ages with various diagnoses, so the variation is as great as the competence is high. It is exciting to be part of this advanced form of care!

Within Region Västmanland, we have a time valuation model that affects the number of hours worked when you work nights. This means that there will be better schedules with opportunities for recovery when working on rotation. The employment entails a collective responsibility for staffing every day of the year and every hour of the day. The calculations in the time valuation model are based on a full-time measure of 37 hours/week. If you want to work only nights, you have a weekly working time of 32 hours as a full-time measure, and then there is no other time valuation. Even if you are interested in pure night shifts, you need to be prepared to initially work a period of days/evenings to gain the experience and routines required for night work.

For us, it is important that you feel good and enjoy your job, which is why we offer you:

• tailored introduction program
• opportunity for professional development
• free training at our fully equipped gym
• healthcare allowance of 3000 SEK/year

More about your benefits can be found here: Your Benefits (https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/)

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has a healthcare assistant education with certification for a protected professional title and at least 2 years of professional experience as a healthcare assistant. If you have worked in emergency care or intensive care before, it is certainly a great advantage, but we also welcome you if you have the curiosity and drive to learn intensive care work.

As a person, you contribute with a positive attitude to your work. You have the ability to create a calm and secure environment for your patients and colleagues and thrive in close collaboration with others. The pace of work can vary, so you need to be prepared for when plans change and be able to quickly adjust. There is much to learn here, so it is important to be curious and always dare to ask if you are unsure.

With us, you will have the opportunity to work in a safe and educational environment where we value your commitment and your willingness to contribute. We look forward to welcoming you to our team and giving you the opportunity to grow both professionally and personally.

Employment Conditions

Permanent employment, rotating position, Full-time. Start date by agreement.

Application

Welcome with your application by February 3, 2026.

When you apply, please only attach your CV and any certificates. You will also be asked to answer a number of questions that are part of our selection assessment. We do not use cover letters in our recruitment process.

Read more about our recruitment process and how to create a good CV here: Applying for a Job in Region Västmanland (https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/)

Attach your certificate of protected professional title with your application.

If you proceed in the recruitment process, you will be asked to answer a number of video questions.

Information on Protected Professional Title

Healthcare assistant is a protected professional title. This means that you need a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare to use the title healthcare assistant in healthcare and social services. Follow the link to apply for a protected professional title: Protected Professional Title for Healthcare Assistants (https://legitimation.socialstyrelsen.se/skyddad-yrkestitel-for-underskoterska/)

About the Region

If you want to know more about what it is like to work with us, you can see more on the region's Instagram account: Region Västmanland Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/regionvastmanland/)

We in Region Västmanland are responsible for health, medical, and dental care for all residents of the county. We also work with everything from public transport and culture to business issues, education, and research. Together we are 7,000 employees, with 300 different professions, in ten locations.

We are at the heart of what affects people's lives. Every day. Together we are driven to create a better society for all who live and work here. We develop and find new solutions to meet people – where they are. That is how we can live up to our stakeholders' and residents' high expectations.

Together we make a difference. For real.

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