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Coordinator for Vätterngården in Vadstena
Vadstena kommunÖstergötlands län, Vadstena
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Vadstena is an attractive municipality located on the beautiful Östgötaslätten, overlooking Lake Vättern. It offers a unique historical environment with roots dating back to the Middle Ages. The municipality has approximately 7,500 inhabitants and provides high-quality municipal services, good housing, and fantastic cultural and natural experiences. Simply put, it’s a place you long for. Vadstena municipality is one of the largest employers in the area with 600 employees across a hundred different professions.
Vätterngården's care and nursing home consists of 54 apartments distributed across five departments, two of which are focused on dementia care. Vätterngården has about 60 permanent employees. At the office, there is a coordinator and two unit managers who work closely together.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Our coordinator is leaving us to pursue other challenges. As a coordinator, you are an important support function for the unit manager and the employees. The work is carried out in close collaboration with the unit managers, but you are expected to work independently in prioritizing and following up on your own tasks.
You will support the managers in leading employees both individually and in groups, which requires a high level of personal maturity. You will have an overall coordination responsibility for the unit's staff. This responsibility includes administrative tasks such as staffing, scheduling, managing sick leave and vacation, students, invoice handling, ordering consumables, and planning joint activities. You will also be involved in the recruitment process for substitutes and responsible for planning introductions. You will also contribute to the ongoing improvement of work methods and routines.
As a coordinator, you will assist with the move-in and move-out of residents, and therefore you will have continuous contact with case managers and relatives.
In this role, you must be able to collaborate with employees as well as external contacts such as staffing planners, case managers, nurses, rehab staff, and relatives.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone with a completed upper secondary education in care and nursing. You should have good knowledge of the Swedish language and a strong ability to communicate in both speech and writing.
To succeed in this role, you need prior experience in staffing planning and other administrative tasks. You should have good computer skills and experience with scheduling in TimeCare and Personec P. You should also have excellent knowledge of and prior experience with the operational system VIVA.
Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability for the role.
We are looking for someone who is easy to collaborate with, service-oriented, and able to build good relationships. You enjoy working and networking with multiple professions and have an interest in welfare technology and digitalization. We also see that you have a positive attitude towards work that contributes to a good working climate.
You are attentive, flexible, solution-focused, and take responsibility for and organize your work effectively. You have clear and good communication skills and take the initiative for improvement efforts and development of the organization. To succeed in this role, you need to be confident in yourself and professional in your approach and have a good demeanor. You should not be afraid to take command and speak in front of a group.
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In this recruitment process, we apply ongoing selection, which means that candidates may be contacted before the application deadline has passed. We only accept applications via our recruitment system, which you can access through the link below the application.
Don’t forget to motivate as thoroughly as possible why you are suitable for this position and to update relevant information for the position in your CV.
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