Do you want to work in a home care group that is stable, inclusive, and solution-focused?

Then you have come to the right place!

The Health and Care Administration in Östersund Municipality is looking for you who are a care assistant or trained nursing assistant for home care in Orrviken. Here, you will work together with six dedicated colleagues who are all passionate about providing good and secure care. Our base is in Orrviken, where you will have the opportunity to enjoy beautiful surroundings and moments of recovery between visits to citizens. Our unit has a close collaboration with the home care service Frösödal, and we support and help each other as needed. We place great emphasis on a good working environment so that everyone feels well and can provide good service to our citizens.

The position is full-time with the possibility of a lower working degree. Working hours are scheduled for day, evening, and weekend shifts according to a rolling six-week schedule. A probationary period may be applied.

Your new job

As a care assistant or nursing assistant in home care, you will work with personal care and service in citizens' homes. You will promote physical, mental, and social health for the citizens you assist. Your mission is to support the citizen and facilitate their daily life. You provide personal care based on individual needs and perform delegated health and medical care tasks such as specific care and rehabilitation. You will collaborate with nursing assistants, care assistants, coordinators, district nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and unit managers. Documenting in our operational systems is an important part of your duties.

Common tasks

• Assist citizens with personal hygiene and basic care
• Support during transfers
• Administration of medication according to medical delegation and prescription
• Preparation of light meals
• Bandaging
• Care of various internal outlets (e.g., urinary catheters or stomas)
• Simple wound dressing
• Care documentation
• Dishes and light cleaning tasks

Your qualifications

Requirements

• At least one year of work experience in home care
• Driver's license B
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written

Meritorious

• Trained nursing assistant
• Experience from municipal health and medical care
• Experience as a contact person
• Good computer skills

We are looking for you

You are a responsive and engaged person with great respect for our elderly. As a person, you are flexible, unpretentious, and have good collaboration skills as well as a strong commitment. We also value that you are open to new ideas and see opportunities, as well as having a desire to contribute to the development and improvement of the operation. You should be confident and stable in your professional role and also help our citizens feel involved.

A message from your future manager

Welcome to home care in Orrviken! My name is Anton, and I am the unit manager for the home care group in Orrviken. I have been a manager since 2021 and find home care to be a very fun, interesting, and rewarding field. It is important for me to be available for you and your colleagues as much as possible. My goal is for the workgroup to focus on the citizens and for them to feel secure in knowing what to do and what is expected. I strive to recruit employees with different strengths and experiences to give the group breadth. We should all feel that we enjoy going to work and have a good feeling in our stomachs when the work shift is over. You are doing a fantastic job!

Best regards, Anton Thorngren

The recruitment process

Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis. We ask that you attach your CV and cover letter to your application. Grades/certificates do not need to be sent in. We will ask you to provide these if it becomes relevant for an interview.

Östersund Municipality has considered the choice of advertising channels before advertising and therefore requests no calls from recruitment firms and ad sellers.

What do we offer?

Östersund Municipality offers you benefits such as paid vacation from the first year of employment, vacation exchange, wellness grants, or wellness hours. Through our benefits portal, you can access independent pension advice and a variety of discounts and offers. You can also receive quick and professional support from various specialists, such as psychologists, lawyers, and economists, through the Employee Support service. You can read more about our benefits on our website: https://www.ostersund.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/sa-har-jobbar-vi/lon-och-formaner.html (https://www.ostersund.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/sa-har-jobbar-vi/lon-och-formaner.html)

About the Health and Care Administration

Working with heart with us at the Health and Care Administration means that you contribute to creating simpler, richer, and safer lives for the residents of Östersund. We work with people of all ages and strive to always make a difference in everyday life. It matters. For real.