Foot Care Specialist Wanted at Rinkeby Health Center

Do you want a meaningful job with a good work environment and great colleagues? Then you should apply to us!

We are now looking for a foot care specialist.

Welcome to Rinkeby Health Center!

We offer you a safe and well-functioning workplace where job satisfaction, quality, continuity, and development are at the center.

Rinkeby Health Center is a well-established clinic with satisfied patients and a stable staff group. We operate in a multicultural community and have about 8,400 registered patients, all of whom have a designated family doctor. The health center is centrally located in Rinkeby center, with a subway ride taking about 20 minutes from T-Centralen.

We have 5 general practitioners, a specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology, 3 ST doctors, an AT doctor, and a licensed physician. We currently have over 1,500 registered patients per specialist and are working towards the goal of 1,100.

We have nurses working with asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, and elderly care. We have our own foot care specialist, rehabilitation coordinator, psychologist, and psychotherapist, with a strong focus on teamwork. We are a stable workgroup that enjoys working together and has low staff turnover. Our foot care specialist works closely with other professional groups at the health center.

You can read more about us at Rinkeby Health Center.

What can we offer you?

We are a flexible, committed, and responsive employer. Development and quality are our motto. We have a wonderful and stable workgroup that enjoys innovative thinking, change, and providing high-quality and developing care together.

We can offer you good working conditions, a stimulating work environment in pleasant premises, flexible hours, wellness benefits, and continuous professional development for you in your profession.

You can read more about this at Benefits at Stockholm County's Healthcare Area.

Job Responsibilities:

All tasks related to medical foot care specialist at the health center.

Your tasks involve medical foot care according to the guidelines included in the agreement. This includes preventing and treating foot problems in the target group and maintaining good foot health. You will independently assess and treat individuals in the target groups based on referral instructions and carry out foot status assessments according to the individual's needs. The work requires broad competence and independence.

Qualifications:

• Education as a nursing assistant according to the older curriculum, three-year nursing and care program in high school, or equivalent education
• Foot care therapists who have had authorization agreements since 2008 and have worked for at least four years under an agreement with Region Stockholm do not need to meet this requirement
• Education as a foot therapist/foot care specialist (at least 20 weeks of training) or a one-year post-secondary education to become a foot therapist/foot care specialist or equivalent education
• Completed basic and advanced courses in foot care therapy in diabetes care at APC (Academic Primary Care Center, diabetes) or equivalent education

Personal Qualities:

We are looking for someone who is engaged in their work, has a good ability to collaborate while also working independently and can take their own initiative. Someone who wants to provide patients and colleagues with a good reception and who is driven to develop in their professional practice. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Employment Type:

Permanent employment. Full-time. Part-time can be discussed. Working hours Monday to Friday, daytime. A probationary period may be applied. Start date according to agreement.

Additional Information:

We will continuously review applications and may call for interviews before the application deadline.

Warm welcome with your application! The position will be filled provided that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to applicable regulations.

For patient-related work within Stockholm County's Healthcare Area:

• background checks will be applied before hiring decisions according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during employment.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment health examination, according to applicable directives, which is conducted through occupational health services before employment.
• in addition to Swedish professional licensure, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements apply to non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County's Healthcare Area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer health and medical care under the auspices of Region Stockholm in psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, rehabilitation and health, and assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. Read more here. (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/)

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