Child and Student Health

Child and Student Health is a central administrative department for the child and student health work in the schools of Region Gotland.

Child and Student Health has about 55 employees consisting of school doctors, school nurses, psychologists, social workers, physiotherapists, hearing and vision pedagogues, and speech therapists.

Child and Student Health primarily has a health-promoting and preventive mission. Our common statutory main mission is to support students' development towards the goals of education. The Medical Intervention of Student Health (EMI) also has the task of working according to our health-promoting and preventive medical basic program.

Child and Student Health is a well-functioning and driven department that wants to give every employee the opportunity for personal and professional growth by providing a workplace with community, responsiveness, and taking advantage of initiatives, engagement, and responsibility.

We work with evidence-based methods such as PAX in schools, ABC parent groups, and the MI (Motivational Interviewing) method.

The Medical Intervention of Student Health (EMI) is a close-knit group consisting of 20 school nurses and 2 school doctors. We have regular professional group meetings focusing on collegial exchange, equity, quality/patient safety, and development work. The school nurses are organized into smaller teams that have regular meetings, collaborate, and have collegial supervision. As a newly hired school nurse, you will receive a mentor and an introduction tailored to your and the organization's needs. The school nurse group is led by a unit manager with MLA responsibility (medically responsible school nurse with quality responsibility according to health and medical care legislation).

We offer wellness hours/wellness grants and we have regular organized joint wellness and well-being activities.

Your Tasks

As a school nurse, you will work according to our health-promoting and preventive medical basic program. This means offering health visits aimed at assessing the student's general health status, growth, development, and learning. Offering open reception where students can seek help themselves and providing simple medical interventions. Monitoring students' vaccination coverage according to the Public Health Agency's vaccination program and offering supplementary vaccinations as needed.

The work is based on the salutogenic perspective with an emphasis on health-promoting work - what gives and maintains health. You work through your knowledge of the determinants of health, focusing on what support students need in school and what contributes to students' learning, well-being, development, and health.

As a school nurse, you work together with school doctors, social workers, psychologists, and others in the school's student health team led by the principal. The assignment includes providing medical and nursing competence as support in the school's pedagogical work and in the overall planning of student health work. You work to ensure that your knowledge of students' health is utilized in the work of student health and the school.

Who Are You?

We are looking for a licensed nurse with a specialist nursing degree/master's degree with a focus on district, health and medical care for children and adolescents, or school nurse.

We consider it an advantage for the position if you have experience from similar assignments.

The work as a school nurse requires your ability to plan and prioritize your tasks. Since we work in interdisciplinary teams, it is also important that you are good at collaborating with others to achieve set goals together. It also requires that you can make your own decisions and take the initiative to find solutions to situations that may arise.

Great importance will be placed on your personal qualities. A criminal record extract is required before employment.

About the Education and Labor Administration

As part of Region Gotland, we contribute in the Education and Labor Administration to the learning and development of children, young people, and adults. We are responsible for, among other things, preschools, primary schools, after-school care, adapted primary and secondary schools, cultural schools, upper secondary and adult education, labor market initiatives, youth centers, and the reception and establishment of newcomers. Together we provide opportunities for lifelong learning.

About Region Gotland

Region Gotland is not only Gotland's largest employer, but we are also the only region in Sweden that has municipal, health, and medical care responsibilities and regional development responsibilities in one and the same organization. This, together with our island location, creates conditions for good cooperation across our areas of activity.

We have over 7,000 employees. Together we work for a sustainable, inclusive, and well-being society for everyone who visits, lives, and works in Gotland. We are driving the creation of a safe and sustainable development across the entire island.

Gotland is a fantastic place to live, with a rich cultural life, unspoiled nature, and a creative entrepreneurial spirit. We are over 61,000 people who have chosen to live here year-round, and we would love to have more! If you want information about Gotland as a place to live and work, read more at https://gotland.com/leva-bo/flytta-hit/ (https://gotland.com/leva-bo/flytta-hit/)

Through the Instagram account @viarregiongotland (https://www.instagram.com/viarregiongotland/), we showcase the breadth of our professions and the significance of our work for society. Each week, a new employee presents their workday.

Other

Region Gotland works according to a competence-based recruitment method aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thus counteracting discrimination. We place great importance on personal suitability in accordance with the competencies described in the advertisement. We strive for an even gender distribution and see diversity as a strength and welcome applicants with different backgrounds and genders.

The position is filled under the condition that no employee with preferential rights claims it.

As the world changes, Region Gotland increasingly works with quality and safety in the recruitment process. This means that you as a candidate may be subject to certain checks before employment. You will receive information about which checks the position you are applying for may be subject to before or during the interview.

Before all employments, you as a candidate must present ID and a personal certificate.

We kindly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance.