Vacant job

We are currently looking for a qualified Nursing Assistant (Undersköterska) with a genuine commitment to working with our elderly residents at Danvikshem. We offer you a varied job where you can be creative, spread joy, and where your competence and knowledge are highly valued!

Highlights of the job:

• The right competence in the right place: Make use of your full professional competence as a Nursing Assistant.

• Shorter work week for night shifts: With us, full-time work corresponds to 34 hours and 20 minutes per week for those working nights.

• Great teamwork: Become part of an engaged and professional team where everyone collaborates and contributes their specific expertise.

• Unique location and history: Fantastic surroundings and work environment with a strong sense of community among colleagues and residents.

• A non-profit public foundation: The Danviks Hospital Foundation is the oldest still-active foundation in Sweden.

Danvikshem is a care and nursing home, beautifully located at Danvikstull, right on the border between Nacka and Stockholm.

Scroll down to read more about the job and what we offer you!

About the role

At Danvikshem, your main task as a Nursing Assistant is to ensure that our residents feel well. You do this by providing support to our residents and performing care and nursing interventions. You receive a lot of appreciation in return, a feeling that makes you feel good too!

The work is done based on clear planning and routines. You work together with engaging and knowledgeable colleagues. Care and nursing for a resident take place in close collaboration between nursing assistants and other professions such as registered nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and activity leaders. All to provide the best possible care and nursing for every resident.

Make use of your full professional competence With us, you get the opportunity to work with what you are best at. As a trained Nursing Assistant, this means you only work within your field of education – care and nursing. Cleaning is handled by our cleaning staff, and meals are prepared by our skilled chefs in our own kitchen. This allows you to focus on the care and the people living here. Simply put, perform the tasks you are educated for!

We are now looking for new colleagues for three permanent night shifts on our dementia units:

• two positions at 76.2% (16 shifts over 6 weeks)

• one position at 85.7% (17 shifts over 6 weeks)

Your knowledge and experience

We are looking for a fully qualified Nursing Assistant with a few years of experience working in elderly care, who shares our genuine interest and commitment to working with the elderly.

Your personal qualities are important to us, therefore we are looking for someone who:

• enjoys taking responsibility and working independently

• has a strong sense of service

• is willing to share your knowledge with your colleagues

• has the ability to see and understand the individual's needs and wishes

• wishes to provide good and thoughtful care.

We also have some requirements

• You are a trained Nursing Assistant with a few years of experience from working in elderly care

• You have good command of Swedish, both spoken and written.

• You have good computer skills.

Merits:

• Experience of working nights in elderly care

• Education in dementia care.

About the recruitment process

Selection is ongoing, and the position may be filled before the final application date – therefore, it is recommended not to delay your application.

Before any employment, an extract from the criminal record register together with a valid photo ID must be presented. If you are called for an interview, you must be able to prove that you have the right to work in Sweden, by showing that you have citizenship within the EU/EEA or a valid work permit.

Before any potential night employment, a medical check-up will be conducted by our occupational health service.

A probationary period may apply.

Application deadline: 2026-04-19

Contact persons:
Amir Chowdhury, Unit Manager: [email protected]
Torbjörn Andersson, Unit Manager: torbjö[email protected]

Please note that we do not accept applications via email.

Warmly welcome with your application!

About Danvikshem

Danvikshem is run by the Danviks Hospital Foundation, which has been operating care and nursing activities since the mid-16th century and is Sweden's oldest active foundation. The goal of our activities has for centuries been to provide good care, food, and shelter to those in need with kindness and thoughtfulness.

We are today around 250 colleagues working together with the goal of providing a meaningful existence and the best care to those we exist for. Our core values are: thoughtfulness as a foundation – professional skill as a means – quality of life as a goal. As a non-profit actor, our surplus is reinvested in the operations.