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Nursing Assistant (Undersköterska) at Sörgården Short-Term Care Facility in Kristinehamn

Do you want to work in a place where your engagement truly matters? Where friendly treatment, security, and care are just as important as competence and experience?

We are currently looking for a nursing assistant for our short-term care facility, Sörgården. Here, we meet people during a period in life when they need extra support, recovery, and secure care. With warmth, respect, and presence, we help our residents have the best possible stay, and we do it together as a team.

With us, you will get a meaningful job where you have the opportunity to make a real difference, while becoming part of a workplace with community, heart, and pride in what we do.

Do you feel this could be right for you? We warmly welcome your application!

About the Workplace

Sörgården is located centrally in Kristinehamn and the unit has 16 places distributed over two floors. We are part of the Support, Care, and Welfare Administration in Kristinehamn Municipality. The administration's core activity is to provide nursing, care, and rehabilitation for the elderly, as well as support and services for people with disabilities.

Number of positions: 1

Job Responsibilities

At Sörgården's short-term care facility, you work with individuals receiving short-term care, alternating care, or respite care according to the Social Services Act. The stay with us may vary depending on the individual's needs, but our goal is always the same: to create security, provide good nursing care, and contribute to recovery and increased independence.

The work is based on a person-centered approach where each user's resources, needs, and goals form the basis for planning and implementation of measures. You work with a rehabilitative and health-promoting approach and support the user in daily activities with a focus on preserving and strengthening the individual's own abilities.

As a nursing assistant with us, you perform nursing tasks and also work with delegated and prescribed tasks from nurses, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists. You are an important part of the team around the user and actively contribute to follow-up and documentation in the daily work.

The position involves working on both floors of the short-term care facility. Night shifts and resource tours are included in the job.

Qualifications

Formal Competencies:

• Nursing Assistant education (Undersköterskeutbildning)
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• Experience working as a nursing assistant (merit)
• Class B driver's license (merit)

Personal Competencies:

We are looking for someone who is service-oriented and has a genuine commitment to providing good treatment and contributing to a secure and positive daily life for our users. You are self-reliant and take responsibility for your tasks by planning and prioritizing in a structured way. At the same time, you are flexible and easily adapt when conditions change, which is an important part of working at a short-term care facility.

You have good collaboration skills and enjoy working with others to achieve common goals. You are also proactive and see what needs to be done, while being clear in your communication and contributing to a secure and professional work climate. We value that you are rule-aware, follow routines and guidelines, and contribute to safe and high-quality care and welfare.

We attach great importance to personal suitability in this recruitment.

Employment Terms

Employment type: Permanent employment.
Duration: Permanent.

If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland and are offered employment, you must be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the obligation to have a work permit.

About Kristinehamn Municipality

We at Kristinehamn Municipality work for active leadership and employee engagement. This is created through dialogue and interaction between leaders and employees, which creates good conditions for job satisfaction in the organization. Our work environment is influenced by how we treat each other, and we all have a responsibility to contribute.

Together, we work to ensure that the operation achieves its goals and that decisions made are also followed. A curious basic attitude and a willingness to collaborate are prerequisites for continuous improvements that lead to the best possible service for the municipality's residents.

As an employee with us, you can expect support for new ideas, good development opportunities, and that we give you the tools you need to perform your work in a good way.

Kristinehamn Municipality sees diversity as a strength and we welcome all applicants. Our competency-based recruitment methodology aims to focus on the individual's competence and thereby also counteract discrimination.

Apply for the job: To ensure the quality of the recruitment process and maintain good communication with you as a job seeker, we ask you to submit your application only via the application link in the advertisement. Questions regarding the recruitment process are handled by the recruitment unit.