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Security Assistant for Forensic Psychiatry Unit, Skaraborg Hospital

VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONEN

Västra Götalands län, Falköping

Previous experience is desired

20 days left
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Skaraborg Hospital – where commitment, care, and competence meet.

With over 4,000 employees across approximately thirty specialist areas, we work together to provide cutting-edge trauma and specialist healthcare. Our operations cover the entire Skaraborg region, making a difference for our residents every day.

Here, you will meet colleagues who support each other in an environment that allows for development and responsibility. Join our team and contribute with us.

Read more at http://www.vgregion.se/skas (http://www.vgregion.se/skas)

Are you interested in and able to see the challenge of working with and planning long-term care that leads to the patient being able to return to a good life in society? Then you might be the one we are looking for!

About Us

The Forensic Psychiatry Unit at Skaraborg Hospital in Falköping is a security level 2 facility with 24 care beds for individuals sentenced to care under the Act on Forensic Psychiatric Care. There is also an outpatient team that follows up on patients who no longer require inpatient care but still need support.

Around 90 employees work here – ranging from care assistants, nurses, doctors, and psychologists to occupational therapists, social workers, activity pedagogues, and treatment assistants. In the autumn, the operations were expanded with 9 care beds in security level 3. We are a developing organization.

What We Offer You

Here, you will become an important part of a committed and cross-professional team that works closely together. We strive to provide our patients with the best possible care and support.

You will be offered supervision, opportunities for competence development, and a work environment where we support each other and share knowledge and experiences. We have modern facilities designed to create a safe and healing environment for patients and a good work environment for you as staff.

About the Job

As a Security Assistant, your workplace will be in the reception, which also serves as our security hub responsible for the overarching security system. This includes, among other things, entrance and passage control, video surveillance, panic alarms, area alarms, fire alarms, and more.

The role includes reception duties, meaning you will be the face of the organization and receive visitors. The reception is staffed 24/7.

Who Are You?

You, the applicant, have a high school education and good IT skills. You have high simultaneous capacity as well as good ability to prioritize and handle multiple events at once. You are stress-resistant and confident in demanding situations, and you have good collaboration skills.

Furthermore, you have very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written. It is an advantage if you have education within healthcare and/or experience with general access control as well as experience handling cabinet X-ray equipment.

As a person, you are socially competent, stable, meticulous, solution-oriented, and have a high service spirit. You also find it easy to collaborate and are guided by ethics and values in decisive situations at work. You need to have good color vision and hearing.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability, and you should have an interest in working with forensic psychiatric patients and their specific needs.

Other Information

We strive for diversity where the background, experience, knowledge, and personality of our employees enrich the operations. In appointments within psychiatry, we require extracts from the suspicion and criminal records. This request is handled by the employer.

We call for interviews continuously during the recruitment process – so do not wait with your application!

About the Region of Västra Götaland

Here, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives across the entire Region of Västra Götaland every day.

You contribute to safe and equal healthcare as well as to a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life.

We are in the midst of digital development where you get to help shape future ways of working to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you will be mobilized for war service as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that socially vital functions continue to operate even in a crisis.

Want to know more about us? On our website, you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference every day and develop in their professions. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/ (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/)

Application

The Region of Västra Götaland prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If, as an applicant, you have questions about the advertised position or for special reasons cannot register your details in a public system, please contact the contact person for the respective advertisement.

To staffing, mediation, and recruitment agencies and to you who are a seller:

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, mediation, and recruitment agencies as well as other external actors and sellers of further job advertisements. The Region of Västra Götaland has procured agreements.

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