Vacant job

The Care and Elderly Services Department in Borås Municipality works towards the goal that both younger and older residents in need of care, support, and services, as well as healthcare and preventive health work, should have a good life every day. Key guiding stars in our work are professionalism, learning, and commitment.

Within the Care and Elderly Services Department, we work for the citizens' best interests. We focus on supporting older people to have a meaningful existence throughout their lives! We work actively with the individual's needs at the center using a rehabilitative approach.

We at Sörmarksgatan 207 are a wonderful team consisting of assistant nurses, care assistants, managers, and coordinators. Here, men and women from different backgrounds work together, enriching our operations and broadening our competence. With joy in work, collegial support, and team spirit, we develop our operations together.

The short-term care unit at Sörmarksgatan 207 has 44 places and receives individuals with somatic diseases, rehabilitation needs, cognitive impairment, and those with extensive care needs and/or palliative care. You and your colleagues in the team, consisting of an assistant nurse, nurse, occupational therapist, and physiotherapist, work cross-professionally to achieve the individual's goals during their short-term stay.

A short-term stay is a support assessed according to the Social Services Act and the Act on Support and Service for Certain Persons with Functional Impairments. Decisions regarding short-term stays are always time-limited and are followed up continuously during the stay.

We are looking for you who are trained as an assistant nurse and have good experience in care and support. We see that you want to continue developing in your professional role as we offer varied and stimulating work.

You provide personal care and perform healthcare interventions on delegation. The work includes care and palliative care, rapid medical assessments, and treatments. You handle medical equipment and advanced care. You perform daily documentation according to the Social Services Act and the Health and Medical Services Act, as well as create implementation plans. Documentation takes place in the operational system VIVA.

Shift work: days, evenings, and weekends.

The work is varied and requires flexibility as you must be able to work independently as well as in a group and always be ready to rethink and prioritize.

You who apply have completed a three-year nursing program or equivalent education. You have a genuine interest in care and support work and are open to change so that we can continue to develop the operations together.

Basic computer skills are required, as well as good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written. We place great importance on personal suitability and see flexibility, cooperation, and good customer service as important qualities.

Probationary employment may become relevant in the event of an appointment.

From July 1, 2023, 'assistant nurse' (undersköterska) is a protected professional title. This means that a professional certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare is required to use the title assistant nurse. You apply for the certificate on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website, which you must present in the event of employment. If you have a care assistant education, you will be employed as a care assistant.

Interviews take place continuously during the application period.

You send your application with attached documents via our application function, which you access via the 'Apply for the Job' button below.

If you have protected personal data, you should not submit your application here. Instead, contact the recruiting manager. Contact details are in the advertisement. Do not include references with protected identities.

Note that applications become public documents according to the principle of public access.

A extract from the police record of criminal convictions must be presented before an offer of employment.