Vacant job

Your Workplace

Ward 42 provides 24-hour care for patients with psychotic illnesses as well as other acute psychiatric conditions. The ward has 10 care beds.

As a nurse assistant on Ward 42, you are welcome to join a well-functioning team of nurse assistants and nurses. For us, good teamwork, high-quality psychiatric nursing care, and professional treatment of our patients are of great importance.

Our healthcare is evidence-based, purposeful, individualized, efficient, and equitable. We work with person-centered care that starts from the individual patient's needs. Care should be provided close to the patient and on the patient's terms.

Your Responsibilities

Daily work takes place in care teams where you are the contact person for one or more patients. You work in a team with nurses and doctors and collaborate with other therapists in the unit. You work closely with the patients and support them through conversation and psychiatric nursing care.

The position is a mixed-shift role, preferably night shifts.

Your Skills and Competencies

You have a degree from the nursing program, preferably with a focus on psychiatric care, or other nursing assistant training. Experience in psychiatric care is an advantage. As a person, you are engaged in your work and sensitive to the patients' care needs.

You are flexible and have the interest, willingness, and ability to help others. We place great emphasis on personal suitability and teamwork skills. In your application, we ask that you attach your diploma and/or certificates for completed courses.

About Region Värmland

We exist so that everyone who lives here feels well and so that our region is attractive and competitive. We make a difference within healthcare, dental care, public transport, regional development, and culture and education. We meet people in life's biggest moments and in all those everyday moments in between. Our vision is world-class quality of life. Read more about what it is like to work for us and our benefits, and follow us on social media.

Do you also want to work for everyone in Värmland? We welcome your application.

Other Information

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In connection with possible employment, we may ask you as an applicant to provide an extract from the police's criminal record register. Prior to employment in psychiatric care, care for people with disabilities, care for children, or youth care, the employer conducts a check in the police's suspicion and criminal record register. A record in this register may affect your chances of employment.

If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, we ask you to contact the Competence Recruitment Unit HR via the Region's switchboard at 010-831 50 00. You will then receive help submitting your application without it being processed in Varbi. Remember to only include information relevant to the specific position.

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