Nurses for Short-Term Unit at Högsbotorp Care and Housing Facility

GÖTEBORGS KOMMUN · Full-time

Göteborgs Stad, Göteborg, Sweden

About the Job Are you a licensed nurse looking for varied and independent work where you make a difference in people's lives every day? Due to a reorganization, we are recruiting additional staff members for our short-term unit at Högsbotorp Care and Housing Facility in the Southwest district. On the short-term unit, nurses work together in a close team with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a pharmacist, and care staff. The work includes dialogue and collaboration with multiple stakeholders where cooperation and problem-solving are major components. As a nurse at Högsbotorp's short-term unit, you are responsible for working together with other team members to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the patient's needs for healthcare, rehabilitation, and care. Collaboration and good team spirit are highly valued. The unit has 30 beds. The short-term units in Gothenburg City support people who need to regain, maintain, or improve their ability to manage daily life, thereby enabling them to remain living at home. We also care for patients awaiting other housing or patients in their final stages of life. The flow of admissions and discharges is high at our short-term units, where patients typically stay around 14 days. Work at a short-term unit is dynamic and varied. As a nurse, you will have overall responsibility for the patients you care for. This includes assessing, investigating, planning, implementing interventions, and documenting based on the patients' various health issues. We want you to have a good work environment with balance between work and leisure. If you feel good at work, you also do a better job, and ultimately it results in better care and service for those we serve. As a new employee, we offer you an individually tailored introduction so you become as comfortable as possible in your role. Welcome to become part of an engaged team. Together we create the world's best city for a long and dignified life. About You We are looking for a licensed nurse with experience working in short-term units. It is meritorious if you have further education in elderly care. It is desirable if you have prescription rights for incontinence and aids. If you don't have this, you are expected to acquire it during work hours. We would like you to have several years of professional experience. A driver's license (Category B) is required for the position; evening and weekend shifts are included. You have a good ability to work together with others, with the patient's best interests in focus. You understand the common mission, act accordingly, and contribute to the whole. You also have the ability to work independently and make your own decisions in your work. You strive to provide high-quality care for patients by taking your work tasks seriously, ensuring you complete what you start, and making sure work is performed correctly. You provide good treatment to everyone you meet in your professional role by showing respect and consideration. Furthermore, you have good communication skills and can adapt your information based on the situation and the patient's needs. If this sounds like interesting and rewarding work to you, we warmly welcome your application! Other Information We are Sweden's largest municipal care and nursing provider. With us you get: • An employer that promotes equal rights and opportunities regardless of background or professional qualifications • Secure employment • Meaningful work tasks • Career opportunities and professional development • Full-time employment with possibility of part-time work • Good vacation benefits • Wellness allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers Gothenburg City applies individual and differentiated salary setting. On our website, under Salary, Compensation and Benefits, you can find more information about salary agreements, salary statistics, and various benefits. Do you have protected personal information? Call the recruiting manager to learn about other application options instead of submitting an application. Otherwise, you apply through our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. In this recruitment, you apply without a cover letter. When you apply, you will be asked questions relevant to the position. Your answers will be an important part of our selection process. Before a job offer is made, the final candidate must show an extract from the police criminal record register together with a valid form of identification. Order the type "Work in homes with elderly and people with disabilities" and the extract must be unopened. You must request an extract from the police criminal record register yourself, which you can do via the following link. We decline offers for recruitment services, advertising, and recruitment assistance. In this recruitment process, the choice of recruitment channels has already been determined. About Us We are Sweden's largest municipal care and nursing provider in the most important industry of the future. With us, you make a difference in daily life by creating security and joy for Gothenburg's elderly. We combine modern technology with what can never be automated: the warmth of a genuine meeting. Here you get both career opportunities and work that means something. Together we create the world's best city for a long and dignified life. Welcome.