Nursing Assistant at Norrmalms Elderly Care Home

Skövde kommun · Full-time

Fredsgatan 4 , Skövde, Sweden

As one of our employees is choosing to retire, we are now seeking a positive and friendly team member who wants to work with us in our somatic care unit. The facility consists of three somatic care units and two dementia care units, one of which specializes in somatic respite care. We work together as a team across all units. An elderly care home is a secure living arrangement for older adults with significant daily care and support needs, as well as individuals with dementia. We operate eight elderly care homes located both centrally and in our outlying areas. Our operations are part of the Health and Care sector of Skövde Municipality. The Health and Care sector has an important societal mission. We provide support, service, care and assistance to people of all ages, and our work is characterized by professionalism and human values. Here we work together as a team. We help and support each other when needed. You will be surrounded by high expertise, experienced colleagues and managers. In this role, you also receive so much in return from those you are here for. Smiles, gratitude, trust, laughter, friendship and life stories—here you are always appreciated and meaningful. To provide the best conditions for our residents/patients to receive excellent care and support, and for our employees to succeed and develop at work, continuous improvement and development work are central to our focus. We want to be at the forefront in what we do. As an employee with us, you are important. We want you to develop and stay, which is why you receive ongoing education and skills development. If you wish, there are opportunities to try different roles and make an internal career. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES We are looking for someone who wants engaging and developmental work. As a nursing assistant with us, you have the opportunity to help create the best living environment for our residents. Our work is based on our values of safety, responsibility and respectful treatment, and you play a large and important role in the resident's well-being. You work carefully and professionally with the resident, in collaboration with the rest of the team. This also means working for good cooperation with other professions and family members. As a nursing assistant, you are responsible for ensuring that our residents, according to their individual needs, receive social support and care, assistance, health and medical care and activation. The work also includes service tasks such as preparing simple meals, dishwashing, laundry and cleaning. The role also includes performing delegated and prescribed healthcare services, in accordance with the Health and Medical Services Act (HSL). Documentation in our systems is also an important part of the work. Within the Health and Care sector, we work flexibly across different units. This means you will also work shifts in other units and other elderly care homes than the one you normally work at. QUALIFICATIONS To work as a nursing assistant with us, you need to have completed upper secondary education in the care and support program or equivalent. We welcome experience and/or training in person-centered care approaches such as IBIC. As a person, you need to be responsible and service-oriented, putting the individual's needs at the center. You collaborate well with colleagues, residents, family members and other partners both within and outside your own organization. You find it easy to build relationships and you have respectful conduct. We believe that we build a better organization through collaboration and development together with others. In this role, it is important that you can communicate verbally and in writing in good Swedish, as you and the resident need to understand each other, but also to be able to carry out documentation. You have computer skills and preferably experience with social documentation systems. You have the competence and ability to both obtain and maintain delegations assigned to you by licensed personnel. The willingness to care for, support and develop other people is one of the qualities most needed in our society. And you who have it in you are the real future. Upon employment, an extract from the police's criminal record register must be provided. As of July 1, 2023, nursing assistant became a protected professional title. This means that a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare is required to use the title nursing assistant within health and care. Read more on the National Board of Health and Welfare website. Type of Employment: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent, Start date: 2026-12-01. In Skövde Municipality, we work with everything from care, support and education to infrastructure, maintenance, cultural activities and development. We have hundreds of different occupations and 5,500 employees. The work varies depending on which operation we work in, but all represent the same employer, Skövde Municipality, and our common mission is to be a welfare provider, community developer and employer. Equal, fair and inclusive operations are a given for us. As an employee in Skövde Municipality, you are an important player on a team that delivers services and support to our customers every day, year-round. Value is created in our meetings with our customers. We invest in you as an employee and offer skills development, favorable pension terms, wellness allowances and several wellness activities and offers. And best of all, we have room for more. We welcome calls from those interested in the job, but we decline those selling advertisements and recruitment services. If you have protected personal information, you should contact the contact person listed in the advertisement.