Development-Focused Unit Manager for Care and Housing Facility

Stockholms kommun · Full-time

Hässelby torg 20-22, 2 trappor, Hässelby, Sweden

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we're looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm. Welcome to us Do you want to help create security, quality, and dignity for older adults – every day? As a unit manager at Koppargården, you lead an operation where care, quality, and patient safety are in focus. Here you get the opportunity to influence and develop an operation that makes a difference for the well-being of older adults. About Koppargården Koppargården is a care and housing facility in Vällingby with 174 apartments for permanent residence, short-term stays, and respite care. The operation has specializations in geriatric psychiatry, dementia, and somatic care and is in a development phase with a focus on quality and patient safety. What we offer With us you get a meaningful and varied management role where you have the opportunity to influence and develop an operation that is of great importance to people's security, quality of life, and well-being. We offer, among other things: • Close collaboration with engaged management colleagues and other professionals • Opportunity to drive and develop the operation together with staff • An operation with a focus on quality, patient safety, and development • Opportunity for competency development and support in your leadership • A workplace where collaboration and development are in focus Your role As a unit manager, you have overall responsibility for operations, finances, and work environment. You lead an operation that runs 24/7 and where conditions can change quickly. In the role, you need to be able to combine present and operational leadership with a long-term perspective on the operation's development. You lead by creating clarity, structure, and participation and actively work to give staff good conditions to carry out their mission. In the role you will: • Lead, plan, and follow up on operations based on mission, goals, and applicable legislation • Be responsible for work environment, finances, and operational development • Lead and develop staff collaboration and create a sustainable work environment • Ensure that the operation's resources are used efficiently and appropriately • Drive systematic quality and improvement work • Work actively with patient safety, deviations, self-checks, and follow-up • Ensure that older adults receive safe and quality care with the individual's needs, participation, and self-determination in focus • Collaborate closely with licensed personnel and other professionals regarding the older adult's needs • Have dialogue and collaboration with residents, relatives, and other internal and external stakeholders • Lead development and change work and translate follow-up into concrete improvements • Be responsible for staff competency development and create conditions for professional care work You are expected to be able to switch between operation-focused leadership and a more long-term and strategic perspective. You actively contribute to the development of the entire operation and see collaboration with other professionals and operations as an important part of the assignment. Your competence and experience Requirements: • Nursing degree and are a licensed nurse, or other licensed healthcare professional that the employer deems suitable for this assignment • Documented and current experience as a manager with responsibility for finances, work environment, and operations • Experience leading care personnel • Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing • Good knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations within elderly care, such as SoL (Social Services Act) and HSL (Health and Medical Services Act) Meritorious: • Experience from management assignments within municipal elderly care • Experience working in a politically governed organization • Experience from care and housing facilities • Experience with systematic quality and patient safety work • Experience with change and development work • Experience with revenue-financed operations • Experience with operational follow-up and results-based work Personal qualities: We are looking for you as a confident, clear, and present leader. You create engagement and participation by being receptive, communicative, and unpretentious, while having the courage to make decisions and follow up on results. You have the ability to create structure and direction even when conditions change. You are solution-oriented and see development and improvement as a natural part of the management assignment. The role involves many contact points and therefore requires good collaboration skills and the ability to build trusting relationships. You can switch between daily operation-focused work and a more strategic perspective and always keep the older adult and the operation's mission in focus. We place great importance on personal qualities in the recruitment process. Warm welcome with your application! Stockholm City works with competence-based recruitment that aims to recognize each person's competence and thereby counteract discrimination. Welcome to the Hässelby-Vällingby District Administration! We are located in western Stockholm with proximity to beautiful natural areas and good communications. With us, approximately 1,700 proud and engaged employees work who contribute high-quality service to the district's residents every day. Our work environment is characterized by collaboration, courage, and participation. Our strength is that the diversity that exists among residents also exists among our employees. Together we make a difference! Read more about our administration here.