Assistive Technology Technician, Welfare Technology and Assistive Devices Unit
Are you looking for a meaningful role where you make a real difference? We are now seeking engaged employees who want to help shape the future of Värnamo. Working with us, you focus on people and create a workday that is valuable, both for you and for our citizens. Description Do you want to work with technology that makes a real difference in people's daily lives? We are now seeking an assistive technology technician who wants to help ensure that the municipality's assistive devices are safe, functional, and accessible for our users. With us, you will have varied work where technology, service, and human interaction meet. The work is conducted both in our assistive devices facility and out in the municipality's operations. You will work closely with your technician colleagues, care personnel, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and other professionals. In connection with service and repairs, you will also meet users in their daily lives, which requires professional and service-oriented conduct. With us, you will have varied and independent work in an operation where technology contributes to increased safety, participation, and independence for the municipality's residents. You will become part of an engaged team with close collaboration and the opportunity to contribute to the development of future welfare technology and assistive devices services. All our operations work based on Värnamo Municipality's core values MURAS: People First, Development, Respect, Work Joy, Collaboration. Job Duties As an assistive technology technician, you work with service and maintenance of the municipality's assistive devices to ensure high quality and safe use. Job duties include, among other things: - Service, troubleshooting, repair, and inspection of assistive devices such as hospital beds, patient lifts, ceiling lifts, wheelchairs, and other assistive devices. - Reconditioning of assistive devices. - Installation of alarms. - Transportation. - Goods receipt and certain warehouse work. - Procurement of spare parts and consumable materials. - Collaboration with other professionals within the operation. - Participation in projects, development work, and procurement within the operational area. The work is varied and includes both workshop work and work out in the operations. Qualifications We are looking for someone with upper secondary education with a technical focus or other education and experience that the employer considers equivalent. You have a genuine interest in technology, good mechanical understanding, and experience with service, maintenance, or repair of technical equipment. You are practically minded, thorough, and able to independently solve technical problems. For this position, you must: - Have good technical understanding and problem-solving ability. - Have good computer skills. - Communicate well in Swedish, both orally and in writing. - Have a valid category B driver's license and good driving experience with a manual transmission. It is an advantage if you have experience with assistive devices, medical technical equipment, or other technical service assignments. Personal Qualities Since the work is performed both in a workshop environment and out in the operations, you have many contact points with care personnel, users, and relatives. Therefore, it is important that you are service-oriented, responsive, and have professional conduct. As a person, you are: - Service-oriented and responsible. - Thorough and quality-conscious. - Organized and self-driven. - Flexible and solution-oriented. - Responsive and collaboration-oriented. You find it easy to build trusting relationships with both colleagues and users and relatives, and you contribute to a positive work environment. We place great importance on personal suitability. The work involves some heavy lifting and handling of larger assistive devices. To be employed, you must provide a certificate from the police criminal record (form 442.3 – verification of personal information according to section 9, paragraph 1). You can order the certificate through the police website. https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/ belastningsregistret. Care Administration. We are responsible for our elderly, people with disabilities, and the municipality's home healthcare. The administration also works with rehabilitation and prevention so that our citizens can live a good life throughout their lives. Read more about us at: Omsorgsförvaltningen - Värnamo kommun Salary Information. In accordance with the EU's pay transparency directive, Värnamo Municipality provides information about the starting salary range for this position in the job posting. The range stated is based on the lowest salary and median salary within the occupational category that this posting concerns. The median salary is the middle salary, which means that half of all employees within the occupational category in Värnamo Municipality have a lower base salary than the median and half have a higher one. You can find information about the starting salary range on our website: Information om lön - Värnamo kommun. The salary information is indicative and not binding. Värnamo Municipality applies individual and differentiated salary setting, which means that the final salary is determined based on the difficulty level and responsibility level of the assignment as well as the individual's educational background and experience. In the event of a job offer, this means that the salary negotiated can be both higher or lower than what is stated in the starting salary range. You can find information about how we work with salaries in Guidelines - Salary Formation on our website: Riktlinjer - Värnamo kommun. Värnamo Municipality, the municipality with a big heart, in the heart of Småland. We are a central part of the strong growth region characterized by the Gnosjö spirit and high employment. There is a spirit of constant movement and great visions for the future here. We highlight both large and small successes, which strengthens pride and community for everyone who lives here. As an employee with us, you focus on people and create value for both yourself and citizens, while contributing to making Värnamo an even better place to live and grow in. Read more about us at: Värnamo kommun
- Město
- Värnamo
- Adresa
- Kyrktorget 1
- GPS
- 57.183320875587, 14.048269110133
- Publikováno
- 17. 8. 2026
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