Nursing Assistant for Medical Acute Care Unit

REGION GÄVLEBORG · plný úvazek

Rektorsgatan 1, Gävle, Švédsko

The Medical Acute Care Unit (MAVA) is part of Internal Medicine in Gävle and has 20 care beds. Here, acutely ill patients with medical problems are treated. The main diagnoses on the unit are liver cirrhosis, liver failure, heart problems/arrhythmias, intoxication and addiction, diabetes and electrolyte disturbances, but also patients with other medical problems such as infections, COPD or general decline. We work toward rapid patient flow and short care periods. We work toward good collaboration between different professional groups on the unit to facilitate work and ensure a good work environment and patient safety. 3 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Work on the unit is currently distributed between a registered nurse and a nursing assistant per care team, with responsibility for five patients. Job tasks are often close to the patient in close collaboration with the registered nurse and other colleagues. MAVA provides care around the clock, which means shifts during days, evenings, nights and weekends. As a nursing assistant with us, you will work with • basic care and customary nursing assistant tasks • checks according to prescribed treatment and follow-up • specimen collection, connecting telemetry and telemetry maintenance • assisting with drain placement. With us you get • structured orientation • internal/external training opportunities • opportunity to influence your schedule as shift preferences are accommodated • membership in a care team and work together for our shared patient. Read more about our benefits: https://www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utbildning/jobba-i-region-gavleborg/dina-formaner/ QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who are a nursing assistant and enjoy challenges. You need to be flexible and have the ability to quickly adapt to changed circumstances. Having good initiative, showing interest and thus being helpful are important qualities to succeed in the role as a nursing assistant with us. You will need to handle rapid prioritization at one moment and the next moment hold a patient's hand and provide reassurance. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. In the role of nursing assistant you should • have upper secondary education in health and care • be able to communicate fluently in Swedish in both speech and writing • have good computer skills as documentation is done digitally. For this position, it is beneficial if you have experience from similar activities. Information about the title nursing assistant As of July 1, 2023, nursing assistant became a protected professional title. This means that you will need a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare to use the title nursing assistant in health and care. You can apply for the certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare. If you do not have a certificate, you can continue to work in health and care, but with a title other than nursing assistant. In Region Gävleborg, this means that the title in your employment agreement will be care assistant until your certificate is submitted. Employment Type: Fixed-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: start by agreement through 2027-08-31. Region Gävleborg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. In salary setting, factors such as assignment, responsibility, competence, experience and results are taken into account. As part of a safe and transparent recruitment process, we consider any potential conflicts of interest or other circumstances that may affect objective assessment. With 7,500 employees, we are the county's largest employer. This gives us the strength to drive development forward for a thriving Gävleborg. Our mission is exciting and complex. Regardless of what role you have with us, you help the residents of the county and make a difference in society. We are at the forefront of societal development and are committed to your growth and development as an employee. With us, you get to use all your strength to create the future of Gävleborg together with your colleagues. The approximately 6,500 employees of the Health and Medical Care Board administration work together to provide the county's residents with the best conditions for an active life with increased quality of life. By providing good and accessible care throughout the county, we lay the foundation for a strong and healthy Gävleborg. Information to recruitment consultants and advertisement sellers: We have already decided where we want to be visible with our job postings and what support we want in recruitment. We will not purchase ad space or services for ongoing recruitment and ask you therefore not to contact us with such offers.