Nurse / General Care Nurse

Valsts sociālās aprūpes centrs "Zemgale"

LATVIJA, Ziedkalnes 3, Vilces pag., Jelgavas nov., Jelgavas nov., Lettland

If you are energetic and ready for new challenges, as well as want to develop yourself and use your professional knowledge and experience to achieve common goals, then you, as a colleague, are exactly what the team of the State Social Care Center "Zemgale" needs! The State Social Care Center "Zemgale" is the largest state provider of long-term social care and social rehabilitation services in Latvia! WE ARE HIRING A GENERAL CARE NURSE at the "Ziedkalne" branch (indefinite term, 1 position, 0.5 full-time equivalent) Requirements for candidates: middle or higher professional education in the relevant field; registration in the Healthcare Professionals Register; professional work experience of at least one year (preferred); knowledge of the operating principles of technical equipment necessary for work and rules for their use; good interpersonal and communication skills, client-oriented approach, and focus on positive work results; valid electronic signature. Main responsibilities: ensure quality monitoring of clients' health status and provide first and emergency medical aid; carefully and accurately carry out medical prescriptions and instructions given by doctors; ensure receipt, storage, and use of medicines, dressing materials, psychotropic, narcotic, and equivalent psychotropic medicines in accordance with regulatory requirements; provide education to clients and their relatives on health promotion and healthcare matters, etc. We offer: salary and social guarantees according to what is established in the public administration; work experience in the public sector; salary from €667 - €671 (gross) (for part-time); during the trial period, salary up to €667.50; 10% allowance for work involving special risk; special allowance for healthcare professionals for work seniority up to 8% of the established monthly salary (documentation of work experience from previous employers must be submitted); health insurance after 3 months of work; summarized working hours—17.5 hours per week; friendly, responsive, and professional colleagues; additional leave for special risk (3 working days per year) and additional leave for annual assessment (from 4 - 10 working days per year). Work location: VSAC "Zemgale" branch "Ziedkalne", Ziedkalnes 3, Vilces parish, Jelgava district. Send your professional activity description (CV) and copies of documents confirming your education to the email: [email protected]. Attention! VSAC "Zemgale" personnel document circulation will be handled electronically; therefore, to sign documents you will need to use a self-issued electronic signature. By applying for the advertised position, you entrust your personal data to the State Social Care Center "Zemgale". Detailed information about personal data processing aspects for achieving this purpose is provided on the institution's website at: https://www.vsaczemgale.gov.lv/lv/media/2279/download Please note that we will contact only those candidates who are invited for an interview. We will notify of rejection only those candidates who are invited for an interview. If you do not receive an invitation for a job interview within three weeks of sending your CV, you may consider that your candidacy was not forwarded to the interview stage. *The State Social Care Center "ZEMGALE" (reg. no. 40900035103) is a direct state administration institution under the supervision of the Minister of Welfare that provides state-funded long-term social care and social rehabilitation services to adult persons of both sexes with severe mental health disorders (I and II disability groups).