Healthcare Assistant

Länsi-Uudenmaan hyvinvointialue; Espoo; On-site; EUR 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch benefit

Annual €300 culture/ wellbeing passes

Eduhouse and Oppiport trainings

Job summary

Tapiola home care is seeking a practical nurse to provide in-home care in Espoo. You will administer medications, support hygiene, assist with meals and apply and remove stockings while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

You will use LifeCare records, Evondos and Axitare dispensers, and participate in planning using LifeCare tools. The role emphasizes strong communication, responsibility and teamwork, with a two-shift pattern that covers all days.

Qualifications

• Fluent Finnish, both spoken and written is required.
• Experience with elderly and home care settings is preferred.
• Valid medication licenses or completion of medical exams before employment (employer provides exam materials and tests).
• Hold the protected professional title Lähihoitaja and have a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Medication administration
• Hygiene care
• Ensuring meals
• Applying and removing support stockings
• Wound care when needed
• Support is provided by home care supervisors, therapists and the home care doctor
• Use LifeCare for patient records and RAI for functional capacity assessment
• Work with modern technology including Evondos and Axitare dispensers, LifeCare records and planning tools
• Two-shift role covering all days of the week
• Influence own shifts at Tapiola home care

Skills

Strong communication

Teamwork

Responsibility

Education

Lähihoitaja (protected title)

Tools

LifeCare

RAI

Evondos

Axitare

Job description

Working in home care is varied and autonomous. The main duties for a practical nurse include medication administration, hygiene care, ensuring meals, applying and removing support stockings, and wound care if needed. The role emphasises strong communication, responsibility and teamwork. In addition to your own team, support is provided by the home care supervisors, therapists and the home care doctor. We use Life Care for patient records and RAI for functional capacity assessment. You will work with modern technology, including Evondos and Axitare medication dispensers, LifeCare patient records, and LifeCare planning tools. The job in home care is two-shift and covers all days of the week. At Tapiola home care you can influence your own shifts. We offer a development-oriented and training-supportive work climate.

Location: Tapiolan kotihoito, Niittyportti 4, 02200 Espoo.

Working hours: shift work totaling 114 h 45 min per 3 weeks.

The position is permanent.

Responsibilities

• medication administration
• hygiene care
• ensuring meals
• applying and removing support stockings
• wound care if needed
• support is provided by the home care supervisors, therapists and the home care doctor
• use Life Care for patient records and RAI for functional capacity assessment
• work with modern technology, including Evondos and Axitare medication dispensers, LifeCare patient records, and LifeCare planning tools
• job in home care is two-shift and covers all days of the week
• influence own shifts at Tapiola home care

Preconditions

• to hold the protected professional title of Lähihoitaja
• valid driver’s license
• fluent Finnish, both spoken and written
• experience with elderly care and home care
• valid medication licenses or completion of medical exams before employment (employer provides exam materials and tests at start)

Requirements

• vaccination protection under the Communicable Diseases Act and TB screening as per the Act
• From 1 Jan 2024, selected candidates must provide a police background check as required by law
• Random drug testing is requested per the regional health authority’s program

Benefits

• lunch benefit
• annual 300 EUR for culture, wellbeing, sport or travel passes
• access to Eduhouse and Oppiport online trainings to develop your skills

We value a positive attitude and customer orientation. We are agents of change, modernising what needs improvement while preserving what works. We invest in staff wellbeing and offer diverse benefits.