Practical Nurse

Attendo Oy; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free coffee/tea at work

Meal benefit

Edenred benefit (300€/calendar year)

Staff benefit program

Comprehensive occupational health care

Training opportunities

Job summary

Attendo Harmonia in Lauttasaari, Helsinki, seeks a Practical Nurse for elderly care. You map residents' resources, identify needs for assistance, and plan, implement, and evaluate residents' functional capacity with residents to ensure a good, high-quality daily life.

We offer a supportive multidisciplinary team, flexible shifts in a 3-shift schedule, and comprehensive benefits including health care, training opportunities, and meal benefits.

Qualifications

• Vocational qualification in social and health care (practical nurse).
• Fluent Finnish language skills.
• Hygiene passport or readiness to complete within three months of starting employment.
• Vaccination protection as intended by the Communicable Diseases Act.
• Medication permit.
• RAI competence.
• Sote professional card (certificate card).
• Criminal record extract for employment relationships longer than three months.

Responsibilities

• Map residents' resources, identify needs for assistance, and plan, implement and evaluate residents' functional capacity and care together with the residents.

Skills

Finnish language

Education

Vocational qualification in social and health care (practical nurse)

Hygiene passport

Vaccination protection as per Act

Medication permit

RAI competence

Sote professional card

Criminal record extract

Job description

Practical Nurse for the elderly care home Attendo Harmonia, in Lauttasaari, Helsinki - We are here for you!

At Attendo, we are on a Journey Home. This means that we want to be, above all, a home for the elderly, disabled, and those in mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation. In recent years, we have succeeded in management, customer experience, and encounters by increasing both relative and resident satisfaction as well as staff satisfaction to historic highs.

Every resident deserves to be met as themselves and live a full life. As an Attendo employee, you are an important part of this mission.

As a Practical Nurse, you map residents' resources, identify their needs for assistance, and plan, implement, and evaluate residents' functional capacity and care together with the residents. With your effort, the residents of Attendo homes enjoy a good, high-quality everyday life.

The position is full-time, fixed-term (5 months). The work is 3-shift work. Work starts on 1.9.2026 or by agreement.

What we require from you:

• Vocational qualification in social and health care (practical nurse)
• Vaccination protection as intended by Section 48 of the Communicable Diseases Act to protect customers and patients throughout the employment relationship
• Hygiene passport or readiness to complete it within three months of starting employment
• Medication permit
• Rai competence
• Fluent Finnish language skills
• Criminal record extract for employment relationships longer than three months (when working with minors, elderly, and disabled)
• Sote professional card (certificate card)

Practical nurses are warm-hearted team players who take bold action and are inspired by new ideas. Customer focus, friendliness, and responsibility describe these iron professionals in the care field well. They take independent responsibility and bring positive, helpful energy to our teams.

What we offer you?

• We walk beside you: Your supervisor is not far away, but present in everyday life - supporting and walking beside you. You are an important part of a multidisciplinary team.
• We support your development: Development opportunities are real. We have a wide range of training and encourage all employees to train and advance in their careers.
• We are flexible with you: Balance between work and other life is important. You can influence your shifts and adapt work to different stages of your life.

Employment benefits include:

• Free coffee/tea at work and meal benefit
• Edenred benefit for travel, sports, massage, cinema, and concert tickets (300€/calendar year for employment over 6 months)
• Staff benefit program offering benefits from various service providers
• Comprehensive occupational health care at Mehiläinen
• Training opportunities for career development

Employment terms and pay follow the collective agreement for the private social services sector. Please note that we are a smoke-free workplace.

Application deadline is 30.8.2026, but we fill the position as soon as a suitable candidate is found!