Practical Nurse

Runosilla Oy is looking for practical nurses to help build a new mental health and substance abuse service in Kanta-Häme. The service is getting started, so at this stage we are not looking for employees to join a ready-made team, but people with whom we can build the service together from the very beginning. At first, the work will be on-call work. The aim is to find practical nurses who can work flexibly according to clients’ needs and are interested in being involved as the service grows. The work will take place in supported housing for mental health and substance abuse clients and in outpatient substance abuse rehabilitation. It may include individual rehabilitation as well as planning and guiding group rehabilitation. In client work, you will support people’s everyday lives, functional ability, life management and rehabilitation. Tasks may include accompanying clients in everyday situations, goal-oriented individual discussions, supporting sobriety, monitoring rehabilitation goals and cooperating with the client’s wider network. In group-based work, you will also have the opportunity to take part in planning activities and contribute your skills and interests. Because the service is being built, not everything has been decided in advance. We hope to find employees with ideas and experience who want to develop a functioning mental health and substance abuse service as a whole. It is important to us that employees can use their professional expertise and that the work does not consist only of carrying out predetermined tasks. Runosilla’s approach is that clients are not defined by their diagnosis, substance use problem or life situation. We want to see each person as a whole and build our work around their strengths, goals and opportunities. Our values are humanity, responsibility and grit. At Runosilla, the work is done for people, not according to a ready-made formula. Our approach is trauma-informed, strengths-based and supportive of rehabilitation. We also use creative and activity-based methods, nature and other approaches suited to clients’ needs to strengthen participation, everyday coping and personal agency. You can bring your own strengths and expertise to the work. The work is independent, mobile and varied, but you will never be left alone; support is always available. Use of your own car is required. A suitable practical nurse qualification is required for the position. Experience in mental health and substance abuse work, supported housing or rehabilitative work is considered an advantage. We particularly value a calm and respectful way of meeting people in different life situations, the ability to work independently and a willingness to take responsibility for your own work. Pay follows the G22 collective agreement. A criminal record extract will be checked before starting work. The position offers the opportunity to use creative and activity-based methods in your work and statutory occupational healthcare through Mehiläinen. Applications and CVs should be sent to info@runosilla.fi with the subject line “Practical Nurse on-call work Kanta-Häme.” Please note that applications are processed quickly and selection will take place as soon as suitable employees are found.