Registered Nurse

**Come and create the story of your life. We are now seeking a Registered Nurse (B.Sc. NH) for a permanent position as an instructor in our cozy and home-like child welfare unit, Veteli Validia Home.** We are looking for a nurse who is enthusiastic, committed, and ready to grow as part of our professional and warm-hearted team. We offer you a structured orientation, an encouraging work community, and the opportunity to do work where every encounter matters. You will not be alone; you will have supportive and skilled colleagues to help you succeed. Veteli Validia Home is a 7-place special-level child welfare unit providing a home-like, safe, and caring environment for youth aged 13-17 with psychological and neuropsychiatric symptoms. In your work, you will take care of the children's daily guidance, education, and care, being present in their everyday lives and walking alongside them. The work is planned and goal-oriented, based on each child's individual client plan. Individual encounters and an emotion-based approach are central to our daily routine. You will serve as the designated primary instructor for specific children and work closely with their loved ones, social services, and other networks. Daily life at the home is built on doing things together, cooking, outdoor activities, and shared hobbies, as well as moments where facing and solving difficult issues together is practiced. The work is a shared journey of growth and learning for the children, families, and the work group. As an instructor, you will strengthen our team's expertise with your nursing education and bring important multidisciplinary skills to the children's home. You will be responsible for acting as the medication management expert within the work group, ensuring that medication is administered safely and systematically. You will be responsible for drafting and updating the medication plan and guiding other staff in medication-related matters. Success in this role requires good interaction skills and the ability to remain calm in demanding situations. Experience in child welfare and working with children with neuropsychiatric and psychiatric symptoms is considered an advantage. Up-to-date Validia medication permits or the completion of them at the start of employment are required. The work is performed in three shifts. **Learn more about our unit, Veteli Validia Home, and check out our Instagram to see what life is like at Validia!** At Validia, work is guided by the values of Respect, Expertise, Smoothness, and Responsibility. To us, every child and family is unique, and we build support based on their needs. **We offer you** - Orientation based on your expertise and strengths - Support from a professional work community seasoned with humor - Salary according to the social services sector collective agreement G23D - Work capacity-oriented occupational health care that is more extensive than the statutory requirement - Employment benefits including Epassi culture, exercise, and commuting benefits, as well as leisure-time accident insurance - Training opportunities **We require from you** - Suitable education in the social and health care sector, Registered Nurse (B.Sc. NH) - Registration as a title-protected healthcare professional in JulkiTerhikki - Vaccination protection according to Section 48 of the Communicable Diseases Act and a tuberculosis certificate according to Section 55 - Presentation of a criminal record extract for working with children, in accordance with the Act on the Supervision of Social and Health Care - A valid hygiene passport - Class B driver's license - Sote-card If you want a job where you can be part of a small and caring community where laughter and warmth are part of every day, join our journey! Send your details via the application form to be considered in the recruitment process. We conduct interviews during the application period, and the position will be filled once a suitable person is found. For more information about the position, please contact unit manager Jenni Uusitalo on weekdays by phone 040 566 4114 or by email jenni.uusitalo@validia.fi. We request contact details for references from candidates who proceed to the final stage of recruitment. Reference feedback is collected via the Refapp application. However, the absence of references does not preclude progression; we always proceed on a case-by-case basis and find a suitable solution together.