Practical Nurse

Mäntsälä home care is offering a long-term substitute practical nurse position. Work in home care is nursing work taking place at the customer's location, where the practical nurse's tasks consist of holistic nursing work for their own responsible customers, planning and implementation of care up to evaluation. Workdays in home care are different; in your work, you may move on foot, by bicycle or by car. In your tasks, you will meet different people in different homes and in your work, you can be creative and use your expertise extensively! Mäntsälä home care is divided into three regional teams where nurses and practical nurses work. We are a group with a sense of humor and we take care of the good orientation of the new employee. We want you to enjoy being with us and to secure the everyday life of the elderly together with the rest of us. We make customer visits mainly independently, but team support is always available. We also work closely with home care in other areas and the home-coming and assessment support teams. If necessary, we help each other across regional boundaries. We plan shifts in a customer-oriented and flexible manner together with the team. Work is done in 2-shift work every day of the week. Eligibility required for the position: - Eligibility requirement is a vocational qualification in the social and health care sector (practical nurse) or a previous vocational qualification of the school level in the field. We expect and hope from the applicant: - We require experience working in home care, valid medication permits, which can also be completed immediately at the start of the employment relationship. To perform the work, a driver's license and the use of one's own car in work tasks is essential. - Working in home care requires the ability to work and make decisions independently, the ability to plan and organize one's own work, adaptability and good teamwork skills. We value enthusiasm for developing one's own expertise and the work community. - We hope that you have the professional skill to respond to the customer's holistic care needs. We value experience working with the elderly and the use of the RAI functional capacity scale. Initiative and enthusiasm for actively handling the affairs of one's own responsible customers. Experience in acting as a responsible nurse previously is an advantage. Further information about the position is provided by the home care supervisor Pia Mehtonen, tel. 050 497 1700, pia.mehtonen@keusote.fi. Further information on the employment relationship and the clarifications required for the position: - Fixed-term employment relationship until 31.12.2027, start according to agreement. - The position-specific salary is 2935.15 €/month. We pay an addition based on work experience. - In immediate patient and customer work, vaccination protection required by Section 48 of the Communicable Diseases Act and a clarification regarding respiratory tuberculosis according to Section 55 are required. - The selected person must present a criminal record extract referred to in Section 6, subsection 2 of the Criminal Records Act before starting work, as the work is located with the elderly. - A probationary period is observed in the position. - Original work and study certificates are presented in connection with a possible interview. Application period ends 20.8.2026 14.00. Keski-Uudenmaan Hyvinvointialue is responsible for social and health services as well as the organization of rescue services and specialized medical care in the areas of Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Mäntsälä, Nurmijärvi, Pornainen and Tuusula. There are about 200,000 inhabitants in our area and about 4,000 professionals work for us. Get to know Keusote as an employer at www.keusote.fi/rekry.