Christmas Relief Practical Nurses

Rinnekodit is a workplace that supports the overall well-being of its employees. Together, we build a respectful and equal working culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop. We are now seeking practical nurses for fixed-term employment from 23 November 2026 to 3 January 2027 to ensure our clients’ everyday lives run smoothly while our team takes annual leave. Welcome to Rinnekodit Kiikkaistentie! Kiikkaistentie in Klaukkala is home to our clients with intellectual disabilities. In our work, we provide guidance and assistance so that our clients can live life in their own way. Our unit is close to the services in Klaukkala centre and is easy to reach by car, public transport or bicycle. At Kiikkaistentie, workdays are filled with doing things together with clients, helping with daily activities and errands, and reporting and documenting the work carried out. Our task is to make a good everyday life possible for our clients. We support our clients’ agency and participation in their everyday lives. Their functional abilities vary, and each is an individual. We want to meet our clients as they are: everyone is just right as themselves here! Role and its objectives As a practical nurse, you play a key role in identifying clients’ individual needs and providing high-quality care. You ensure that our clients’ everyday lives run smoothly during the holiday season and help create a warm Christmas atmosphere. Your work includes basic care, medication care and rehabilitative guidance, among other duties. You also provide clients with physical assistance in their daily activities. You work professionally, respecting clients’ right to self-determination and treating them with dignity. What we expect from you: - A practical nurse qualification and registration in the Suosikki register of the Finnish Supervisory Agency, OR studies in their final stage. - A social and healthcare professional ID card (Kanta certificate card), OR readiness to obtain the card during the probationary period. - Readiness to work three shifts. - Basic Finnish skills, needed for documentation and meeting clients. - Vaccination protection in accordance with section 48 of the Communicable Diseases Act. Rinnekodit is a smoke-free and substance-free workplace. Before concluding the employment contract, we will check the criminal record extract of the person selected for the role as required by law (the Act on the Supervision of Social Welfare and Health Care). The extract must be no more than six months old. Work community and culture Our work community includes practical nurses, registered nurses, special-needs instructors, a home-care worker and your supervisor, the service-unit manager. Your supervisor is committed to supporting your development and that of the whole work community through a coaching approach—encouraging you, giving feedback and listening when needed. We encourage each other to grow, both along our own paths and together. We follow safer-space principles. By following them together, we ensure a respectful, safe and pleasant work community where everyone can be themselves. What we offer you: - For a qualified practical nurse, pay according to grade G22 (€2,562.61–€2,901.33), plus shift supplements in accordance with the private social services collective agreement. - For a practical nurse student in the final stage of studies, pay according to grade G22 minus 6% (€2,408.85–€2,727.25), plus shift supplements in accordance with the private social services collective agreement. - Comprehensive occupational healthcare and extensive leisure-time accident insurance. - Your own onboarding mentor and a welcoming induction planned for you. - A role where you can make use of your skills and strengths. - The opportunity to take part in career coaching. Applying and recruitment process You can submit your application easily by answering a few questions. We hope you will submit your application in Finnish. The application period ends on 1 November 2026, but we may close recruitment earlier if we find the right person. Work begins on 23 November 2026 or by agreement and ends on 3 January 2027. We value diversity in our work community and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply to work with us. Questions? Feel free to contact: Sari Kurki, Service Unit Manager Weekdays 9:00–14:00, phone 044 7776 234 or email sari.kurki@rinnekodit.fi Read more about our unit: Rinnekodit Kiikkaistentie - Rinnekodit Rinnekodit provides specialist services in urbanising Finland. Rinnekodit offers impactful social and healthcare services to older people, people with intellectual disabilities, people with various disabilities, people recovering from mental health and substance-use problems, people experiencing homelessness, children and young people, and others who need special support. Rinnekodit is also a meaningful workplace for approximately 2,900 social and healthcare professionals who work with expertise and heart. Rinnekodit is a social enterprise and part of the non-profit foundation group of the Deaconess Foundation. www.rinnekodit.fi #sydänmukana #elämänpoluilla