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Åland's health and medical care (ÅHS) is one of Åland's largest employers with approximately 1,000 employees.
Åland's health and medical care is responsible for public health and medical care in Åland, ranging from maternal and child health care to various forms of specialized medical care and end-of-life care. Despite the extent of the services ÅHS offers, the operational units are characterized by a familiar and people-centered atmosphere.
Around 80 doctors and over 350 nurses and other healthcare staff form a powerful knowledge organization together with dentists, therapists, other specialized personnel and service staff.
Over 800 permanent employees and a large number of substitutes ensure that the people of Åland – and during summer, all tourists as well – can feel safe and be assured that they will receive professional care in the event of illness or accident.
Within Åland's health and medical care (ÅHS), there is a constant need for trained professionals such as doctors and nurses.
On Åland, there are also several private employers in healthcare. The largest are Medimar, Cityläkarna and Ålandskliniken. Jobs in elderly care and home healthcare are mostly found in the city of Mariehamn, the municipalities, and at the residential and care center Oasen.
The National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health grants the right to practice your profession as a licensed healthcare professional in Åland and Finland.
This applies both to those who have graduated in Finland and to those who have graduated abroad.
Compared to other healthcare organizations, Åland's health and medical care (ÅHS) is a small unit where "everyone knows everyone". Consultations between different staff groups take place smoothly and the operations have a family-like atmosphere.
The employer, the Åland Regional Government, and the trade unions negotiate their own collective agreements, which take into account the special characteristics of Åland's conditions. The agreements are in several respects more favorable for employees than corresponding agreements on the mainland. Generally, working hours in Åland are shorter than in Sweden.
For you as a newly employed person, ÅHS can, if needed, help arrange accommodation.
The operations within ÅHS are, for natural reasons, concentrated in Mariehamn. Here you will find:
Approximately 15 km north of the city is Godby health center.
In most municipalities, there are healthcare clinics for residents. The clinics offer:
The permanent residents in the archipelago municipalities can, when necessary, use a helicopter to quickly get to hospital care.
As a midwife in Åland, Lina Karlsson has more time for each delivery and the opportunity to follow families throughout the entire care chain. Here, the healthcare is smaller, safe and personal, with short distances to both patients and colleagues. Read Lina's story about what it's like to work in healthcare in Åland.
Within the elderly care in the City of Mariehamn, approximately 180 people work in total under the leadership of the elderly care manager. The organization is relatively large, yet small-scale with many opportunities for development. There are also many employment opportunities for those with a care education who have an interest in development and improvement.
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