Hoiwa is a domestic social and healthcare company that acts as a trusted partner for the public and private sectors. Our clients include cities and hospital districts as well as numerous private health and social care companies.

We offer healthcare job opportunities all over Finland. Hoiwa employees have access to the Hoiwa application, which allows them to easily view different job opportunities and book the most suitable shifts for themselves. In the app, you can see the salaries paid for your shifts, your next upcoming salary and Hoiwa's news. Employees can download the Hoiwa app from the app stores.

We are open to health professionals, students, assistants and others working in the social sector.

Applying to Hoiwa is simple:

1. Click on register on our website and fill in the application form.
2. Answer the online interview and we'll get your paperwork in order.
3. You will be professionally recruited and notified of interesting job opportunities
4. Start working by choosing the shifts that suit you best.

In the electronic application, we ask you e.g.

• Your basic knowledge, language skills
• whether you have a driving licence or not and whether you have a car at your disposal
• your address
• your work history
• your licences (e.g. vaccination licence and medical licence (exam and sampling),
• what type of job you are looking for (gigging, long-term or seasonal).

Hoiwa's job interview will be conducted entirely remotely. Once we have received your application, we will send you a link to the Hoiwa online interview. The online interview will be conducted independently and will consist of information material and questions. The questions will be recorded, so all you need is a phone or computer with a microphone.

Our employees receive information about open shifts via our app in hoiwa and occasionally via SMS. We also share information about job vacancies on Hoiwa social media.

You can register with us and being on the list does not oblige you to work if you don't find a job you like or a longer-term replacement.

An unlicensed home care worker is a worker who does not have a medication licence. A medication licence includes a theory (LOVe), screens and a form with a doctor's signature. In the system, an employee can work as a pharmacist in several units if he/she has completed a medication authorization somewhere and it has been approved by us. It is up to the work site to decide what type of medication authorizations they will accept and due to nurse shortages, many will accept authorizations from another unit. However, in some units, new screens and medication authorisations have to be carried out.

Yes you can! To apply, you must be a student student nurse with work experience and at least 30 credits. Nursing students can apply if they have 60 credits. In addition, nursing students can apply for substitute care for nursing students with 60 credits and for substitute care for nursing students with 140 credits. You can become a care assistant even if you have fewer credits. The final decision to admit a student to a particular placement is made on a client-by-client basis

A health professional must have sufficient oral and written language skills to perform the tasks required of him or her. Language skills must be demonstrated in either Finnish or Swedish.

We currently have no vacancies for Swedish-language posts.

The collective agreement sets a minimum wage and Hoiwa pays an above-average hourly wage. Wages may vary slightly from region to region, but for example, the average wage for a nurse is €22.94-25/hour, while the average for a pharmacist is €18.20/hour and €17/hour for a non-pharmacist.

In addition to the hourly wage, holiday pay is always added to the wages. We also take care of all statutory allowances and benefits as required. Salaries are influenced by the job and location. Medical licenses are also a factor that can affect the salary, for example, the salary has been increased for those with a medical license.

In our application, for example, the nurse's salary is €25 (including 9% holiday pay). In the pay slip, it is broken down separately into €22.94 and holiday pay, but the total is the same €25.

An express shift is a shift for which you will be paid within 2-4 days of the shift being confirmed and completed. Pay days are: Mon, Wed and Fri. The employee will see the shifts in our Hoiwa application.

A bonus shift is a shift for which we pay a separate bonus on top of your normal salary, e.g. In certain locations, you can get up to €200 bonus by committing to a minimum of one month's substitutions!

For the time being, we do not pay any supplements.

The current situation
‍The"Interim Communicable Diseases Act, Section 48a in Social and Health Care Services", which provides as follows:

‍Subsection 1 of the section:
In social and health care services, in any position involving a risk of infection by close contact with clients or patients susceptible to the serious consequences of covid-19, a person who has not demonstrated that he or she has protection against covid-19 by vaccination or by a laboratory-confirmed disease contracted not more than six months previously may be employed only for special reasons.

A worker who is medically unable to take the vaccine may prove protection against covid-19 by certifying a negative result of a covid-19 test carried out on him/her up to 72 hours before his/her arrival at work.

The temporary section 48a of the Communicable Diseases Act entered into force on 1 January 2022 and will remain in force until 31 December 2022. There is a transitional period of 30 days for the application of paragraphs 1 and 3 of the provision.

In practice, this does not yet tell us anything about coronary vaccination rates, so we will use the THL recommendation, which goes like this:

‍Vaccination coverageis valid when one of the following points is met :

- Two doses of vaccine and the recommended booster dose
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- A history of covid-19 disease and two doses of vaccineTwo doses of covid-19 disease and one dose of vaccine
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- A history of laboratory-confirmed covid-19 disease within the last six months
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-An employee who is medically unable to receive the vaccine: A negative result of a covid-19 test taken up to 72 hours before the start of the shift.

An illness with covid-19 is considered equivalent to a single dose of vaccine for the purposes of immunological protection if the interval between the illness and the dose of vaccine or between the dose of vaccine and the illness is at least 6 weeks.

‍If you are in the processof completing your vaccine coverage, you may work until you are able to effectively complete your vaccine coverage. The minimum requirement for vaccine coverage at this point is two vaccines or a history of illness and one vaccine.

Our head office is located in Espoo, Finland. We have also opened a new office in Tampere.

We have gigs and longer-term placements all over Finland. We'll let you know about open gigs and replacements in our Hoiwa app. You can also browse our social media pages for information about open job opportunities.

At the moment, most of our jobs are in Espoo, Keusote area, Kirkkonummi and Lohja. There are also a lot of shifts coming up in the Tampere area.

You can register with us and being on the list does not mean you have to work if you don't find a job you like.