Temps for health, nursing and care

Care requires continuity

In health and care, staffing is about more than filling a shift. Service users, residents and patients need familiar faces, and staff need colleagues who know the routines. If you have a recurring need, we therefore try as far as possible to send the same workers again. We also recommend that the first shift starts with a thorough introduction.

The duty of confidentiality naturally applies to temps as well. It is a good idea to go through the workplace's rules on documentation and sharing information on the first shift, so there is no doubt.

Typical situations

• Summer and Christmas holidays, when the rota needs to hold together
• Illness and long-term absence
• Vacant positions that have not yet been filled
• Service users or residents with special needs for a period
• Night and weekend shifts that are hard to cover

Professions and skills

Nurses

Nurses are authorised healthcare professionals. The authorisation is issued by the Danish Patient Safety Authority (Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed), and you can look it up yourself in the authority's authorisation register. Nurses work, for example, in home nursing, in care homes, in private clinics and on night shifts where a nursing assessment is needed.

Social and healthcare assistants

Social and healthcare assistants are also authorised healthcare professionals and can be looked up in the same register. They carry out both personal care and healthcare tasks, such as observing the service user's condition and handling medication in line with the workplace's instructions.

Social and healthcare helpers

Social and healthcare helpers provide personal care, practical help and everyday support, typically in home care and care homes. Which healthcare tasks they may carry out depends on the workplace's instructions and any delegation.

Social education staff and care workers

Social education staff and care workers work, for example, in residential facilities, institutions and respite care services. If the worker is to have direct contact with children under 15, a child protection certificate (børneattest) must as a rule be obtained before work begins.

Documentation we ask about

Before we propose a worker, we ask about training, experience and relevant documents. Depending on the position, this may include:

• Authorisation for nurses and social and healthcare assistants
• Child protection certificate or criminal record certificate
• Driving licence, if the shift is in home care, where the worker often drives between service users
• Experience with specific groups, such as dementia, mental health or disabilities

It is also good practice to check the authorisation yourself at the start.

What to describe in your booking

• The workplace and the service user group
• Types of shift: day, evening, night or weekend
• Which tasks are included, including whether medication is handled
• Which documentation system you use, and what access needs to be set up
• Language requirements and communication with service users and relatives

How we work

We staff with our own workers and with staff from approved partner companies. You have one contact person who knows your shifts and your requirements, and we come back with a specific proposal before anything is agreed. If you need a permanent employee, we can also help with recruitment. Otherwise, you can book staff here.