Assistant Nursing Department Manager - Smättuvegur

Are you a conscientious and organized nurse looking for a new career opportunity? Are you interested in trying your hand at a management position but at the same time want to be able to do nursing?

Then we may be looking for you.

Hrafnista Sléttuvegi is looking to hire an assistant head of nursing for a 90-100% job.

The assistant head of nursing is in charge of nursing shifts and is the deputy head of department in his absence and assists with various tasks related to the operation and management of the department. The assistant head of nursing department also has certain professional areas of responsibility in the department and is a shift arrangement by agreement.

The assistant head of the nursing department is part of Hrafnista's management group.

Main tasks and responsibilities

  • General nursing
  • Assistance in the management and operation of the nursing department
  • Organization of staff work in accordance with the needs of service recipients
  • Monitoring and evaluation of the quality of nursing
  • Advice and education for service recipients and relatives
  • Teamwork

Educational and competency requirements

  • Icelandic nursing license
  • Management experience an advantage
  • Experience with the RAI measuring device is an advantage
  • Initiative, positivity and professional ambition
  • Good interpersonal skills

Benefits at work

  • Health Gym Grant
  • Bus transport subsidy
  • Support for progress in the form of permits for wages and scholarships
  • We offer a positive and fun work ethic, interesting projects and work that is constantly evolving

Hrafnista operates seven nursing homes in the capital area and in Reykjanesbær. They are Laugarás, Sléttuvegur, Skógarbær, Boðaþing, Ísafold, Hraunvangur and Nesvellir.

Hrafnista's goal is to provide excellent service for residents and other service recipients to experience safety, trust and well-being To support this goal, Hrafnista works according to a philosophy that describes what experience, culture and feeling we want to create for both service recipients and staff. The philosophy is the heart of the business, but at the same time, projects are being worked on designed to improve the work environment and develop the service.

Our motto is that we work in the home of residents, they do not live in our workplace -

If you want to work in a workplace where the focus is, among other things, strong human resources, excellent communication, development of services and where the use and development of service-promoting tools are the focus, we really want to hear from you.

More information about the job is provided by Anna María Bjarnadóttir, nursing department manager of Hrafnistu Sléttuvegi (anna.bjarnadottir@hrafnista.is)

Application deadline: 14.09.2026
Type: Full time
Location: Hrafnista Smooth Road

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Hrafnista's main goal is to provide excellent service so that residents, other service recipients and relatives experience safety, trust and well-being. To support this goal, Hrafnista works according to a philosophy that describes what experience, culture and feeling we want to create for service recipients, residents, relatives and staff.

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