Description of the workplace:

Biri Housing Collective is part of the Biri Care Center. The housing collective provides services to people with dementia and has 16 beds. All residents have their own apartment, as well as a shared living room and kitchen. We also have beautiful outdoor areas and a sensory garden designed to promote activity and well-being.

Biri Care Center was established in 2021. Biri Care Center is a beautiful building that houses a nursing home, a residential community, a base for home-based services, specialized services, and standard home care services. With its rural location, the care center is designed to accommodate staff, residents, and visitors in its modern facilities. Biri Care Center is centrally located between Gjøvik, Lillehammer, and Hamar.

The building features modern technology designed to enable staff to tailor services to each individual patient. We are looking for a nurse with an interest in elder care and a curiosity to find effective solutions for and around each individual patient. Assistive technology can be a valuable tool and help foster innovative ways of working. If you are motivated to advance the nursing profession through technological solutions, this is the workplace for you.

We strive for a collaborative environment focused on our profession, where we work together to find new solutions that best serve our residents. As an employee, you will receive training on the existing guidelines for the use of technology. We hope that you will actively participate in finding good solutions that these guidelines facilitate.

The position involves a two-part shift schedule.

Job Responsibilities:

• Safeguarding residents’ needs and rights in collaboration with the residents themselves and their relatives
• Documentation in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines
• Primary contact duties
• Daily follow-up of residents
• Nursing procedures
• Medication management in accordance with applicable procedures
• Driving professional development
• Mentoring/training of colleagues/trainees/students as needed
• On-call duties involving coordination of work tasks/staff resources and overall nursing responsibility

Qualifications:

• Valid nursing license
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience and interest in developing services for people with dementia and/or patients requiring long-term care and support
• General ICT skills
• Initiative and interest in professional development
• Personal suitability and relevant work experience will be given significant weight
• Requirement for a valid police clearance

Personal qualities:

• A passion for dementia care
• Empathy, patience, and good clinical judgment
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Structured, independent, and have a positive attitude
• A positive attitude toward work and a focus on personal presence
• Commitment and motivation to develop and provide residents in the shared living community with excellent services
• Be a driving force for improvement efforts

We offer:

• An environment consisting of dedicated and professionally skilled colleagues.
• A pleasant and positive work environment
• Good training
• Focus on local labor-management cooperation and systematic preventive HSE work
• Opportunities for continuing education
• Membership in the Gjøvik Municipality employee sports club
• Public pension plan with KLP

Exceptions to public disclosure must be justified:

Gjøvik Municipality practices a policy of greater openness, cf. the Public Administration Act § 11.

This means that all applicants are listed on a public applicant list. There must be special circumstances to be granted an exemption, cf. the Public Administration Act § 25.

Application:

All applications must be submitted electronically via our application system. 

We strive for a diverse work environment and encourage all qualified individuals to apply regardless of gender, ethnic background, religion, disability, or age.