We work to strengthen holistic services and good patient pathways between hospitals, nursing homes and home-based services. We believe that individual and closer follow-up of individual patients can contribute to more people being able to live at home longer and be discharged earlier from institutions. We are looking for a solution-oriented person who works flexibly to ensure good patient transitions and processes. The position will have a work schedule with weekend work.

Tasks

• Environmental therapeutic work, rehabilitation and habilitation in line with current requirements for quality, legislation, municipal guidelines and professional good practice
• Maintain the patient's resources and provide individual follow-up tailored to the individual's needs, resources and must
  
• Medication management
• Map, implement and evaluate measures in line with everyday coping and user participation
• Supervise, teach and collaborate with patients, relatives, colleagues and students
• Contribute with innovation and in development and improvement work
• Participate and contribute in interdisciplinary collaboration
  
• Document in professional systems
• Keep up to date in their own field
• Everyone with us is co-responsible for a good working environment and well-being
  

Qualifications

• You must have Norwegian authorization as a social worker. Other relevant three-year health education may be considered. Please state your HPR number in your application
• You must have experience in mapping and assessing the need for help and the level of care
• Knowledge of rehabilitation, everyday coping and focus on user participation is required
• You must have generally good ICT skills and a willingness to learn relevant professional systems
• Good oral and written presentation skills in Norwegian
• You must be able to present a valid police certificate on appointment, cf. the Health and Social Care Services Act. Helse- og omsorgstjenesteloven § 5-4 before starting
• Driver's license

Personal qualities

We are looking for you who:

• are confident in your role as a social worker/nurse and can lead and delegate work tasks
  
• see opportunities and are solution-oriented, and contribute positively to the professional and working environment
  
• have good collaboration skills and are responsible
  
• are flexible and solution-oriented in situations that require it
  
• have good communication skills, and take responsibility for investing in relationships with patient, relatives and colleagues
  
• is motivated, structured and professionally committed
  
• is able to think in new ways, have the will and ability to change and be able to challenge truths
  
• is robust, calm, confident and patient
  
• both likes to work independently and in teams
  
  

We emphasize loyalty to Løten municipality's ethical guidelines and values: Respect, responsibility and courage.
We emphasize that you are motivated and personally suitable for the position.

We offer

• A good and positive working environment with skilled colleagues, with a focus on job satisfaction and professionalism
  
• Independent, challenging and exciting work tasks
  
• Training and guidance

Employment otherwise takes place on the terms that follow from applicable laws, regulations and collective agreements, with favorable pension and insurance schemes.


The application is sent electronically via Webcruiter, and all documentation that you want to be considered must be uploaded as an attachment to the application.

We ask applicants to write application letters and CVs directly in the application portal and not add these as attachments.

Tests, diplomas and attachments must be attached to the application, and we encourage you to use the Diploma Portal for documentation of education.

Education completed outside Norway must be approved by NOKUT (before 1.1.2023) or the Norwegian Agency for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir), and the approval must be documented. Read more at https://hkdir.no/utdanning-fra-utlandet

Contact information

Ann Kristin Engen, Assistant Business Manager, 48108214
Ragnhild Bekk, Head of Department, 95789239

Place of work

Sykehusvegen 10
2340 LØTEN

Key information:

Employer: Løten Municipality

Reference no: 5090059303
Position percentage: 100%
Permanent
Start date: 17.08.2026
Application deadline: 06.04.2026