Site of work:

The municipal area for health and coping offers services that promote coping, independence, belonging and participation, and is organized in five service areas. Our work is anchored in the municipal plan's community section.

Service area institution:

Institutional services include full-time care in nursing homes and currently consist of 2 dementia wards and a long-term ward. Østre Toten municipality has modern facilities, including the Labo health and care center, which opened in 2020.

The service area has high professional coverage and works actively with person-centered care, dementia care and interdisciplinary collaboration. There is a strong focus on professional development, technology and holistic patient pathways. Institutional services are also part of the national development program TØRN, which promotes full-time culture and competence-based organization.

Institutional services also consist of a separate night watch department that serves residents and users at night, both inside the institution and out in the home service. In addition, a separate department of AKS (Advanced Clinical Nursing) has been established under the institutional service. This is a small department of specialist nurses who assist all the service areas within health and coping with their specialist expertise, and who contribute to interdisciplinary cooperation both internally and externally with, for example, hospitals. Hospitals, for example.

The position currently belongs to dementia department 1.

Facts about the position:

As a nurse with us, you will share responsibility for ensuring that the unit is developed professionally and operated in line with current legislation, and you will be involved in building good and robust professional teams that will be equipped for tomorrow's dementia care.You will, among other things, have joint responsibility for training and follow-up of students and new employees in the department, as well as assisting in professional guidance of the staff. The tasks are varied, with the main focus on person-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration and creating a therapeutically correct environment for the individual resident. We have a good working environment and we are proud of the work done in the department.We work closely with Innlandet Hospital Sannerud and use good mapping tools to find the best measures for the patients. There are some residents who may need seclusion and we work therapeutically well for them, and we train staff to become confident and master their tasks. We focus on the joy of life and are committed to creating a good environment for patients and staff.Other specific tasks are:

• Nurse contact/primary contact for patients.
• Responsibility for ensuring that goal and action plans and surveys are drawn up and that this is carried out in collaboration with the primary contact/health professional/group leader.
• Participate in responsibility group meetings, collaboration meetings and similar that are user-oriented.
• Responsible shifts and shift leader shifts must be taken into account.

Other tasks are stated in the job description. The position involves day/evening and weekend work in annual rotation and with the possibility of long shifts and additional weekends. Qualifications: Requirements:

• Authorized nurse

Desirable requirements:

• Nurse with further education in dementia care.
• Long work experience in dementia.

Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of age, gender, disability or cultural background. Personal qualities: We are looking for a person who;

• has good collaboration skills.
• is independent, but works well in a team.
• is confident and patient in demanding situations.
• takes initiative and finds creative solutions.
• contributes to a positive working environment.
• is positive, committed, respectful and contributes to a good feedback culture.

Personal suitability will be emphasized when hiring. We offer:

• Recruitment grant (for external) of NOK 20,000.

As an employee of Østre Toten municipality, you will be covered by a good pension and insurance scheme. We have meaningful work tasks and an inclusive working environment. Employees are employed by Østre Toten Municipality on the terms and conditions set out in applicable laws, regulations and the General Collective Agreement. After the expiry of the application deadline, a public list of applicants will be drawn up containing the name, age, position or job title and municipality of residence or work for each applicant. Exemptions from access to information about an applicant may be made if the applicant so requests. Information about an applicant may become public even if the applicant has requested not to be included on the list of applicants. If the request is not complied with, the applicant will be notified of this.

Link to application form: Apply here