Place of work:

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

Institutional services include full-time care in nursing homes and currently consist of two dementia wards and a long-term care unit. Østre Toten municipality has modern facilities, including 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 collaboration both internally and externally, for example with hospitals.

The position is currently at Labo, department 1, which are departments for people with dementia.

Facts about the position:

As a health professional on ward 1, you are responsible for ensuring that the residents' needs are taken care of, and that the unit is run in line with current goals and legislation. You will also share responsibility for helping to build good and robust professional teams that will be equipped for tomorrow's dementia care. All employees are responsible for contributing to professional development and a good working environment, as well as working according to the municipality's values. The tasks are varied, with the main focus on person-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration and creating the right environment for the individual resident.

We work closely with Innlandet Sanderud Hospital and use good mapping tools to find the best measures for the residents.There are some residents who need shielding and we work therapeutically well for them and we train employees to become confident and master their tasks.We are committed to creating a pleasant environment for residents and staff. We have a good working environment and we are proud of the work done in the department.

Other specific tasks are primary contact responsibility, preparing goal and action plans, observing and documenting in the profile system and communicating and collaborating with colleagues and relatives. Other tasks are stated in the job description.
The positions involve work during the day/evening and weekends in an annual rotation and with opportunities for long shifts and additional weekends.

Qualifications:

Requirements:

• Authorized Health Care Worker.

Desirable Requirements:

• Caregiver with advanced training in dementia care.
• Long work experience in dementia or work experience with challenging behavior.

Qualified individuals 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 also works well in a team.
• Is confident and patient in demanding situations.
• Takes initiative and finds creative solutions.
• Contributes to a good working environment.
• Is positive, committed, respectful and contributes to a good feedback culture.

Personal suitability will be emphasized when hiring.

We offer:

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 regulations, laws and agreements. 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.