Specialist Nursing Assistant with a Focus on Dementia

Now you have the chance to grow in a new exciting and meaningful role as a specialist nursing assistant with a focus on dementia within ordinary housing!

We are looking for engaged employees who want to make a difference for our Malmö residents. Together, we care about making a real difference in people's lives and helping them feel that every day is the most important.

Join us and be part of this meaningful journey!

Job Responsibilities

As a specialist nursing assistant with a focus on dementia, you have a central role in the organization. In addition to the usual tasks of a nursing assistant, you will work to develop and strengthen care for people with dementia within ordinary housing. With your specialist expertise, you will initiate and drive quality and operational development in the field of dementia, focusing on person-centered care and support for relatives.

In this role, you contribute to ensuring that care interventions are based on evidence-based practice and serve as a knowledge resource for colleagues through practical and theoretical support, including in social documentation and the establishment of implementation plans. You will guide colleagues and students, collaborate with licensed staff and other partners, and support the responsible manager in development and improvement work within the dementia field.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Nursing assistant education with proof of protected professional title
• Degree from post-secondary education covering at least 200 YH or at least 60 HP. The education should have a clear focus on dementia.
• 5 years of work experience in health care, medical care, or social care.
• Documented knowledge, skills, and experience in one or more specialist areas within health care, medical care, or social care.
• Familiar with using a computer as a work tool and has the willingness and ability to quickly learn new programs and systems.
• Good Swedish in speech and writing.
• Can cycle

Meritorious:

• Specific work experience in the dementia field
• Supervisor training (minimum VO-college step 2 or equivalent)
• Familiarity with current tools - for example, LifeCare, Procapita, Flexite, Senior Alert, and BPSD

As a person, you are self-driven and take responsibility for your tasks, are good at structuring your approach, and have the ability to drive your processes forward. You find it easy to adapt your way of conveying messages depending on people's different circumstances.

Based on your specialist knowledge, you particularly understand the professional aspects of the work and continuously maintain your specialist knowledge to be a knowledge resource for others.

Valuing differences and understanding how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others is a given for you.

About the Workplace

We are now looking for four specialist nursing assistants for three of our units - Kungsparken, Arenan, and Bulltofta. Kungsparken is based at Västra kanalgatan 6 or Erikslustvägen 17, Arenan is based at Stadiongatan 10, and Bulltofta is based at Södra bulltoftavägen 17.

We in the health, care, and social services administration are Malmö city's second-largest administration with about 5,500 employees. We have the overall responsibility for Malmö's home care, nursing homes, meeting places, home healthcare, and rehabilitation and its assistance handling. Together, we create a dynamic and future-smart organization. An organization that can meet today's needs and future challenges. With commitment, curiosity, and heart, we make everyday life easier for tens of thousands of Malmö residents.

Malmö city has 14 administrations that together build welfare and a sustainable future. Together with Malmö residents, we develop a smart, inclusive city in the heart of Europe. Read more about us as an employer, our salary statistics, and more at malmo.se/jobb

Information about the Position

Employment type: Permanent position
Scope: Full-time
Number of positions: 4
Start date: By agreement

Other

Please note that we in Malmö city have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, this for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you applying for a job with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection work.

When you apply for a job with us, we will ask you to present an extract from the Police's criminal record. The extract we want to see is "control of own data" and you need to request it yourself via a form that you can find on the police's website: http://bit.ly/polisens-blankett (http://bit.ly/polisens-blankett)

Malmö city strives for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer fulfilling the needs of Malmö residents.

Malmö city has been a Finnish administrative area since 2015. This means that the municipality must inform about the rights of the Finnish minority, offer elderly care entirely or to a significant extent in Finnish, and promote the Finnish language and Finnish culture. It also means a right to use Finnish in contact with us in the municipality. Since Malmö city is a Finnish administrative area, it is an advantage if you can speak Finnish. Warm welcome with your application! / Tervetuloa hakemuksesi kanssa!