Welcome to Sundsvall Municipality!

Sundsvall Municipality is one of the largest employers in Norrland with around 8,000 employees and over 300 professions. Together, we fulfill one of the most important missions in society – to create benefit and value for residents, businesses, and future generations. Regardless of the activity, we work towards the same goal: to be a good place to live, work, and thrive.

We are currently in an exciting phase of development. We are a pioneer in digital development and artificial intelligence, leading the way in creating smart solutions for the future public sector.

Sundsvall plays a central role in the green transition in northern Sweden. We are convinced that the right places for this transition are here. As a municipality, we are preparing to grow by preparing land, creating new educational opportunities, marketing the municipality, and welcoming new residents from all over the world.

Your New Workplace

We are now looking for nursing assistants with specialist competence in dementia who want to work to develop elderly care and follow new developments in the field.

The focus is on elderly care that promotes well-being and quality of life for care recipients with dementia who live with us and their relatives.

You have a humble attitude and let the "team come before the individual" while making things happen. Being social and having a flexible mindset, as well as enjoying a dynamic work environment, is an advantage in this job.

Lindgården in Sundsvall (located in Haga) is a municipal nursing home with specialized short-term units for individuals with cognitive impairments and the need for temporary care, for example, after hospital stays or for respite.

Your Contribution as a Specialist Nursing Assistant

In your daily work, you will be part of the operation to provide and perform care-related tasks together with colleagues. You contribute to natural learning in everyday situations regarding dementia and interaction. You will have the opportunity to use your specialist competence to create value for care recipients and contribute to the development of the operation through a person-centered approach in collaboration with other professionals. You play an important role by working proactively and mentoring and developing the skills of care staff within your specialist area. Together with the unit manager and other roles, you will work comprehensively and strategically with quality and development work in dementia.

In this role, you will work days, evenings, and weekends.

Your Competence and Experience

The following is required for the role:

• Approved high school diploma.
• Approved education with at least a passing grade in all courses in the national education package for the Health and Care Program or equivalent older education in health and care as well as corresponding adult education.
• Professional experience equivalent to at least 5 years of full-time service in health and care or relevant professional experience in health and care within the last 5 years.
• Employer-approved higher vocational education for specialist nursing assistants, completed courses totaling 200 higher vocational credits with at least a passing grade in all courses with specializations such as dementia, palliative care, elderly care, psychiatry, or other areas deemed relevant by the employer.
• Communicative ability to provide information to individuals (clients), colleagues, and relatives.
• Oral presentation skills to report and inform about individuals (clients).
• Written presentation skills to document in journal systems regarding individuals (clients).
• Basic computer skills to manage various operational systems.

You have the ability to see events in a larger context, think long-term, and understand the consequences of different decisions. You are responsible and pedagogical in your mentoring and are humble in your collaboration with others. You are proactive and have a calm and professional demeanor. You are independent and attentive, contributing a positive and constructive spirit to the workgroup. You also have a genuine interest in working with the elderly and maintain a person-centered approach with the residents' best interests in focus.

We place great importance on personal suitability!

Good to Know

Are you interested in learning more about Sundsvall? Visit www.sundsvall.se (http://www.sundsvall.se) or if you are curious about what it would be like to live and work in Sundsvall, you can read more on.

Before employment in the health and care administration, we require you to present a valid extract from the police criminal record. You can already order a criminal record to expedite the recruitment process.

We strive for a drug-free work environment, and drug testing may occur upon hiring of staff. We apply a smoke-free working time policy.

We actively work to increase diversity in our workgroups. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences.

To ensure a quality recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to apply for the position through the link in this advertisement.

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We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.