Dementia Nurse Specialist for Healthcare Services

Landskrona kommun · Full-time

Stadshuset, Landskrona, Sweden

Landskrona Omsorg AB is a fully municipally-owned company in Landskrona. We offer care and housing facilities, healthcare services, home care, and support and services for people with disabilities. With courage, perseverance, and decisive action, we create a stable foundation for our employees. We meet our service users with curiosity and respect. For everyone who lives here today. And for everyone who will live here in the future. We are 1,100 employees working to ensure that everyone in the municipality can live safe and independent lives, even when they need help. We work according to our core values BRA, where B stands for treatment, R for results, and A for responsibility. Our core values should permeate all our operations, and we want to be a workplace where you feel joy and pride in your work. We are nursing assistants, support assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, and many more. Some are early in their careers, others have many years of experience. We come from Landskrona, Skåne, and around the world. Together, we are Landskrona Omsorg. Welcome! 1 position(s). DUTIES Do you want to make a real difference for people living with cognitive illness and their loved ones? We are now seeking an engaged and knowledgeable dementia nurse specialist who wants to help develop future person-centered care and support within our organization. With us, you will have a key role in strengthening quality of life, safety, and self-determination for people with dementia. You will be an important knowledge bearer in the organization and work in both direct patient care, consultative, and development-focused roles. About the Role As a dementia nurse specialist, you will work independently and in close collaboration with nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, care staff, physicians, and external care providers. The role includes, among other things: • supporting early detection of cognitive decline and contributing to basic dementia assessment • providing support and advice to people with cognitive illness and their loved ones • working person-centered based on the individual's life story, habits, values, and wishes • coaching, training, and strengthening licensed personnel and care staff in complex care situations • working systematically with BPSD, SveDem, and preventive measures • leading and developing teamwork around people with cognitive illness • contributing to coordination between municipality, primary care, specialist care, and social services • driving quality and improvement work within the field of cognitive diseases • advocating for equitable, safe, and evidence-based care. This aligns well with the national competency description where the specialist nurse's role includes leading the care process, coaching teams, working preventively, and ensuring person-centered care. QUALIFICATIONS We are seeking a licensed nurse, preferably with specialist training in elderly care or dementia nursing, or alternatively other experience that the employer deems equivalent. You have: • good knowledge of cognitive diseases and their consequences • experience in municipal care and support, preferably elderly care • experience coaching and training colleagues • ability to work independently, consultatively, and in teams • a person-centered approach • interest in business development and improvement work • good communication and teaching skills. As a person, you are confident, attentive, and solution-oriented. You see the whole picture around the individual and find it easy to create trusting relationships. For employment with Landskrona Omsorg, you must provide a certificate from the criminal record register in an unopened envelope. The certificate you must order is called "Work in the home with elderly people and people with disabilities". In this recruitment, we ask you to attach your CV and answer a number of selection questions. The purpose of the selection questions is to create a more efficient and fair recruitment process, where all candidates are assessed based on the same competency-based criteria. We welcome your application! Salary Form: Monthly salary. Employment Type: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-11-01 or by agreement. Work Schedule: Shift work. Daytime Employer Information: https://landskronaomsorg.se/jobba-i-omsorgen/ To ensure quality in the recruitment process in Landskrona Municipality, we use the recruitment tool Visma Recruit. Therefore, we ask you to submit your application via Visma Recruit by clicking the application link in the job posting. An application to Landskrona Municipality is public information, and your personal data is handled according to GDPR. Since we have already decided which recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment, we ask that you do not contact us with additional offers for recruitment services, competency brokerage, or advertising help. If you as an applicant have protected personal information, you need to contact the recruiting manager to access the selection questions. You submit your application to the HR department by mail or submit it at reception, addressed to the HR unit, where you also state which reference number the job posting has. In your application, you need to specify how you wish to be contacted by the recruiting manager. Your application will be marked as confidential and kept for two years even if you are not hired by us. After that, the documents will be deleted. You can read more about how we handle your personal data at https://www.landskrona.se/kommun-och-politik/sa-behandlar-landskrona-stad-personuppgifter/.