Experienced Nurse Wanted at the Orthopedic Clinic of Danderyd Hospital

Are you an experienced nurse looking to further develop your skills in caring for our multi-sick orthopedic patients? Then the orthopedic clinic at Danderyd Hospital is the right place for you!

Within the orthopedic department at Danderyd Hospital, patients with various orthopedic diseases and injuries are treated. The clinic conducts both emergency and planned surgeries for patients aged 15 and up. Here, we care for patients with everything from basic to complex fractures. Our patients are often multi-sick with high care needs, which allows our nurses to gain extensive and broad competence. The orthopedic clinic's specialties include trauma surgery, shoulder and elbow surgeries, and complications after hip and knee prosthesis surgeries.

Additionally, a major transformation is currently underway at the orthopedic clinic, including a move to a newly built hospital building on April 1, 2025. With a new building comes modern facilities and equipment that simplify our care work with our patients. Would you like to share this journey with us?

Job Description

As a nurse, you will work in a team alongside doctors, nursing assistants, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. The clinic also has care coordinators, bed coordinators, dietitians, and social workers available. You will be responsible for planning and leading the work around patients with preoperative preparations, postoperative care, pain relief, advanced wound care, mobilization, and care planning together with your team.

Qualifications

• Licensed nurse.
• Experience in emergency care is an advantage.
• Further education in emergency care or surgery is advantageous.

Personal Attributes

We place great importance on your personal qualities. The pace on the ward can be high at times. The ability to prioritize, structure, and communicate are personal attributes that we highly value. We appreciate if you give patients that little extra and contribute to a good working environment.

You will be offered:

• An individualized introduction program tailored to the organization and based on your previous experiences and competencies, as well as continuous support from our experienced nurses.
• A working environment where we help each other, recognize and affirm one another, and support each other’s development.
• A workplace with participative and present leadership.
• To become part of an inclusive and dynamic team that collaborates to ensure everyone succeeds in their mission.
• A stimulating, challenging, and educational job where you can build on your skills in a broad organization.
• Permanent employment. Full-time/part-time, night shifts with duty two weekends out of five (or condensed weekend shifts if desired). Weekly working hours for full-time night: 32:20 h/week.

As an employee at Danderyd Hospital, you will receive compensation for healthcare, a wellness grant of 5000 SEK per year, and access to the well-equipped staff gym, Lyftet, for only 540 SEK per year. You will be offered staff parking at a favorable price and staff housing if needed. We have favorable compensation for those on parental leave. In addition, there are retention bonuses, pensions, vacation, occupational health services, insurance, and salary exchange.

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Application

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period, and the position may be filled before the application deadline. We warmly welcome your application today!

When recruiting employees for positions that may handle children and/or adolescents up to 18 years of age, we will obtain extracts from the criminal record and suspicion register prior to potential employment.

About Danderyd Hospital

Danderyd Hospital is one of Sweden's largest emergency hospitals, surrounded by nature, water, and the subway. We employ around 4500 staff and receive 2000 students each year. Here, the pulse of emergency care meets high-quality care and close attention. We help each other and give you the opportunity to grow and develop from student to experienced employee. If you care about patients and want to drive patient-centered research, you will thrive here. Danderyd Hospital has its own institution at Karolinska Institute, which means a comprehensive mission in clinical research and basic education. This mission is strongly integrated with clinical operations and the hospital's development. We want to be a workplace you long for.

As of January 1, 2025, Danderyd Hospital will be an administration within the Emergency Hospital Board of Region Stockholm.

About the Department

The Orthopedic Department at Danderyd Hospital is a round-the-clock operation with over 300 employees. We provide both emergency and elective care and see patients at our orthopedic outpatient clinic, at the orthopedic section of the hospital's emergency department, and at our two orthopedic inpatient wards. We operate in central surgery with our own surgical staff and also conduct day orthopedic surgical operations. Our operations also include a comprehensive paramedical section.

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