Neuroscience Department

We are Uppsala University Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer care to two million people in Central Sweden. There is always something happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother undergoes surgery, a colleague is hailed as a hero. With us, you will experience both tough challenges and fantastic events, in a strong community with colleagues. See parts of our reality in our photo exhibition; akademiskafotoutstallning.se (https://akademiskafotoutstallning.se). Welcome with your application!

The brain is the most important thing we have and the part that determines our body and who we are. The brain is a mystery we are constantly learning more about. It controls everything we do, or cannot do. Doesn’t that sound exciting?

Our Operations

In the neuroscience department, we provide highly specialized care for patients with diseases and injuries of the nervous system and eye diseases. We work with investigation and diagnostics as well as medical and surgical treatment of both acute conditions and chronic diseases. Our work is always based on the patient's needs with a systematic approach.

Neurosurgery Ward 85E

We have a large catchment area as we are one of six highly specialized neurosurgical clinics in Sweden, and we receive both planned and emergency patients around the clock. The patients we care for have brain hemorrhages, tumors in the brain and spine, spinal injuries, vascular malformations, and hydrocephalus.

Day Care Unit for Neurosurgery and Neurology

In the day care unit, patients stay for the day for various examinations, investigations, and medication treatments. Patients come here for minor surgical procedures or to prepare for a larger surgical procedure that requires admission to inpatient care. Both in neurosurgery and neurology, patients come to day care both acutely and planned from all seven regions in the Central Sweden healthcare region. The day care unit serves as a hub within the department and is of great importance for the internal patient flows.

Your Mission

Day Care Unit

As a nurse, you have an overall responsibility to lead, prioritize, and perform nursing work. You coordinate the daily work together with nursing assistants and doctors to ensure effective and high-quality care. Your role includes conducting admission interviews, taking samples, administering medication treatments, and preparing patients for various examinations. You are also responsible for the care and monitoring of patients undergoing neurosurgical and neurological procedures, ensuring that each patient receives the best possible care. On certain days, you will also provide advice via phone and 1177.

Neurosurgery Ward 85E

As a nurse with us, you will be part of a skilled team, where we support and help each other while you will have the opportunity to develop your clinical eye and work independently. We have close collaboration with other professions. With us, you will encounter a varied job with challenging tasks that give you a broad competence. As a nurse with us, you typically work in four-person teams during the day and evening, which means about six to seven patients per team.

Your Qualifications

You are a licensed nurse with at least 1 year of experience in the profession and a genuine interest in neurosurgery or neurology. You do not need to be an expert – we want your engagement and your willingness to grow with us.

Your Skills

You are attentive and have an easy time communicating with colleagues, patients, and relatives. You are an outgoing person, resilient to stress, and able to juggle many tasks at once. You can work independently and in a group. You have an interest in developing our operations where the patient is always in focus. You have the ability to prioritize and reprioritize your tasks as needed. Great emphasis is placed on personal qualities as the job requires flexibility and a positive attitude.

We Offer

• A permanent position at 100%, divided 50/50 between neurosurgery ward 85E and day care for neurosurgery and neurology.
• You will work 4 weeks on the ward and then 4 weeks in day care.
• In day care, working hours are Monday to Friday, with a shorter evening every other week. We are closed on public holidays and weekends.
• On the ward, working hours are scheduled Monday to Sunday day/evening and every other weekend.
• A work environment where we not only focus on medicine and treatment but also on having fun and enjoying each other’s company.
• Introduction tailored to your previous experiences.

With us, you will receive benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/ (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/)).

Recruitment will be ongoing during the advertising period, so submit your application today.

You are warmly welcome to shadow us to create your own image of our ward/day care unit.

Want to know more?

Head of Neurosurgery Ward 85E, Cornelia Moström 018-611 40 48
Head of Day Care Unit for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Erika Östlin, 018–617 22 74

Union contact person can be reached via the switchboard, 018-611 00 00

Do you want to work with us?

Welcome with your application via the link below.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and diversity bring to the organization. We therefore welcome applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala places all permanent staff according to the needs of total defense. This means that for the individual employee, there are no obligations in peacetime, but is solely a planning measure.

Background checks against suspicion and criminal records will be conducted for all individuals that the employer intends to hire or engage for patient-related work, based on the fact that they may work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care for children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to all who will work closely with patients even if the tasks are not primarily intended to involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala. We therefore decline phone calls from recruitment companies and ad sellers.