Nurse at Medical Coordination Air Ambulance (MKA)

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and ensure that research and innovation yield results.

Do you want to work in a supportive and engaged team with colleagues and have the opportunity to participate in and develop a new operation? Then the role of nurse at Medical Coordination Air Ambulance (MKA) might be for you.

At the Flight Coordination Center (FKC), medical assessments, prioritization, travel planning, and coordination of patient transports for Swedish air ambulance are performed. This work at FKC is carried out jointly by both medical and flight coordinators.

The medical coordination at FKC is staffed with nurses around the clock and is organized as its own department within Region Västerbotten, belonging to Ambulance Care, Västerbotten.

What can we offer you?

Upon employment, you will receive extensive training where you will gain experience and knowledge in both aviation medicine and current systems, as well as shadowing within both ambulance care and air ambulance operations. You will be offered professional development in conversation techniques and have the opportunity to request your own schedule. Additionally, one week per year is allocated for individual development in the field. You will work in a supportive team with engaged managers and colleagues and have the opportunity to participate in and develop a new operation.

Does this sound interesting? Don’t hesitate to apply for this important and developing position!

Selection and interviews are ongoing, so please submit your application as soon as you can. Start date according to agreement.

The position is a permanent employment with Region Västerbotten currently placed at Medical Coordination Air Ambulance until 2025-08-31.

Welcome with your application!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a nurse with us, you contribute knowledge and engagement that makes people feel safe.

The tasks at MKA are varied and include, among other things, receiving flight mission requests, medical prioritization, and coordination of air ambulance missions. The work consists largely of collaboration both in writing and verbally, where you will communicate daily with, among others, staff at SOS Alarm, care departments, as well as personnel on air ambulances and ambulances.

Additionally, documentation of medical information and mission management, as well as service development focusing on patient safety, logistics, and good patient transports, are included.

Initially, you will work full-time at MKA. After completing the introduction, you will work full-time, or 50% at MKA and 50% at a clinical operation according to a 24/7 schedule, planned between you and the responsible managers.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for a licensed nurse with several years of experience who wants to develop in your professional role.

You are a person who enjoys logistics, planning, juggling multiple tasks, and being the spider in the web. The role involves collaboration with many different actors, which requires good teamwork skills. You are a friendly and attentive person who finds it easy to talk to people.

You should be able to speak and write in both Swedish and English. Furthermore, you should have good computer skills, particularly in the Office suite (Word and Excel).

The position is security classified, so you must be able to provide a clean criminal record extract. It is an advantage if you speak other languages besides Swedish and English.

OTHER

Read more about our benefits for those who work with us on our website here (https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss/formaner).

We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, welcoming applicants from various backgrounds.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask not to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the recruiting manager and then submit your application documents by mail.