Would you like to work as a nurse in an outpatient clinic for inflammatory bowel disease?

We are looking for someone who wants to join a well-organized operation within a safe and competent team.

Our Offer

The Gastroenterology Clinic at Linköping University Hospital is the regional clinic for gastroenterology in the Southeast healthcare region. The clinic consists of an outpatient clinic for inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease, and functional gastrointestinal disorders (neurogastroenterology), day care, inpatient ward, and endoscopy. The clinic provides healthcare, nursing, and education through competence, empathy, and fruitful research in a good working climate.

Our clinic places great emphasis on ensuring that our employees receive the competence needed to achieve the best possible quality of care. Competence is gained through a stimulating, developing, and learning work environment. The clinic values the individual employee's competence by encouraging you to take responsibility for driving the operation forward through participation.

For a better future. Region Östergötland has high ambitions and a responsible mission. It is about health and care, about the development of our region, and about those who live and stay here. We want to continue to be at the forefront of care, research, and education. This means daring to think anew – and having the best employees. Therefore, we offer unique opportunities for further learning and invest in modern environments with efficient systems and tools. Many of us meet patients and relatives, while others create the conditions for life-saving interventions. With us, fantastic people work towards the same goal – to make a real difference, and for a better future.

Here you can read about our career ladder for nurses and also about your benefits with us.

Job Description

We are now looking for reinforcement! We are seeking a licensed nurse with an interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We welcome both internal and external applicants – perhaps you are already working with us and want to develop further, try a new direction, or take the next step in your career. Or you may come from another organization and want to be part of our engaged and knowledgeable team.

Regardless of your background, we offer a safe introduction, good development opportunities, and a workplace where your competence truly makes a difference.

For those already working within the clinic, there is an opportunity to rotate to our IBD team. Your basic employment will remain in your current unit, with rotation duties at the clinic. During the clinic's vacation periods, you will work in your regular unit.

Your Working Style and Our Work Environment

If you enjoy working independently, structured, and goal-oriented, you will fit in excellently with us. We place great importance on ensuring that our employees have the opportunity to develop and are offered stimulating and meaningful tasks.

We work cross-professionally and team-based according to each patient's individual needs. Our well-established collaborations include regular multidisciplinary meetings, where we together create the best possible care for our patients.

As a nurse, you are responsible for ensuring that care maintains high quality and is based on the patient's needs and resources. You lead and distribute patient-related work and actively contribute to a positive and developing work environment.

In outpatient care, you will work with telephone counseling for our chronically ill patients, have your own clinic with a mix of phone visits and physical visits. We offer you a stimulating and varied job where you are involved in developing work with a focus on the patient's perspective. You will work in a team with nursing assistants, social workers, dietitians, and doctors. The patient group you will meet consists of patients with IBD.

About You

We would like you to have an interest in research and development. With us, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the continued development of the operation and be part of a team where curiosity, initiative, and innovative thinking are encouraged. You will also have ample opportunity to influence our working methods and contribute to improved patient-related outcomes.

You are a licensed nurse, and a specialist degree and/or experience in our areas of illness are meritorious.

Since you will be in constant dialogue with patients and colleagues, it is a requirement that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.

As a person, you are confident, responsible, and have good collaboration skills. In your interactions with patients, you are empathetic, a good listener, and have the ability to see the patient's needs. You also have the ability to plan, prioritize, and structure your work independently. Other important qualities are flexibility and an interest in driving improvement work and operational development together with other team members. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Application and Employment

We work with ongoing selection for interviews, so we would like to see your application as soon as possible. Before employment in a patient-related role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out an application (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

Warm welcome to submit your application! If you need help registering in the system, contact customer service Support and Service at 010-103 60 00 during office hours.

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