Job Advertisement: Nurse at LARO

Together, we are developing Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future. We are transforming healthcare with the goal of becoming Europe’s leading university hospital by 2032. Together with our patients, we work for quality, accessibility, patient safety, research, education, and innovation – within a cohesive healthcare system in the Västra Götaland region. Our vision and goals aim for care of the highest quality, where the patient is always in focus. We provide healthcare locally and regionally, but also highly specialized care to patients throughout the country and abroad. Our employees are our strength, contributing to knowledge exchange nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new working methods, we can simplify everyday life at the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and effective care of the highest quality.

About the Organization

We work with medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence. LARO is the treatment within addiction care that saves the most lives. What our patients have in common is an addiction to opioids; in addition, you will meet all types of people, and our clinics range from harm reduction interventions to supporting individuals who are well-established in society.

In the Gothenburg area, we have four outpatient clinics and a day care unit. We work with differentiated care where patients can be in active use, in early remission, or in long-term remission regarding their opioid dependence. Patients in our organization vary and have different needs. Treatment goals, responsibility distribution, interventions, and control are therefore differentiated and adapted to each patient’s needs and circumstances. Within the organization, doctors, psychologists, social workers, treatment assistants, midwives, nurses, caregivers, and medical secretaries work in teams. Utilizing each other’s competencies is an important part of our work.

Our mission includes psychosocial and medical treatment, coordination and planning of care and interventions. Conducting good collaboration with care neighbors is fundamental to meeting the patient’s needs. Contact with other stakeholders such as social services, the Social Insurance Agency, the Prison and Probation Service, and the Employment Service is part of the work.

What We Can Offer You

At LARO, you will receive an individually tailored introduction and shadowing, with internal training regarding opioid dependence as well as observation in our other units. In the Addiction Services, you will be offered everything from basic training in psychiatry to advanced knowledge of addiction.

Job Responsibilities

As a nurse with us, you will have a flexible job and work closely with other colleagues. You will be responsible for the care of our patients and participate in medication administration, sampling, assessment, and documentation. You will be active in collaboration meetings and individual patient conversations and conduct motivational work together with the patient, based on their needs.

The work is mainly scheduled during daytime on weekdays, but weekend duty every 12th weekend is included. Our weekend clinic is located at Östra Hospital from 08:00 to 13:00.

About You

We are looking for a licensed nurse with experience working with individuals with substance use disorders.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Experience in substitution treatment, addiction care, and/or psychiatry.
• Experience in relapse prevention work, as well as motivational work according to MI.
• Experience with the documentation system Melior.

The work requires personal maturity. It is important to us that you have an empathetic approach towards our patients. In this recruitment, we place great emphasis on personal suitability and value qualities such as the ability to work independently, flexibly, and to handle difficult patient interactions. We continuously work to improve our operations and would like you to have the ability to drive improvement work.

Warm welcome to submit your application!

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In the event of recruiting nurses/doctors with foreign licenses/specialist certificates, the current position will be preceded by a process to meet the requirements for Swedish licenses/specialist certificates.

About Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for all. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland. The Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should possess basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things. The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a state of readiness.

If you want to know more about the Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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