Department E, Höglandssjukhuset Eksjö

Are you our next employee at the diabetes foot care clinic?

The role of foot care specialist

The diabetes foot care clinic is part of the medical department E at the medicine and geriatrics clinic. As a foot care specialist, you will perform foot care and wound care for diabetics. This also involves observing, assessing, prioritizing, documenting, and communicating changes in the patient's foot status.

You will participate in teamwork around the patient, and in dialogue with the patient and relatives, you will provide support and guidance to enable optimal participation in care and treatment. The team consists of diabetes doctors, diabetes nurses, dietitians, and foot therapists. As a foot therapist, you will also often collaborate with orthopedic surgeons and orthopedic technicians.

This is an independent role where you will have the opportunity to take significant personal responsibility while working in a team with high competence in several other professions.

Your future workplace

The medicine and geriatrics clinic at Höglandssjukhuset in Eksjö is a developing organization where we care for patients in need of specialized medical and geriatric care. The clinic has a history of innovative, systematic, and evidence-based quality work with a strong patient focus.

Since 2015, the clinic's management system has been certified according to ISO 9001:2008. We are all very proud that the clinic is ISO-certified! This simply means that we have order and clarity in our operations. It creates good conditions for us working at the clinic to know what, when, and how we are expected to act. This contributes to our processes being quality assured so that patients receive good and safe care.

Your profile

You are a trained nursing assistant with a foot specialist education of three semesters. It is also desirable that you have several years of experience in the profession. You are calm and accommodating in your manner and collaborate well with others. You should feel comfortable mentoring students and speaking in front of groups.

We would like you to have good knowledge and experience of wounds and diabetes.

Our offer to you

We offer you a developing and educational role as a foot care specialist within medical care. You will be warmly welcomed into a wonderful team with a pleasant atmosphere. Supporting and helping each other as colleagues is important to us.

As an employee in Region Jönköpings län, you make a real difference for many. Regardless of profession, we all have the same mission – to contribute to making life better, more enjoyable, and healthier for all residents of the county. In a large organization, there are also great opportunities for collaboration across boundaries and learning from each other. For us, competence development is not just training; it is part of daily work.

To ensure you have the best possible start, you will of course receive a tailored introduction based on your experiences.

As an employee with us in Region Jönköpings län, you will have access to our employment benefits. Some of them increase your basic security, while others add a little extra to your daily life. Read more about our benefits here: Benefits, Region Jönköpings län (http://www.rjl.se/jobb-och-karriar/Jobba-hos-oss/Formaner/)

Do you have questions about the position?

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact our unit manager Laila Hilldén; [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

We welcome inquiries from those interested in the job but decline calls from those selling ads and recruitment services.

Our recruitment process

The application deadline is January 18, 2026. We look forward to receiving your application.

Read more about Region Jönköpings län's recruitment process on our website: Our recruitment process, Region Jönköpings län (https://rjl.se/jobb-och-karriar/Lediga-jobb/Var-rekryteringsprocess/)