Intensive Care Nurse at the Center for Surgical Operations Skellefteå

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and for research and innovation to yield results. Intensive care is an important area of work that is growing.

At the Center for Surgical Operations Skellefteå, intensive care is provided for children and adults, emergency and planned surgical care, anesthesia with associated postoperative care, and sterile technical operations. The operations are conducted in collaboration with the Surgical and Orthopedic departments, as well as other clinics both in the hospital and within the region.

Here, teamwork and a good working environment are high on the agenda. Within the intensive care unit, you have the advantage of working according to a work schedule model that allows for reduced working hours, increased time for recovery, and higher compensation for inconvenient working hours compared to the general agreement. Additionally, you have the opportunity to influence the scheduling of your shifts.

Within the clinic, there is ongoing work on the working environment that has resulted in the following vision: Through our behaviors, we create a workplace characterized by safety, learning, respect, and a professional approach. Through good collaboration within the region, effective care chains, ongoing improvement efforts, and competent staff, we can offer high-quality care. In collaboration with the university, we conduct research, development, and education.

Our clinic has been designated as one of Region Västerbotten's best workplaces in 2024.

We are looking for a registered nurse

who is interested in further developing within intensive care. As a trainee, you will have the opportunity to receive educational support during your training period, and you will apply for the training based on your own merits.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

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

In the position of intensive care nurse in our department, you contribute to the care of intensive care patients with failure in their vital functions due to surgeries, accidents, or severe medical conditions. As we care for patients from many categories, our knowledge develops into a unique and broad knowledge base in a high-tech environment. Your responsibilities also include caring for postoperative patients, as the staff covers the postoperative unit and alarm functions in the hospital. You will work closely with nursing assistants, physiotherapists, and doctors who together form a team around the patient and their relatives.

As a trainee nurse with us, you will receive an introduction to intensive care over 6 weeks, during which time you will be seconded from your current workplace. After this, you will return to your workplace and work until the training begins in the upcoming term. After completing your training, you will be employed as an Intensive Care Nurse at the clinic.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for a licensed nurse with an interest in intensive care. You have formal eligibility to apply for further education as an intensive care nurse. We prefer that you have experience in hospital nursing. You also have at least 1 year of professional experience as a nurse. We place great importance on personal qualities such as flexibility, good self-awareness, and communication skills.

As an applicant, you see service and flexibility as a given, can handle acute and stressful situations, are interested in care development, and focus on the patient. You are a confident person and enjoy collaborating across professional boundaries. You dare to take initiative but ask for help when you need it, have good collaboration skills, and the ability to create good relationships with colleagues, both externally and internally. You have a positive attitude towards change, quality, and development work.

Before employment, we will require you to present a criminal record extract that is no older than one year.

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, therefore we welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly ask for no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

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