Gastroenterology Clinic's Outpatient Reception is Looking for a Nursing Assistant - Are You the One We Are Looking For?

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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, with 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 life ahead.

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

Our clinic places great emphasis on competence development and offers a stimulating work environment that creates conditions for high-quality care. We value each employee's knowledge and commitment. We believe in participation and responsibility, where you as an employee are involved in driving the business forward through initiatives, collaboration, and development work.

Together, we create a workplace where both patients and employees can feel security and pride. Please read about our benefits and our career ladder for nursing assistants.

Job Description

With us, you will work as a nursing assistant in all our teams within IBD, liver, and neurogastroenterology. The reception has a close collaboration with the surgical clinic and a national mission within reconstructive surgery for IBD. Initially, you will receive a broad introduction to the operations, with the goal of later deepening your knowledge specifically in IBD and our surgical team. This gives you the opportunity to work in a highly specialized and cutting-edge environment.

As a nursing assistant with us, you will work independently with great responsibility in a varied everyday life. The work includes direct patient contact at the reception, but also contact via phone and digital e-services. Your tasks include booking and logistics regarding examinations, sample collection, and assisting in sigmoidoscopies. You will also handle administrative tasks that are an important part of the reception's flow and quality.

Work Group

We offer you a stimulating and varied job where you can participate in developing work methods and routines. With us, the patient's perspective and safety are in focus, and you are a significant part of creating safe, efficient, and professional care.

Research is highly prioritized at the clinic, and we conduct high-level research within all our sections. You will work with clinical studies, in close collaboration with researchers, and among other things, take and manage samples, organize patient flows, and be responsible for collecting and entering forms.

About You

You are a trained nursing assistant with a focus on healthcare.

Basic requirements for employment as a nursing assistant:

• Approved secondary education of at least 2250 points, Health and Care Program or equivalent
• For adult education, approved secondary education equivalent to at least 1400 points within Health and Care education or equivalent.
• Grading criteria: At least grade E in all courses (approved).
• It is desirable to have a diploma from certified training via the Health and Care College, applicable to both youth and adult education.

You preferably have experience in outpatient work and administrative work in Cosmic. Since you work in constant dialogue with patients and colleagues, it is a requirement that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written. Pedagogical experience and good knowledge of English are meritorious.

You want to develop your professional role and acquire a wealth of knowledge. You enjoy working independently and with varied tasks. As a person, you are positive, independent, flexible, proactive, and have a desire to develop the business together with other team members. You also have the ability to plan, prioritize, and structure your work. You have good collaboration skills, are goal-oriented, and responsible. We work closely together and need good communication to successfully solve the tasks we encounter in everyday life. Thus, the position suits you if you thrive in collaboration and are responsive and communicative with both colleagues, patients, and relatives.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and suitability.

Application and Employment

Before employment in a patient-facing 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, please contact customer service Support and Service, 010-103 60 00, during office hours.

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