Engaged Nurse Wanted for Urology Clinic

The Hospitals in the West is an administration within the Västra Götaland Region and consists of four hospitals – Alingsås Hospital, Angered Local Hospital, Högsbo Local Hospital, and Kungälv Hospital. Approximately 3000 employees work with us every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare of the highest quality.

The Surgical and Orthopedic Department at Kungälv Hospital includes two wards, a clinic for surgery/orthopedics and urology, an oncology clinic, and a gynecological clinic.

About the Position

We are now looking for an engaged and qualified nurse for our urology clinic. The job requires great empathy, high competence, and a willingness to constantly develop within the field. The position is 100% with daytime hours, Monday to Friday, free from weekends.

With us, you will work in a broad and varied role with responsibility for both patient contact and follow-up and coordination. Your main tasks consist of standard nursing duties that occur in the clinic, including:

• Patient meetings and counseling: Both pre- and post-operative, via phone (Telia ACE), 1177, and physical visits.
• Clinic work: Assisting doctors in urology with examinations such as cystoscopy, intermediate needle biopsies, etc.
• Interprofessional collaboration: Close cooperation with all professions in the hospital.
• Own clinic: Together with a colleague, run your own clinic in urology, which includes instillation treatments, catheter changes, and being a contact nurse for urothelial cancer.

Qualifications

Are you a nurse looking for variety, challenges, and the opportunity to develop together with an engaged team? Then you are the one we are looking for. You must be a licensed nurse, and it is advantageous if you have experience in urology. We are looking for someone who enjoys collaborating with others, takes great responsibility, and thrives in a flexible work environment, both independently and in a group. Personal suitability is highly valued, where good social skills and the ability to work service-oriented are important aspects to thrive with us.

We offer an exciting workplace with high competence and a strong focus on patient safety and collaboration. As a nurse with us, you are an important part of the patient's care chain and get to work in both surgery, orthopedics, and urology, where flexibility and responsibility are key words.

Who Are You?

We are looking for someone with the following qualifications:

• License as a nurse with at least 2 years of experience as a nurse.
• Experience in clinic work or urological care is advantageous.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing.
• A secure professional role with the ability to make independent decisions and prioritize in a varied everyday life.
• A humble and flexible approach – here we work across the boundaries of surgery, orthopedics, and urology.
• Interest in digitalization and the ability to work in various IT systems.
• Interest in being able to support on one of our wards if needed.

Personal Qualities - We Value That You Are:

• Empathetic and relationship-building, with a focus on the patient's needs.
• Creative and development-oriented – you see opportunities and contribute to improvements in the organization.
• Meticulous and quality-conscious, with high patient safety as a goal.

We place great importance on personal suitability.

What Do We Offer?

• Working hours: Daytime Monday to Friday, free evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Team spirit: A close-knit group with doctors, nurses, and nursing assistants.
• Development: Variation in tasks and the opportunity to be involved in the digital development of healthcare.

We are part of the Hospitals in the West and belong to the surgical/orthopedic business area. Here you will work with high variation, close collaboration, and great opportunities for development. If necessary, there is also the opportunity to broaden your competence through efforts in other units within the hospital group.

Conditions

The employment is a maternity cover starting as soon as possible and running until 2027-03-31 with the possibility of extension.

Selection and interviews are ongoing.

Welcome with your application!

About the Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good health and medical care for everyone. 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 digitalize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have 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 the 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 here (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation here (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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