Elderly Care Unit

Our 1800 employees work with close care and health in Uppsala County. We have a wide range of services within primary care. Our patients meet us at Region Uppsala's own health centers or within habilitation, and we provide advice over the phone via 1177. Education, research, and development are important to us, as we adapt our offerings based on the needs of the residents. We already offer mobile teams, video visits, and smart e-services.

We are now looking for a dietitian for the Elderly Care Unit!

We are looking for you who are a dietitian and want to be part of the development at the Elderly Care Unit. The Elderly Care Unit provides care throughout Uppsala County. We offer a permanent full-time position, with start date by agreement. A probationary period may apply.

We invest in secure employment and good benefits through our collective agreement, read about them here (https://www.regionuppsala.se/Global/Jobba%20hos%20oss/karri%E4rwebben/F%F6rm%E5nsbroschyr%20Region%20Uppsala_2019.pdf). In addition to your individual development plan, we also have regular training days for competence development. This allows you to be part of a large network with knowledgeable colleagues from across the county.

Your mission

As a dietitian at the Elderly Care Unit, you help elderly individuals in need of medical care at home. The tasks consist of dietary treatment and advice to patients and their relatives as well as healthcare staff. Some staff training may be included.

The Elderly Care Unit has developed a unique way of working with elderly patients who need medical care at home in collaboration with home healthcare. At the Elderly Care Unit, you have the opportunity to dedicate the time needed to your patients, and you follow your patients over time, ensuring good quality and continuity.

Our working method is based on close cooperation with the municipalities' home healthcare, including joint rounds, home visits, and contact via phone and data systems. You will be part of a team with doctors, pharmacists, speech therapists, dietitians, social workers, and medical secretaries. Considering the patient's needs, you have great opportunities to plan your time to suit both you and your patients.

Your competence

We are looking for you who are a licensed dietitian, either a junior dietitian straight from education or with previous experience from working in primary care and/or with elderly individuals. We place great emphasis on personal suitability, that you have the capacity to work independently, and a good ability and willingness to develop collaboration, both within the unit and with respective healthcare neighbors. A B driver's license and good driving experience are required.

As a person, you are clear in your communication and structured in your work approach. You have good pedagogical skills, are attentive, and can easily establish contact with both patients, relatives, and colleagues. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Our operations

The Elderly Care Unit is a specialized and high-quality unit that provides home care for multi-sick elderly individuals who are connected to municipal home healthcare in ordinary housing. The Elderly Care Unit is a county-wide operation as part of the goal "Close Care 2030". The operation is conducted as a collaboration between Region Uppsala and home healthcare in the municipalities of Uppsala County.

Want to know more?

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact the operations manager Marcus Taflin at email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or via Region Uppsala's switchboard at phone: 018-611 00 00 or group manager Jonna Niemelä at email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or via Region Uppsala's switchboard at phone: 018-611 00 00.

You can also contact representatives from your trade union via Region Uppsala's switchboard at phone: 018-611 00 00.

Want to work with us?

Welcome with your application via the link below. Attach relevant documents that support your license and claimed competence. Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period, so do not wait with your application.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operation and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala will place all permanently employed staff based on the needs of total defense. This means that for the individual employee, there are no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a hiring decision, a check of suspicion and criminal records will be conducted for all applicants who may work in psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to all who will work closely with patients, even if the tasks are not currently intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala's efforts, and we kindly ask recruitment companies and advertisement sellers not to call.