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Are you looking for a new challenge where you have the opportunity to develop in your role as an intensive care nurse? Do you want to work in a multidisciplinary team in a highly specialized Intensive Care Unit, where we focus on the critically ill ICU patient through person-centered care? Then the Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (THIVA) in Lund is for you.

At THIVA, we collaborate with thoracic surgery and the thoracic surgical department. Together with vascular surgery in Malmö, we form the thoracic and vascular operations area, a field that continuously invests in developing the operations. We strive to put the person in need of highly specialized and technology-intensive care at the center, which we do by prioritizing the care relationship and continuity around the patient. Our patients have undergone thoracic surgical procedures such as lung surgery, coronary surgery, valve surgery, or aortic surgery. The patient's meaning-making is highlighted through pedagogical conversations. Every week we have a nursing round where the interdisciplinary team plans for patients facing significant challenges both humanly and medically, based on health and well-being. We care for patients covered by our national healthcare assignment for heart transplantation, lung transplantation, and adults with severe congenital heart defects (GUCH). We also provide care for patients with acute respiratory failure who require ECMO, from hospitals in Skåne.

THIVA is a stimulating workplace, in a well-functioning organization with continuous operational development. We work for a good working environment and continuous professional development. The department is characterized by an open work climate where both management and staff care for each other and our working environment.

We need more people in our important work! Welcome with your application to our exciting operations if you want to join our team of experienced, positive, and engaged colleagues!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for someone who enjoys working in a team around critically ill thoracic patients. The team around the patients consists of anesthesiologists, intensive care nurses, nursing assistants, physiotherapists, social workers, and medical secretaries. With us, you will care for patients treated with varying complexity. In your work, you will meet adult patients postoperatively after heart and lung surgery, with needs ranging from a few hours of monitoring to longer hospitalization. In your role, you will care for patients with vital organ failure who require support, such as dialysis and intra-aortic balloon pump. You will also care for patients treated with advanced medical equipment, such as mechanical heart assist devices like Heartmate and ECMO. Additionally, you will care for patients who have undergone lung or heart transplantation.

At THIVA, we have the privilege of having a nursing professor associated with us who guides and supports us in our work. We constantly aim to work from a person-centered perspective. As a nursing responsible nurse, you will work with a doctoral nurse, and together with the team, you will drive the nursing round. Together with our physiotherapists, we promote active and health-promoting care, such as early mobilization and bed cycling, to maintain/strengthen the patient's resources while increasing the chances of moving towards better health and well-being.

We offer a thorough introduction with theory and practical guidance, tailored to you and your needs, so that you as a new employee can thrive and integrate into the work. You will work with two experienced mentors and will also be linked to a training responsible nurse and a medical technical nurse. After the introduction, you will receive a mentor, and together you will meet in continuous structured meetings during your first year at THIVA to ensure you feel secure in your role.

Many of our employees have long experience in thoracic intensive care, and with that solid competence, we want to welcome new colleagues who wish to expand their knowledge base. We are still learning something new all the time!

QUALIFICATIONS

We welcome you who are a licensed nurse with the authority to practice within Swedish healthcare and who has further education in intensive care. You have language skills in Swedish corresponding to at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe's level scale. Experience in intensive care and thoracic surgical care is an advantage. We would like you to have an interest in advanced heart-lung surgical intensive care.

We are looking for someone who wants to work with person-centered care, who is passionate about close nursing with nursing responsibility and nursing rounds. You are a flexible and stable person who can handle the challenges and changes that our operations entail. Great importance is placed on personal qualities and good collaboration skills.

In this recruitment, continuous selection is applied. Welcome with your application today!

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