Nurse at the Center for Movement Organs, Umeå

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and for ensuring that research and innovation yield results.

The Center for Movement Organs is a university hospital unit located in Umeå with approximately 225 employees. Together with the Surgery and Orthopedics Clinic in Skellefteå and Lycksele, we are responsible for all orthopedics in the region. The Center for Movement Organs, Umeå is a University Hospital Unit (USVE) where research and student supervision are a natural part of clinical everyday life.

Our diverse operations within the Center for Movement Organs are seen as stimulating by our staff as the operations are divided into different sections that provide varied work and a medical knowledge base. We have a breadth and depth of operations that encompass everything from assessments of patients' orthopedic problems, both acute and elective. This takes place in emergency services, outpatient clinics, wards, and surgery with extensive orthopedic surgery for fractures/trauma, back, prosthetics, tumors, ankle/foot, shoulder, knee, sports, and pediatric orthopedics.

The Center for Movement Organs is also responsible for the day surgery unit, DKE, located at NUS. At DKE, patients are cared for as part of several surgical specialties' day surgery flow.

DKE is part of the Center for Movement Organs (ROC), which is responsible for the department's staff, operations, coordination, development, and coordination with other surgical specialties.

We are now looking for a nurse to join our unit, welcome with your application!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a nurse with us, you contribute knowledge and commitment that makes people feel secure.

At DKE, we care for patients before and after surgery and document and monitor vital parameters. Here, you work with patients from various surgical specialties. The work is carried out independently as well as in teams in a unit with high competence and in a high-tech environment.

We care for patients before and after surgery and document and monitor vital parameters. As a nurse, you assess, prioritize, and address the patient's specific nursing needs based on your area of responsibility. The work is carried out independently as well as in teams in a unit with high competence and in a high-tech environment.

We offer a varied and challenging job where you have the opportunity to learn new things every day, always with the patient in focus.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for a licensed nurse. Experience in postoperative care is an advantage.

We are looking for someone interested in driving and developing the outpatient surgical operations at NUS. As a person, you are engaged and positive. The work requires you to have good collaboration skills and high flexibility, as well as the ability to work independently.

You have a good ability to think and work flow-oriented in a production-based operation.

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 made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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

Before employment, we will request an extract from the suspicion and criminal record register.