Field of Operations: Geriatrics, Rehabilitation and Pain Center

We are Akademiska sjukhuset – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. In addition to our role as a regional hospital, we provide highly specialized care to two million people in Central Sweden. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is celebrated as a hero of life. We believe that honesty lasts the longest, and it is no secret that we need to grow our team. As a colleague with us, you will experience a lot. Tough challenges but also fantastic events, strong community, and support from colleagues and fellow human beings. To see parts of our reality, visit our photo exhibition at akademiskafotoutstallning.se (https://akademiskafotoutstallning.se).

Welcome with your application and become a part of us.

Our Operations

Are you looking for a workplace with varied tasks and a strong focus on rehabilitation and person-centered care? Welcome to us!

85C is a rehabilitation department within inpatient care with 14 beds. We care for patients aged 18 and older and have two medical specialties. Our goal is for you as an employee to feel meaningfulness and motivation and to have the opportunity to grow and develop in your professional role. As a nurse, you will gain in-depth knowledge and the ability to lead rehabilitative care. You will work in a team with many experienced colleagues, and together we make a difference for our patients.

Our medical specialties are rehabilitation medicine and neurogeriatrics, focusing on the rehabilitation of significant disabilities in individuals with illness or acquired injuries to the nervous system. We are a department with over 60 employees from various professions. In our department, we have time for our patients, and we can follow them through the entire process. It is with us that patients take the fundamental steps back towards as independent and active a life as possible. The goal is for everyone to return to the lives they had before their injury, to the greatest extent possible.

Your Mission

As a nurse with us, you will work closely in a team with occupational therapists, dietitians, physiotherapists, social workers, speech therapists, doctors, psychologists, and nursing assistants. As a nurse, you are responsible for leading the nursing work and following up on medical interventions in collaboration with doctors.

The organization is now entering a development phase, and we are looking for engaged employees who want to think innovatively and have an interest in developing new working methods. We expect you to participate in the development of the nursing role and the team-based working method. In this development, we work to strengthen the nursing role by collaboratively defining the nurse's function in the rehabilitative process. This means that there is dedicated development time of 4 hours per month that is scheduled, and those with special assignments have scheduled time to work on them. All to create the best possible working environment and to continuously work to improve the quality of care.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse. We welcome both newly graduated individuals and those with several years of experience. We prefer that you are a confident person. We expect you to participate in the development of the nursing role and the team-based working method. Great emphasis is placed on pedagogical ability, collaboration skills, and personal suitability.

We Offer

We offer a permanent full-time position with a start date according to agreement. The work is done on a rotation basis, including weekend shifts.

As a new nurse with us, you will receive 4 weeks of introduction with continuous follow-up and support from a mentoring colleague and your immediate manager. During the introduction, we will go through the parts of the rehabilitation process, the design of the rehabilitation plan based on ICF, and the department's routines. In addition, we will also create an individual plan with you for the areas where you need extra support to feel secure in your role. If you are a newly graduated nurse, you are offered to spend part of your working hours in a clinical development year, read more here. (https://www.akademiska.se/arbeta-hos-oss/kliniskt-utvecklingsar/ (https://www.akademiska.se/arbeta-hos-oss/kliniskt-utvecklingsar/))

For experienced nurses, we offer an individual development plan, which may include training to become a clinical supervisor, Professionssteget read more here (https://www.akademiska.se/arbeta-hos-oss/professionssteget/ (https://www.akademiska.se/arbeta-hos-oss/professionssteget/)). You can also enhance your skills by studying further in a specialization course in neurosurgery, 15 higher education credits. After working for a year in the field, there is a geriatric academy you can apply for, which lasts for 2 years. If you are interested in a specialist education, there is the opportunity to apply for paid further education in elderly care.

There is also the possibility to shadow us if you wish!

With us, you will receive benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/ (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/)).

Want to Know More?

Department Manager Ann Wettervik, 018-617 12 72 or 072-215 69 22
Union contact person can be reached through the switchboard, 018-611 00 00

Do You Want to Work with Us?

Welcome with your application via the link below. Do not wait to send in your application; interviews and appointments will take place continuously.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to the organization. We therefore welcome applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala places all permanent staff according to the needs of the total defense. This means that for the individual employee, there are no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Background checks against suspicion and criminal records will be conducted for all individuals whom the employer intends to hire or engage for patient-related work, based on the possibility that they may work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and adolescents, 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. We therefore kindly ask recruitment companies and advertisement sellers not to contact us.