Operating Room Nurse at the Surgical Clinic

Do you want to work in an organization where your skills truly make a difference every day? At the surgical clinic, you will encounter a daily routine filled with variety, challenges, and development. We work in teams with high competence and a shared focus on safe and secure care. With us, you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in a specialty area and gain foundational skills for our most common procedures.

Does this sound interesting? Welcome with your application today!

Job Responsibilities

As an operating room nurse, you will have a basic placement and work in one of the surgical department's units. You have great opportunities to become a specialist in your home section and take responsibility for your own area based on your interests and skills. With us, you will broaden your knowledge and foundational skills for our most common procedures. You will be part of the team around the patient, which together with you consists of nursing assistants, anesthetic nurses, and doctors.

Read more about what it is like to work as an operating room nurse in Region Västmanland:

• Working as an operating room nurse in Region Västmanland
• High-tech surgical clinic where employees perform wonders

Working Hours

We offer work in our around-the-clock operations with a time valuation model of 37 hours per week. Region Västmanland also has a local agreement with the Nurses' Union and SRAT that provides increased compensation for inconvenient working hours for nurses, midwives, radiology nurses, and biomedical analysts.

Development Opportunities

We value internal and external training, simulation exercises, trauma exercises, and our employees have a higher proportion of training time than the average in the administration and other regions.

About the Workplace

The surgical clinic is responsible for all of Västmanland's surgical care. Parts of the day surgery operations are conducted at the hospital in Köping. The more extensive surgery, both emergency and elective, takes place in Västerås. The surgical operations consist of surgery, urology, gynecology, robotic surgery, orthopedics, vascular surgery, and ear-nose-throat surgery. There are a total of 23 operating rooms in the clinic, of which four rooms are in Köping and 18 rooms are in Västerås.

We place great value on collaboration and individual competence development. We are proud to be one of the most efficient clinics in Sweden, with high quality results and good patient safety. There is also an opportunity to participate in research and development projects. We are currently building a new emergency hospital that will entail significant development of our operations.

For us, it is important that you feel good and enjoy your job, which is why we offer you:

• A tailored introduction program to help you feel secure in your professional role
• Opportunities for professional development through internal training
• A workplace for different stages of life, with the possibility of flexible working hours within certain frameworks
• Free training at our fully equipped gym
• Wellness allowance of 3000 SEK/year

Read more about the benefits here: Benefits (https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/)

Curious?

Please feel free to contact us if you want to book an informal conversation, and we will tell you more. Or would you like to come and shadow us to gain insight into our work and see the facilities? Contact us, and we will arrange it!

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse and have a specialist nursing education focused on surgical care. You who are at the end of your specialist training are also welcome to apply. It is an advantage if you have previously worked as an operating room nurse in a surgical department, but it is not a requirement. If you have also worked in the medical record systems Cosmic or Orbit, we see that as an advantage. Since our work is often governed by documents in Swedish, you need to have good knowledge of the language, both spoken and written.

You who apply are a secure and stable person. We see that you plan and structure your work, as well as that you can quickly prioritize and adapt to changing circumstances when the situation requires it. You have a good ability to collaborate with others by listening and communicating in a clear and constructive manner.

Employment Conditions

Permanent employment: Full-time
Working hours: Schedule with rotation for days, evenings, nights, weekends
Location: Västerås

Start date by agreement.

Application

Welcome with your application by February 22, 2026.
Interviews may take place continuously, so do not wait to submit your application.

• When you apply, you should only attach your CV and preferably relevant certificates.
• You will also be asked to answer a number of questions that are part of our selection assessment.
• We do not use cover letters in our recruitment process.

Read more about the region's recruitment process and how to create a good CV here: Applying for a job in Region Västmanland (https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/)

About the Region

If you want to know more about what it is like to work with us, you can see more on the region's Instagram account: Region Västmanland Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/regionvastmanland/)

We in Region Västmanland are responsible for health, medical, and dental care for everyone living in the county. We also work with everything from public transport and culture to business issues, education, and research. Together we are 7,000 employees, with 300 different professions, in ten locations.

We are in the midst of what affects people's lives. Every day. Together, we are driven by creating a better society for everyone who lives and works here. We develop and find new solutions to meet people – where they are. That is how we can live up to our stakeholders' and residents' high expectations.

Together we make a difference. For real.

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