Department of Geriatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, and Pain Center

We are Uppsala University Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer 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. With us, you will experience both hard trials and fantastic events, in a strong community with colleagues. See parts of our reality in our photo exhibition; akademiskafotoutstallning.se (http://akademiskafotoutstallning.se). Welcome with your application!

Our Operations

The Department of Geriatrics, Rehabilitation, and Pain Center provides care that spans from acute management to rehabilitation and discharge planning for patients over 65 years old. You will receive patients directly from the emergency department and on referral from other departments. You will care for individuals with various health conditions. The geriatrics unit in Uppsala consists of three inpatient wards with different specializations: medicine, orthopedics, and neurological care.

The foundation of the geriatric approach is teamwork based on person-centered care. The team consists of you as a nursing assistant and nurse, doctor, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, and if needed, a pharmacist, social worker, dietitian, and speech therapist.

Your Mission

As a nursing assistant, you work closely with patients and are responsible for parts of their care. You observe, assess, perform, and evaluate care. In addition to close care, your tasks include taking venous samples, inserting catheters, caring for feeding tubes, wound dressings, removing stitches, monitoring vital parameters, EKG, bladder scans, taking various cultures, and rehabilitation. In the department, we have two different nursing assistant roles with different focuses. One role is more focused on planning, maintaining, and evaluating the patient's care together with the team, while the other function is more operational.

We are happy to tell you more about the work in a possible interview.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a trained nursing assistant (degree certificate must be attached to the application) or studying nursing or medical programs. It is essential to enjoy working with elderly people, and previous experience in healthcare is highly valued.

Your Competence

The variation in work means that you should be flexible, responsible, and able to adapt to acute situations, as well as be ready to step in where needed. Since the work is often physically demanding, it is a requirement that you have good physical condition. You enjoy working with elderly people and have a good and reflective approach. Great importance is placed on having good teamwork skills, as teamwork is central to providing patient-safe care for our patients. You want to help others become their best! You are quick to learn new systems and work systematically with documentation and information management. You handle the Swedish language, both spoken and written, and can communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and colleagues, as well as document according to current routines. Competence to perform tasks on delegation from various professionals in the care team. You have a structured working method, where you plan, prioritize, and follow up tasks effectively, even in a high-paced and changing environment.

We believe it is important that you are an engaged and positive colleague who contributes to a good working environment. Personal qualities are highly valued, and you find it rewarding to work with elderly individuals.

We Offer

We can offer you a temporary position scheduled for days, evenings, and weekends, with a start date according to agreement. The degree of employment can be discussed. You will be offered an introduction before you start working.

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/).

Want to Know More?

Department Manager Anngela Ingvarsson, 018-611 40 36
Union contact person can be reached through the switchboard, 018-611 00 00

Want to Work with Us?

Welcome with your application via the link below. Don't forget to attach your degree certificate. Selection and appointment may occur continuously during the application period, so do not wait to send your application to us!

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

Region Uppsala places all permanent 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 involuntary care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to anyone who will work closely with patients, even if the tasks are not primarily intended to involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

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