Training Position for Specialist Nurse in Surgery

To succeed in the long-term skills supply within healthcare, we want to offer you as a nurse the opportunity to further your education to become a specialist nurse – with a maintained base salary throughout the training period.

Seize the opportunity and train to become a specialist nurse in surgery!

Our Offer

Region Östergötland operates throughout Östergötland. To continue to be at the forefront of care, research, and education, you as a nurse now have the opportunity to apply for training positions with us in areas of specialist competence that are in demand. This means you study with a maintained base salary and then receive a permanent position as a specialist in the region.

During your studies, you will have an introduction plan and regular contact with the manager at your future workplace. Once you have received your degree, the training position will transition to a permanent employment as a specialist nurse in surgery, where you will have more qualified tasks that require specialist competence for good and safe patient care. You will also receive a salary increase of 4000 SEK after completing your training.

Please read about Isabel or Johanna who share their experiences of studying to become a midwife and specialist nurse with us. Also, feel free to read about your benefits with us.

Focus

As a surgical nurse, you will be part of the team around the patient during surgical procedures and interventions. This means that great importance is placed on collaboration in interprofessional teams, where communication is an important tool that enables safe care and the prevention of care injuries.

Your tasks as a surgical nurse include taking care of patients before, during, and after surgery or surgical examination. You prevent complications, monitor and perform nursing actions, and lead the work in an operating room. This may involve being responsible for hygienic and aseptic principles so that the surgical procedure can be carried out safely, as well as being responsible for preventing and limiting infections and the spread of infection.

As a surgical nurse, you have the opportunity to work within various surgical specialties and perioperative care for both children and adults in planned and emergency surgery, as well as trauma surgery.

For this focus, Region Östergötland offers training positions at ANOPIVA and the Thoracic-Vascular Clinic at the University Hospital in Linköping, as well as ANOPIVA at Vrinnevisjukhuset in Norrköping.

About You

To be eligible for the training position, you need to:

• Be a licensed nurse
• Be accepted into the specialist training program in the autumn of 2026
• Not have previously received study salary/paid specialist/further education from Region Östergötland

We prefer that you have worked several years as a nurse. You do not need to be employed by Region Östergötland when applying for a training position as a nurse.

We are looking for someone who works well with others and takes responsibility for their tasks. You are quality-conscious and can be flexible based on changing circumstances. You value your specialist knowledge, are a knowledge resource for others, and adapt your way of conveying knowledge to the recipient.

Application and Employment

To be eligible for a training position, you must also be accepted into the specialist nursing program. You are responsible for applying for the education at www.antagning.se (https://www.antagning.se) between February 16 and March 16. You apply for the position now and then complete your application in the recruitment system with the admission certificate once you have received it.

If the conditions for the training position are met, a first selection will take place where those deemed most suitable will be called for an interview, and reference checks will be conducted. Notification of whether the training position is granted or not will be communicated to each applicant by the end of June.

Each introduction is individual and is done together with the nearest manager. Before employment, you will also make a written agreement about what applies during your training period. During study breaks, for example in the summer, you will work at the unit where your employment for the training position is located, unless otherwise agreed.

Submit your application for the training position here and remember to also apply for the education via antagning.se by March 16.

Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out a document (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

Warm welcome to submit your application! If you need help registering in the system, contact customer service Support and Service, 010-103 60 00, during office hours.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job advertisements. Region Östergötland has contracted agreements.