Job Advertisement: Nurse for Outpatient Oncology

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and ensure that research and innovation yield results. The Cancer Center at Norrlands University Hospital (NUS) is a center of excellence in the northern healthcare region. We have advanced technical equipment and prioritize research. We treat patients with oncological and hematological diseases in both inpatient and outpatient care and offer specialized healthcare at home as well as cancer rehabilitation. There is also a department for radiation therapy and a clinical research unit at the clinic. We are primarily located at Norrlands University Hospital, but we also work in home environments throughout Västerbotten and as consultants in the northern healthcare region. The oncology section provides highly specialized care. The ward has 30 beds for general oncology patients. We treat patients with various oncological diseases using both chemotherapy and antibodies.

The team consists of coordinators, booking staff, contact nurses, nursing assistants, rehabilitation staff, as well as specialists and resident doctors. We also have a day care unit where we administer various types of treatments and an assessment unit that takes care of acute patients who come to us for various procedures before they can return home.

We want you, as our employee, to thrive and develop within our field. There is also an opportunity to apply for further education with retained salary to become a specialist nurse in oncology. Our operations are broad and varied, so you as a person can have different interests and specialties and still find your place. The important thing is that we share the same values and strive together in the same direction.

Our vision is that:

• The work is permeated by a person-centered approach and close teamwork between healthcare professionals.
• We have a good work environment and healthy working hours.
• Integrated care for our patients.
• Employees have the opportunity to develop the operations.
• Provide good conditions for leadership.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Due to one of our employees retiring, we are looking for a nurse for the clinic's Outpatient Care, with placement as a treatment nurse in our day care within the oncology section. If you have specialist training in Oncology, the assignment will later transition to contact nurse. Work in day care involves administering various treatments, follow-ups, taking care of patients undergoing various outpatient examinations, as well as coordinating and planning times for our day care patients. Work in our assessment unit, where we receive our acute patients, is also included in the position. The contact nurse's duties consist of telephone counseling, work in day care, the assessment unit, and conducting their own telephone consultations where assessments are made prior to various tablet treatments. Part of the job also involves providing information to patients and relatives and developing care and rehabilitation plans.

QUALIFICATIONS

You are a licensed nurse. Specialist training in Oncology is an advantage. We want you to have a good approach and see collaboration as an important part of care, but also feel confident working independently. You can identify care needs and initiate appropriate measures. We value flexibility, accuracy, and structure.

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).

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the advertisement period.

We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

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