Job Advertisement: Nursing Assistant for the Orthopedic Department

The Orthopedic Department is an acute care unit that admits patients around the clock. Here, we provide pre- and post-operative care for patients with orthopedic diagnoses. A certain number of elective patients undergoing hip, knee, shoulder, and foot surgeries are also cared for in the department.

In our department, we have a good collaboration with all professional categories, and there is a flow of interest for new ideas and improvements. We value working transprofessionally to utilize knowledge in the best way. Your and your colleagues' knowledge is shared through our pulse/team rounds where we review the patients and diagnoses we have in the department. We encourage all ways to utilize your skills and ideas. We strive to be an attractive workplace where our values guide us. In our orthopedic care department, no two days are alike. Here, we have a strong forward momentum and joy in developing care with a focus on patient participation and safety.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want to develop and share your knowledge? Do you want to work in one of Region Skåne's most innovative departments? We now have the opportunity to welcome two nursing assistant colleagues to our department for a temporary position of about one year.

As a nursing assistant with us, you will work in professional teams. This means that you participate in team rounds, planned mobilization sessions, and patient-centered care. Clear job descriptions exist for all professional categories, contributing to a successful working method in the team. We also work with patient safety based on special assignments, where you as a nursing assistant are involved. Clear goal cards and action plans are available, and we work with a business-based schedule.

Work includes two weekends out of five.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a trained nursing assistant and meets the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for a protected professional title, regardless of whether you studied under previous or current program structures. Good language skills in Swedish, both spoken and written, are a requirement. If you also have previous experience in orthopedic care and/or elderly care, it is highly meritorious for the position.

This is a position for you who thrive in a varied environment with a high work pace. Therefore, we are looking for someone who is confident in their professional role and who easily adapts to changing circumstances. Furthermore, you believe it is important to work together with your colleagues to best meet patients' needs and to create a pleasant working environment. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

We use ongoing selection in this recruitment, so please submit your application today!

OTHER

You need to present proof of a protected professional title from the National Board of Health and Welfare. If you have not received your proof of a protected professional title, you must attach your grades (not just a diploma) from your nursing assistant education. If you were permanently employed as a nursing assistant on July 1, 2023, and lack proof, please attach your employment certificate and your grades (not just a diploma) from your nursing assistant education. If you do not have the proof, you may be employed as a care assistant on a temporary basis while waiting for the proof.

On the National Board of Health and Welfare's website, you can read more about the protected professional title for nursing assistants and what transitional rules apply here (https://legitimation.socialstyrelsen.se/skyddad-yrkestitel-for-underskoterska/).

Region Skåne exists to ensure that everyone living in Skåne feels good and has hope for the future. Through limitless collaborations and care, the best conditions for a healthy life are created within business, public transport, culture, and health and medical care in Skåne. Together, we make life more possible.

Helsingborg Hospital is a versatile workplace with a pulse. Here, we provide emergency and specialist care around the clock. Most medical specialties are represented, and there is both intensive care, maternity, and neonatal care. We also have operations at the hospitals in Ängelholm and Landskrona. In Ängelholm, we perform a large part of our planned surgeries.

We are a learning organization in constant development. With us, you have good opportunities to grow and broaden your perspective in transprofessional collaborations with colleagues from different fields. The opportunities to combine research with clinical work are very good, and exciting research projects are conducted in several areas. We have a comprehensive educational mission, and many of tomorrow's colleagues undergo their clinical training with us.

At http://www.skane.se/rekryteringsstatus (http://www.skane.se/rekryteringsstatus), you can see the status of Region Skåne's recruitments and how many have applied for the positions.

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