Summer Temporary Position as a Nurse

Do you want to work with advanced nursing this summer and be part of a strong and competent team? We are now looking for a nurse for a summer temporary position who wants to develop in a varied and educational environment.

Welcome with your application!

You are offered

• the opportunity to develop within trauma, emergency surgical, and orthopedic care
• a dedicated and competent team with a strong team spirit
• great influence and the opportunity to impact the operations
• a varied workday where every day makes a difference.

Of course, you will also benefit from our general benefits that Karolinska University Hospital offers you.

About the position

As a nurse with us, you will be part of a dedicated and competent team where you meet both severely injured and acutely ill patients. Our department is a trauma, emergency surgical, and orthopedic care department with the mission to be part of the Stockholm Region's Trauma Center. Here, you will care for patients with complex conditions while having the opportunity to develop in advanced nursing and medical technology.

You will lead and plan the nursing work in the team, participate in rounds, manage medications, and assess the nursing needs in agreement with the patient.

The work is ongoing around the clock, and we are looking for someone who is flexible and wants to contribute to our strong team spirit, whether you work days, evenings, nights, or weekends.

This advertisement is for a summer temporary position starting May/June until August 2026.

We are looking for someone who

• communicates easily and works well in a team
• adapts easily and feels secure in both acute situations and changes in working methods and priorities
• dare to think innovatively and share your knowledge and act on what you see
• wants to contribute to developing and constantly improving in the pursuit of safe care.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Licensed nurse
• Several years of experience in emergency care

Meritorious:

• Previous experience in surgical care
• Specialist nurse in areas such as emergency care or surgery.

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

In connection with your application, you need to attach your CV. Instead of a personal letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly motivate why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

Warm welcome with your application – Together we are Karolinska!

Before filling a position involving the care of children and adolescents, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and criminal records. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekrytering-pa-karolinska/).

As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be placed in a war situation. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/var-arbetsplats/totalforsvarsplikt-allman-tjansteplikt-och-krigsplaceringar-pa-karolinska-universitetssjukhuset/).

If you are or have previously been employed in Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or previous manager if you become a candidate for employment.

For permanent positions, a probationary period may apply.

About Karolinska University Hospital

We at Karolinska University Hospital are proud to be one of the world's leading university hospitals. In addition to our special responsibility for highly specialized care in the Stockholm region, our main mission is to educate the healthcare professionals of the future together with Karolinska Institute and conduct world-leading research while continuing our work to develop care for the benefit of the patient. We work in a variety of areas and professions.

Our vision - We will cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

Please read more about us at Karolinska.se (https://www.karolinska.se/) and follow us on social media!

Theme Acute and Reparative Medicine

The Theme Acute and Reparative Medicine consists of six medical units (Acute, Trauma/Emergency Surgery and Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery and Craniofacial Diseases, Ear Nose, Throat Hearing and Balance, and Transplantation).

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