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Are you looking for a new challenge where you can develop in your role as an intensive care nurse (ICU)? Do you want to work in a multidisciplinary team in a highly specialized Intensive Care Unit, where we focus on the critically ill ICU patient through person-centered care? Then the Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (THIVA) in Lund is for you.

At THIVA, we collaborate with thoracic surgery and the Thoracic Surgery Department. Together with vascular surgery in Malmö, we form the area of thoracic and vascular care, an area that continuously invests in developing the operations. We strive to put the person in need of highly specialized and technology-intensive care at the center. We do this by prioritizing the care relationship and continuity around the patient. You become a patient with us if you have undergone thoracic surgical procedures such as lung surgery, coronary surgery, valve surgery, or aortic surgery. The patient's meaning-making is highlighted through educational conversations. Every week, we have a nursing round where the interdisciplinary team plans for patients facing significant challenges both humanly and medically, based on health and well-being. We care for patients covered by our national healthcare mission in heart transplantation, lung transplantation, and adults with severe congenital heart defects (GUCH). We also provide care for patients with acute lung failure who need ECMO, from hospitals in Skåne.

THIVA is a stimulating workplace in a well-functioning organization with continuous operational development. We work for a good working environment and ongoing professional development. The department is characterized by an open work climate where both management and employees care for each other and our work environment.

We need more people in our important work! Welcome with your application to our exciting operations if you want to join our team of experienced, positive, and committed colleagues!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for someone who enjoys working in a team around critically ill thoracic patients. The team around the patients consists of anesthesiologists, intensive care nurses, nursing assistants, physiotherapists, social workers, and medical secretaries. With us, you will care for patients treated with varying complexity. In your work, you will meet adult patients postoperatively after heart and lung surgery, with needs ranging from a few hours of monitoring to longer hospital stays. You will care for patients with organ failure who require support, such as dialysis and aortic balloon pump. Additionally, you will care for patients treated with mechanical heart assist devices such as Heartmate and ECMO, as well as patients who have undergone lung or heart transplants.

We are looking for someone who wants to work with person-centered care, who is passionate about close nursing with nursing responsibility and nursing rounds. At THIVA, we have the privilege of having a nursing professor associated with us who guides and supports us in our work. We constantly aim to work from a person-centered perspective. As the responsible nurse, you will work with a doctoral nurse and together with the team drive the nursing round. Together with our physiotherapists, we promote active and health-promoting nursing, such as early mobilization and bed cycling, to maintain/strengthen the patient's resources while increasing the chances of progressing towards better health and well-being.

We offer a thorough introduction with theory and practical guidance to ensure you, as a new employee, feel comfortable and settle into your work. The introduction is tailored to you and your needs. During the introduction, you will work with two experienced mentors and will also be assigned to an educational nurse and a medical technical nurse. After the introduction, you will receive a mentor, and together you will meet for continuous structured meetings during your first year at THIVA to ensure you feel secure in your role.

Many of our employees have extensive experience in thoracic intensive care, and with this solid competence, we welcome new colleagues who wish to expand their knowledge base. We are constantly learning something new!

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse with further education in intensive care. We prefer that you have an interest in advanced heart-lung surgical intensive care. Furthermore, you should have language skills in Swedish corresponding to at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe's scale. Experience in intensive care and thoracic surgical care is advantageous. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and good collaboration skills. Our operations place high demands on flexibility and stress resilience.

In this recruitment, continuous selection will be applied. Welcome with your application today!

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