Operating Room Nurse at the Surgical Clinic in Region Västmanland

Do you want to work in an organization where your skills truly make a difference every day? At the surgical clinic, you will encounter a daily routine filled with variety, challenges, and development. We work in teams with high competence and a shared focus on safe and secure care. With us, you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in a specialty area and gain foundational skills for our most common procedures.

Does this sound interesting? Welcome to submit your application today!

Job Responsibilities

As an operating room nurse, you will have a basic placement and work in one of the surgical department's units. You have great opportunities to become a specialist in your home section and take responsibility for your own area based on your interests and competencies. With us, you will broaden your knowledge and foundational skills for our most common procedures. You will be part of the team around the patient, which together with you consists of nursing assistants, anesthetic nurses, and doctors.

Read more about what it is like to work as an operating room nurse in Region Västmanland:

• Working as an operating room nurse in Region Västmanland
• High-tech surgical clinic where employees perform wonders

Working Hours

We offer work in our around-the-clock operations with a time valuation model of 37 hours per week. Region Västmanland also has a local agreement with the Nurses' Union and SRAT that provides increased compensation for inconvenient working hours for nurses, midwives, radiology nurses, and biomedical analysts.

Development Opportunities

We value internal and external training, simulation exercises, trauma exercises, and our employees have a higher proportion of training time than the average in the administration and other regions.

About the Workplace

The surgical clinic is responsible for all surgical care in Västmanland. Parts of the day surgery operations are conducted at the hospital in Köping. The more extensive surgeries, both emergency and elective, take place in Västerås. The surgical operations consist of surgery, urology, gynecology, robotic surgery, orthopedics, vascular surgery, and ear-nose-throat surgery. There are a total of 23 operating rooms in the clinic, of which four rooms are in Köping and 18 rooms are in Västerås.

We place great value on collaboration and individual competence development. We are proud to be one of the most efficient clinics in all of Sweden, with high quality results and good patient safety. There is also the opportunity to participate in research and development projects. We are currently building a new emergency hospital that will mean significant development for our operations.

For us, it is important that you feel good and thrive at work, which is why we offer you:

• A tailored introduction program to help you feel secure in your professional role
• Opportunities for professional development through internal training
• A workplace for various life stages, with the possibility of flexible working hours within certain frameworks
• Free training at our fully equipped gym
• Wellness allowance of 3000 SEK/year

Read more about the benefits here: https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/ (https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/)

Curious?

Feel free to contact us if you would like to schedule an informal conversation where we can tell you more. Or would you like to come and shadow us to gain insight into our work and see the facilities? Contact us, and we will arrange it!

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse and have a specialist nursing education with a focus on surgical nursing. You who are at the end of your specialist education are also welcome to apply. It is an advantage if you have previously worked as an operating room nurse in a surgical department, but it is not a requirement. If you have also worked in the journal systems Cosmic or Orbit, we see that as an advantage. Since our work is often governed by documents in Swedish, you need to have good knowledge of the language, both spoken and written.

You who apply are confident and stable as a person. We see that you plan and structure your work, as well as quickly prioritize and adapt to changing circumstances when the situation requires it. You have a good ability to collaborate with others by listening and communicating in a clear and constructive manner.

Employment Conditions

Permanent employment: Full-time
Working hours: Schedule with rotation for days, evenings, nights, weekends
Location: Västerås

Start date by agreement.

Application

Welcome with your application by April 8, 2026.

Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis, so do not wait to submit your application.

• When you apply, only attach your CV and preferably relevant certificates.
• You will also need to answer a number of questions that are part of our selection assessment.
• We do not use cover letters in our recruitment process.

Read more about the region's recruitment process and how to create a good CV here: Applying for a job in Region Västmanland (https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/att-soka-jobb-i-region-vastmanland/)

About the Region

If you want to know more about what it is like to work with us, you can see more on the region's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/regionvastmanland/ (https://www.instagram.com/regionvastmanland/)

We in Region Västmanland are responsible for health, medical, and dental care for everyone living in the county. We also work with everything from public transport and culture to business issues, education, and research. Together, we are 7,000 employees, with 300 different professions, in ten locations.

We are in the midst of what affects people's lives. Every day. Together, we are driven to create a better society for everyone who lives and works here. We develop and find new solutions to meet people where they are. This is how we can live up to the high expectations of our stakeholders and residents.

Together, we make a difference. For real.

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