Training Position for Specialist Nurse in Medicine

To succeed in the long-term skills supply in healthcare, we want to offer you as a nurse the opportunity to further your education to become a specialist nurse – with maintained base salary throughout the training period.

Seize the chance and train to become a specialist nurse in medicine!

Our Offer

Region Östergötland operates throughout Östergötland. To continue to be at the forefront of care, research, and education, you as a nurse now have the opportunity to apply for training positions with us in areas of specialist competence that are in shortage. This means you will study with a maintained base salary and then receive a permanent position as a specialist in the region.

During your studies, you will have an introduction plan and regular contact with the manager at your future workplace. Once you have received your diploma, the training position will transition to a permanent employment as a specialist nurse with a focus on medicine, where you will have more qualified tasks that require specialist competence for good and safe patient care. You will also receive a salary increase of 4000 SEK after completing your education.

Here you can read about what it’s like to study to become a specialist nurse - meet Johanna and Isabel who share their journey. Also, feel free to read about your benefits with us.

Focus

As a specialist nurse with a focus on medical care, you will work with patients' health in a comprehensive manner. You will independently plan, lead, coordinate, and evaluate evidence-based nursing within medical care.

As a specialist nurse in medical care, you can work in hospitals and with other healthcare providers offering highly specialized care. Your work may focus on areas such as cardiology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, rheumatology, and pulmonary medicine. You have the skills to observe, assess, and address complex nursing needs and systematically work on improvement efforts. In your work, patient involvement and interprofessional collaboration are central. The focus is on humanistic, person-centered, and patient-safe care.

For this focus, Region Östergötland offers a training position at the Pulmonary Medicine Clinic at the University Hospital in Linköping.

About You

To be eligible for the training position, you need to:

• Be a licensed nurse
• Be accepted into the specialist training program for autumn 2025
• Not previously received study salary/paid specialist/further education from Region Östergötland

We prefer that you have worked several years as a nurse. You do not need to be employed by Region Östergötland when applying for a training position as a nurse.

We are looking for someone who works well with others and takes responsibility for their tasks. You are quality-conscious and can be flexible based on changing circumstances. You value your specialist knowledge, are a resource for others, and adapt your way of conveying knowledge to the recipient.

Application and Employment

To be eligible for a training position, you must also be accepted into a specialist training program. You are responsible for having applied for the education at www.antagning.se (https://www.antagning.se) between February 15th and March 15th. You apply for the position now and then complete your application in the recruitment system with the admission certificate once you have received it.

If the conditions for the training position are met, an initial selection will be made where those deemed most suitable will be called for an interview and reference checks will be conducted. Notification of whether the training position is granted or not will be communicated to each applicant by the end of June.

Each introduction is individual and is done together with the immediate manager. Before employment, you will also make a written agreement regarding what applies during your training period. During study breaks, for example in the summer, you will work at the unit where your employment for the training position is located, unless otherwise agreed.

Submit your application for the training position here and remember to also apply for the education via antagning.se by March 15th.

Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out a document (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

Warm welcome to submit your application! If you need help registering in the system, contact customer service Support and Service, 010-103 60 00, during office hours.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller:
We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job advertisements. Region Östergötland has contracted agreements.