Vacant job

Do you want to experience a summer in Umeå? Long bright nights, beautiful beaches, proximity to nature and culture, and enjoying good food at a lovely outdoor terrace? Are you a nurse and want to work within elderly care in Umeå Municipality this summer? Then you are warmly welcome to apply! Your efforts will mean creating well-being and security for those who need it most. Do you enjoy variety and value meaningful work? Then Umeå Municipality is the right employer for you!

Our employees are important to us, and we want them to have the opportunity for both rest and vacation. To maintain a good work environment and continued high patient safety even during the summer, we are now looking for nurses who can strengthen our teams – with the possibility of continued employment after the summer. We welcome your competence as a nurse to all our operations: residential care homes, home healthcare, as well as evening and night patrols.

If you want to know more about what it is like to work in municipal healthcare, you can find information here: Healthcare - Umeå Municipality (https://www.umea.se/en/healthcare)

Among other things, we offer:

• Operation-specific introduction based on individual experience.
• For those who are newly graduated, we offer competitive and individual salary setting. The starting salary is 33,000 SEK/month plus an extra 2,500 SEK/week for full-time work during the period June 26 – August 16, 2026.
• To be eligible for the bonus according to this offer, you need to be trained and work continuously for at least four weeks during the specified period.
• For the summer of 2026, we can offer nurses registered in another municipality free accommodation, subject to availability.

About the job

Within Umeå Municipality, you work as a nurse with healthcare interventions, you handle medications, document, make assessments, and supervise other staff. You are responsible for ensuring that medical interventions work well for our users and coordinate contacts with doctors and other professional groups within primary care and hospitals. As a nurse in elderly care in Umeå Municipality, you can work within the following operational areas: Residential care homes, home healthcare, and evening and night patrols.

About you/the applicant

You are a licensed nurse; we welcome both those who are newly graduated and those with experience. You need to have a B driver's license. It is meritorious if you have specialist training in district nursing, geriatrics, or psychiatry. To work evenings and nights, experience as a nurse is a requirement.

As a nurse in the municipality, you and your nursing colleagues have the highest medical competence. This means that you need to enjoy taking responsibility, have good initiative, and be able to work independently. You also contribute to good cooperation through clear and respectful communication with other professions. Of course, you have a good and respectful attitude in contact with patients and relatives. Great importance is attached to personal suitability.

Apply today!

Other

The employment is for a summer substitute position, with the possibility of extension. Start and end dates are agreed upon. Interviews, selection, and appointments are made on an ongoing basis.

Before an offer of employment is made, we ask you to present an extract from the police record. This is done as a final step in the recruitment process.

About Umeå Municipality

Umeå Municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 important employees. Our organization is divided into nine departments, and together we work to ensure that Umeå grows with care. Our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust, and continuous improvements. Together with us, you will work in socially important tasks where you contribute to Umeå continuing to be safe, secure, and fun.

Umeå is the largest city in northern Sweden with a rich offering of experiences and opportunities. We are a city of associations and culture that offers a richer Umeå life even outside of work. Here you can learn about what it is like to live and reside in Umeå: Move to Umeå Municipality (https://www.umea.se/en/move-to-umea)

We are growing, and therefore we might be looking for you? Want more? We offer fair conditions, good benefits, and good development opportunities for lifelong learning, as well as jobs that are important to all those who live and work here. We look forward to hearing from you.