Vacant job

Do you want to make a difference for patients and their relatives in one of healthcare's most complex and significant care chains? We are now looking for a Contact Nurse to join our team!

What we offer

• A team that ensures everyone feels good at work and succeeds in their tasks, along with experienced nursing colleagues who offer you continuous support.
• Diverse tasks within highly specialized care with the patient always in focus. You will be an important part of the care team surrounding the patient.
• Short decision-making paths where everyone's opinion counts.

Naturally, you will also benefit from our general perks offered by Karolinska University Hospital.

About the position

We have a vacant acting position as a Contact Nurse for Malignant Brain Tumors for the period 2026-09-01 to 2027-05-31. You will work together with four other contact nurses, neurologists, oncologists, neurosurgeons, and a social worker.

We work with a family-oriented approach with the patient in focus. Accessibility via phone and 1177, providing counseling and support for patients and relatives, is a must in the work. The role also includes observing therapy rounds, managing your own patient clinic, guiding patients further in the healthcare system, and maintaining contact with Health Care Centers, ASIH (Advanced Support at Home), Hospice, etc. You are a key person in creating continuity and security for patients and relatives.

We are looking for you who

• Take responsibility for your tasks, structure your approach, and drive processes forward.
• Work well with other people and relate to them in a listening and flexible manner. You listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts constructively.
• Have the ability to put yourself in someone else's perspective or situation without taking over the person's feelings.
• Are calm, attentive, and accommodating in your interactions. You have the interest, will, and ability to help others and strive to deliver solutions.
• Work well with complex issues. You analyze and break down problems into their components and solve them.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Swedish nursing license.
• Experience in neurology and/or oncology.

About the recruitment process

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

In connection with your application, you need to attach a CV. Instead of a cover 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.

We warmly welcome your application – Together we are Karolinska!

Before appointing a position involving care for children and young people, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and burden register. You can read more about the recruitment process and the checks performed at Karolinska here.

As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be assigned to wartime duties. Read more about what this entails here.

If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or former manager, should 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 task is to train future healthcare professionals and conduct world-leading research together with Karolinska Institutet, while continuing our work to develop care for the benefit of the patient. We work within a range of different areas and professions.

Our vision: We shall cure and alleviate tomorrow what no one can cure and alleviate today.

Please read more about us on karolinska.se and follow us on social media!

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