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Together, we are developing Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future. We are transforming healthcare with the goal of becoming Europe's leading university hospital by 2032. Together with our patients, we work for quality, accessibility, patient safety, research, education, and innovation within a cohesive healthcare system in the Region of Västra Götaland. Our vision and goals aim for care of the highest quality, where the patient is always in focus. We provide local and regional healthcare, as well as highly specialized care for patients across the country and abroad. Our employees are our strength, contributing to knowledge exchange nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new working methods, we can simplify daily life at the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality.

Do you want to work in an exciting operation where highly specialized surgery and the development of regional collaboration are central? Then Urology is for you!

About Us

The Urology Department provides urological care to residents in Greater Gothenburg, including Mölndal, and has overarching responsibility for the entire Region of Västra Götaland. We have national assignments and perform robotic surgery. Within Urology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, we treat conditions of the urinary tract in both women and men. This includes a wide range of diagnoses, such as urinary incontinence, neurogenic bladder disorders, kidney stones, and various forms of urological cancer. In total, approximately 2,600 patients are treated annually in inpatient care, and we receive approximately 20,000 patient visits at the urology clinic. Approximately 1,300 surgeries are performed each year.

About the Position

We are looking for a licensed nurse for a combined position as an operating room coordinator and admission nurse. You will collaborate with two other operating room coordinators, doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, managers, and administrative staff at the Urology Clinic.

50% Admission Nurse at the Clinic

• Clinic duties involving preoperative admissions of patients for urological surgeries.
• Provide information and prepare patients for surgery.
• Review health declarations and medical history with the patient.
• Perform sampling and checks according to routine if necessary.
• Coordinate with admitting physicians and relevant units.
• Documentation.
• In this role, you will have leading nursing responsibility for the admission clinic.

50% Operating Room Coordinator

• The work involves coordinating urological surgeries in both outpatient and inpatient care.
• Contact with patients prior to surgery via various communication channels.
• Coordination with surgeons, wards, operating departments, and other relevant authorities.
• Ensure an efficient surgical flow based on medical prioritization.
• Management of waiting lists.

We Offer

• Independent work with personal responsibility.
• A varied and developmental work environment.
• Opportunity to combine operating room coordination with clinical work, allowing you to follow the patient through the surgical process.
• Competence development and internal training.
• Wellness benefits and other perks within the Region of Västra Götaland.

We are a great team looking forward to working with you as a new colleague.

About You

We are looking for a licensed nurse. You should have good administrative skills and enjoy coordinating tasks. You have the ability to remain calm and maintain an overview even during periods of high tempo and rapid changes. As a person, you are structured, independent, and solution-oriented, with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in parallel.

You have good communication skills and a welcoming attitude. You thrive in teamwork and have strong collaboration skills. You are also interested in participating in improvement projects.

Experience in urology, surgical planning, or admission of surgical patients is meritorious.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

We warmly welcome your application today!

Together for the patient - Sahlgrenska University Hospital

If you are a newly graduated nurse, you will participate in the Clinical Foundation Year, which is our introduction program. The Clinical Foundation Year is mandatory and lasts for the first year of your employment with us. It includes lectures, nursing guidance, and practical training of your profession at the Simulation Center. In addition, it includes working on at least two different wards to broaden your competence.

About the Region of Västra Götaland

Here, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives throughout Västra Götaland every day.

You contribute to secure and equal care as well as a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life.

We are in the midst of digital development where you get to help shape future working methods to improve and simplify daily life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you are mobilized for war as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that socially vital functions continue to operate even in a crisis.

Want to know more about us? On our website, you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference every day and develop in their professions. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss)

Application

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