Nurse for Ear, Nose, and Throat Department

We are Akademiska sjukhuset – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a county hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer healthcare to two million people in Central Sweden. Here, something is always happening – a new life is born, a grandmother undergoes surgery, a colleague is hailed as a hero. Here, you will experience both challenging trials and fantastic events, within a strong community of colleagues. We welcome your application!

Our Operations

The Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) department diagnoses and treats diseases and conditions affecting the ears, nose, sinuses, oral cavity, upper airways, as well as hearing and balance. We are primarily a surgical ward with both planned and emergency operations. The surgery can range from simpler procedures to more extensive tumor surgery in the head and neck area. We also have emergency operations in the form of an ENT emergency clinic, which is located on the ward during evenings, nights, and weekends and is staffed by personnel from the department. At the emergency clinic, we receive patients with, among other things, infections in the ear, nose, and throat area, nosebleeds, dizziness, and severe airway obstructions.

The ward has 12 care beds, all single rooms. Patients are divided into care teams staffed by nursing assistants and nurses. We care for both children and adults, and the length of stay varies from less than a day to several weeks.

Your Role

The nursing needs of our patients are very varied, and the work is based on a strong focus on highly specialized nursing care. As an employee on the ward, you are expected to contribute your professional competence and commitment to create safety, continuity, and high trust in the patient encounter.

Basic nursing care includes pre- and postoperative care. Highly specialized nursing care includes, among other things, assessment and management of airway problems, bleeding from the nose and pharynx, and care and handling of tracheostomized patients. The ward is particularly focused on diseases of the upper airways, with a pronounced focus on tracheostomy care. For those who lack previous experience in this area, we offer a structured and operation-adapted education in tracheostomy care as part of the introduction.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a trained nurse, preferably with a few years of experience. Experience working with ear, nose, and throat issues is an advantage. As a person, you are stable, solution-oriented, secure, and empathetic. You are responsible, always keep the patient in focus, and appreciate teamwork.

What We Offer

• An stimulating job in a highly specialized care environment
• Opportunities for continuous competence development and education
• A thorough and individually adapted introduction
• A multiprofessional team with the patient at the center

About the Position

The position is a permanent employment with a start date as agreed. We are looking for nurses who can work night shifts.

With us, you receive benefits that make a difference. Read about the benefits here: Region Uppsala Benefits (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/).

You will receive an individually adapted orientation together with a supervisor. The introduction is adapted to your prior knowledge so that you feel secure in your role with us.

Want to know more?

Abed Amini, Ward Manager - Ear, Nose, and Throat 85F
Phone: 018-611 37 96
Email: [email protected]

Union representatives can be reached via the switchboard, 018–611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

Send your application via the link below. Selection and appointment may take place continuously, so don't wait to send your application to us!

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different birth backgrounds, functionalities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This means no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a decision on employment, checks of suspicion and criminal records are conducted for all job seekers who, in the sought employment, may come to work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of addicts, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks at present are not intended to mainly contain work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.