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Region Västerbotten – Promoting Health and Sustainable Development

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for an equitable welfare system and for ensuring that research and innovation yield results.

At the Neuro-Head-Neck Centre (NHHC) at Umeå University Hospital, approximately 600 people currently work on various aspects of investigating, treating, and rehabilitating diseases and injuries affecting the nervous system, brain, ears, nose, and throat. Our patient base consists of individuals requiring highly specialized care from northern Sweden. At NHHC, extensive research and teaching assignments are conducted with close ties to the Unit of Clinical Neuroscience at Umeå University.

The Neuro Clinic is a specialist clinic for neurology and neurosurgery. We receive patients referred by physicians who have assessed that specialist competence is required. In addition to general neurological and neurosurgical clinics, there are several diagnosis-related teams working within areas such as hydrocephalus, MS, Parkinson's, Epilepsy, ALS, and Neurosurgery, comprising various professional categories.

Job Description

Do you want to work close to groundbreaking research and contribute to the development of future diagnostics and treatment for Alzheimer's disease? We are now seeking an engaged research nurse for a clinical study involving both patients and healthy control subjects. You will be placed at the Neuro Clinic, where some clinical work is performed, but the majority of the work will be carried out at the research unit of the Neuro-Head-Neck Centre. We offer a permanent position within Region Västerbotten with a temporary placement at the Neuro Clinic for 2 years.

1 position(s).

As a research nurse with us, you contribute knowledge and engagement that makes people feel secure. The work offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of clinical research. You will become part of a multidisciplinary research group where close collaboration occurs between neurologists, geriatricians, and physicists. The work is both stimulating and varied, with good opportunities for both professional development and deepening of competence over time.

You will work in a research study aimed at developing diagnostics and treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In the study, participants undergo a lumbar puncture where X-ray contrast is administered, followed by repeated MRI examinations over a 24-hour period. The work is varied, patient-oriented, and takes place in a cross-professional research team.

Your duties include:

• Telephone advice and contact with study participants
• Planning and coordination of examination times
• Examination of patients and healthy control subjects
• Assisting with lumbar punctures
• Monitoring during MRI examinations and after lumbar punctures
• Medication management and administration
• Meticulous medical record keeping of the study's various phases
• Assisting with hydrocephalus research conducted within the research group, as time permits.
• Clinical work in the hydrocephalus team, as time permits.

Qualifications

• Licensed Nurse (RN)
• Experience in clinical work, preferably within neurology, geriatrics, internal medicine, or research

Previous experience in working with research and having completed a GCP course is meritorious but not a requirement.

You are accustomed to working in teams and have good organizational skills. As a person, you are service-oriented and enjoy patient contact. You are self-reliant and willing to take initiative. You have good communication skills and work well in collaboration with the clinic's other colleagues.

Employment Terms

Employment Type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.
Working Hours: Daytime.

Read more about our benefits for you who work with us on the website https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss/formaner (https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss/formaner)

We strive for an even gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, welcoming applicants with different backgrounds.

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