Neuro Department – Seeking Research Nurse/Optometrist

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. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother undergoes surgery, a colleague is hailed as a hero. Here, you will experience both tough challenges and fantastic events, within a strong community of colleagues. We welcome your application!

Our Operations

The Eye Clinic is one of the hospital's largest clinics, with approximately 45,000 visitors per year. It is a pleasant workplace with a high patient volume. The team consists of nurses, orthoptists, optometrists, nursing assistants, and ophthalmologists.

Patients aged 0–100 years with various needs for eye care come to us. We see patients with acute conditions at our emergency clinic, patients requiring temporary treatment, and patients with various chronic eye diseases. In our work, we utilize extensive technical equipment to monitor disease progression and make diagnoses.

We belong to the Neuro Department, Eye Section. The section also includes Eye Surgery and an Eye Ward at Akademiska Sjukhuset, as well as an Eye Clinic in Enköping and a smaller eye clinic in Tierp.

We are now looking for a Research Nurse/Optometrist to join our team. As a Research Nurse/Optometrist, you will work 50% in research and the remaining time at the Eye Clinic as a nurse or optometrist.

Your Role

As a Research Nurse/Optometrist at the Eye Clinic, you will work according to the competency model for research nurses at Akademiska Sjukhuset and participate in both academic research studies and clinical trials. Here, you will become part of an engaged team where collaboration and knowledge exchange are central.

The position is not tied to a specific project but is linked to several different research projects. The first step is therefore to gain an overview of the ongoing studies. Our studies cover both adults and children with various types of eye diseases and are clinical and patient-focused. We also participate in drug studies for eye medications, as well as medications that may cause ocular side effects. We also collaborate with other researchers at the hospital with different specialties, which increases the exchange of knowledge and competence.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Direct patient contact, such as clinic visits and telephone follow-ups.
• Reporting to research registers.
• Documentation according to current regulations.
• Participation in investigator meetings as well as planning and initiation of research studies.
• Collaboration and coordination with physicians, researchers/investigators, sponsors, monitors, and study participants.

Your Qualifications

• Licensed nurse or licensed optometrist with eligibility to practice in Swedish healthcare.
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
• Proficient in IT and interest in working with various digital systems.
• Several years of professional experience and a strong interest in clinical research.
• Experience in eye care and work within clinical research, as well as training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP), is meritorious.

Your Competencies

We are looking for someone who is flexible, outgoing, and driven. You are confident in your professional role and comfortable working independently, while also thriving in team collaboration. Attention to detail, responsibility, and engagement are qualities we value highly, as is a helpful and positive attitude.

What We Offer

• A permanent part-time position as a Research Nurse/Optometrist combined with half-time work at the Eye Clinic, with start date by agreement.
• Individual induction adapted to your experience and needs.
• Internal training opportunities.
• A varied and flexible job in a clinic with a good work climate and engaged colleagues.
• Working hours during daytime, Monday to Friday. The clinic is closed on weekends and public holidays.

With us, you receive benefits that make a difference. Read about the benefits here: Region Uppsala Benefits (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/).

Want to know more?

Department Manager Anna-Pia Sundvik, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]), 018-6174607.
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Do you want to work with us?

We welcome your application via the link below.

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

Region Uppsala assigns all permanent staff to wartime duties based on the needs of the total defense. This entails no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a decision on employment, a check of suspicion and criminal records is conducted for all job seekers who, in the sought position, may work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care for children and youth, or involuntary care for addicts, areas covered by facultative record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the duties currently are not intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

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