Vacant job

Do you want to be part of developing a new operation within highly specialized cancer care? We are now establishing Brachy PostOp – a new postoperative unit within the Brachy department at Karolinska University Hospital. Here you have a unique opportunity to combine highly specialized nursing with development work and help shape future working methods together with engaged colleagues.

What we offer

• a unique opportunity to grow both professionally and personally within a highly specialized area in an stimulating environment
• working hours during daytime, Monday to Friday
• the opportunity from day one to help develop working methods, routines, and processes within our new postoperative operation
• work at a highly specialized workplace with a focus on education, research, and continuous development
• close collaboration with several professions where patient safety and care quality are at the center.

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

About the position

The Brachy department is part of Karolinska University Hospital's highly specialized cancer care and provides advanced brachytherapy treatment for patients with various cancer diagnoses.

We are now establishing a new postoperative operation within the department and are looking for nurses who want to join the journey from the start. The role involves a combination of patient-facing work and operational development where you have the opportunity to influence how working methods and routines are designed.

As a nurse at Brachy PostOp, you are responsible for the postoperative care of patients after treatment. You receive patients, monitor their condition, perform nursing interventions, and ensure safe and secure care throughout the entire postoperative process.

You will also support the operation on the brachy wards, prepare patients for treatment, and collaborate closely with anesthesia and postoperative staff, doctors, and brachy nurses. The work takes place in multiprofessional teams where each professional group contributes their competence to create the best possible care and patient experience.

We are looking for you who

• have good collaboration and communication skills and thrive working in multiprofessional teams where collaboration is crucial for patient safety
• work independently, take initiative, and want to help develop a new operation and its working methods
• have a holistic perspective and understand how different parts of the care chain collaborate to create good and safe care
• are positive, engaged, and non-hierarchical, with a genuine interest in oncology and a desire to contribute to care, research, and development
• are quality-conscious and have an analytical and meticulous working style. You pay attention to details that can make a difference in care and treat patients and relatives with empathy, sensitivity, and professionalism, even in challenging situations.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Swedish nursing license

Merits:

• experience from intensive care unit (ICU)
• experience from postoperative operation
• experience from other intensive care operations

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period. Since the recruitment process takes place during the vacation period, we plan to start interviews from week 30. However, invitations to interviews may be sent out before then.

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 explain 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!

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