Diabetes Nurse Wanted – Gottsunda Health Centre

Are you a nurse with diabetes expertise looking for a new challenge? Gottsunda Health Centre is currently seeking a specialist or registered nurse with competence in diabetes care.

We offer a permanent position (100%) with an immediate start date of August 15th, or as agreed upon. We prioritize secure employment and excellent benefits through our collective agreement. Read more about our benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/). In addition to your individual development plan, we offer regular training days for professional development, allowing you to join a large network of knowledgeable colleagues.

Your Role

As a diabetes nurse, you will have your own clinic where you educate patients on diabetes and self-care, provide information on diabetes aids, and offer telephone counseling. You will also handle scheduling and manage cases via e-services. You will work independently and be a central part of our diabetes team, which consists of district physicians, dietitians, and physiotherapists.

You will work evidence-based, helping, treating, and advising patients. In addition to working at the diabetes clinic, you will also participate in general clinic duties and be available for 1177 direct care when needed.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a specialist nurse with a focus on diabetes care or a registered nurse with documented competence in diabetes. Previous experience working with diabetes patients is an advantage.

The role requires you to be flexible in your working methods, take overall responsibility, and have a strong desire to continuously develop the operations with the patient in focus. We place great emphasis on personal qualities and believe that good relationships create the best care.

Our Operations

Gottsunda Health Centre belongs to the Department of Primary Care and Health and is located in newly built premises in Gottsunda Centre, in the southwestern part of Uppsala. We have approximately 14,000 registered patients and about 70 employees. Our operations are broad, and all professional areas within the health centre's mandate are represented; general practice, SÄBO (care for the elderly), Child Health Centre (BVC), Maternity Health Centre (MVC), Family Centre, and Youth Clinic.

Many of our patients come from different countries and cultures, which makes the work particularly varied and interesting. The health centre values accessibility, long-term commitment, and continuity. We have good cooperation between professions and help each other in daily tasks, both big and small. Here, you will be welcomed to a workplace characterized by warmth, care, and professional pride.

Want to know more?

Do you want to know more about us and the job? Feel free to contact Group Manager Anna-Lovisa Bernström by phone: 018-611 78 10 or via email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

Union representatives can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard at phone: 018-611 00 00.

Application

We welcome your application via the link below. Please attach your CV, a copy of your license, and other certificates that verify your competence and experience. Interviews will be held continuously throughout the application period, so we recommend not delaying your application.

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

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff 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 making 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 compulsory care for addicts. This applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the current tasks are not primarily intended to include 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.