We are looking for a Registered Nurse to the Orthopedics and Hand Surgery 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. 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 trials and fantastic events, in a strong community with colleagues. We welcome your application!

Our Operations

The Orthopedics and Hand Surgery Department at Akademiska sjukhuset provides highly specialized care and is divided into seven sections: trauma, spine, prosthesis, shoulder/knee, foot, hand, and children. The department consists of a ward with approximately 40 beds, as well as two clinics, an operating planning unit, and a research and quality unit. Outpatient care is provided at the orthopedic clinic for the sections trauma, spine, prosthesis, shoulder/knee, and foot. You will work in a team with nursing assistants, nurses, physiotherapists, doctors, and medical secretaries.

Your Role

As a nurse at the orthopedic clinic, you will work with standard clinic duties such as nurse-led consultations, telephone advice, and 1177 services, but you will also assist doctors during examinations and treatments.

In the nurse-led consultations, you have your own patients and work independently, but of course, you have support from doctors when needed. The tasks are varied and include, among other things, wound care, venous blood sampling, antibiotic treatment, and further planning for continued care. In telephone advice and 1177 services, you handle patient cases. These cases vary in nature and include everything from questions regarding orthopedic flows in connection with surgery or while waiting for an appointment, to pure counseling sessions regarding pain and pre- and post-operative care for non-admitted patients. Other common requests are prescription renewals and information regarding sick leave certificates.

Your Qualifications

You are a registered nurse with an interest in orthopedics, preferably with a couple of years of experience. If you additionally have experience in orthopedics or other surgical operations, or experience in clinic operations, this is also considered an advantage.

Your Competencies

We are looking for you who enjoy taking responsibility and driving your own processes forward. You work in a structured manner, remain calm even in change, and always keep the patient's best interest in focus. You collaborate well with others and are sensitive to both colleagues' and the department's needs. You are solution-oriented and drive your work in a constructive and forward-looking manner. In our operations, it is important that you can adapt to changed circumstances and quickly reprioritize when necessary.

What We Offer

We offer a permanent position. Working hours are Monday to Friday, daytime, and the position is for 100% employment. A probation period of 6 months may apply. Start date by agreement. Interviews will be held continuously throughout the process.

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

Want to know more?

Deputy Ward Manager: Viktor Näslund, 018-611 44 02

Trade unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard 018-611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

Apply via the link below.

Read about employment terms and salary setting within Region Uppsala here: Become our new colleague (https://regionuppsala.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-var-nya-kollega/)

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, a check of suspicion and criminal records is conducted for all job seekers who, in the sought position, may come to work within psychiatric healthcare, 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's efforts, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.