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Nurse for Surgical Emergency Care Unit (KAVA) – NU Hospital

VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONEN

Västra Götalands län, Trollhättan

Previous experience is desired

13 days left
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NU Hospital is part of the Region of Västra Götaland and is one of Sweden's larger county hospitals. We are located at NÄL (Norra Älvsborg County Hospital) in Trollhättan and Uddevalla Hospital. The hospital's catchment area covers 280,000 inhabitants. Together, we are approximately 5,000 employees who work every day to provide good and safe specialized care. We are located on the west coast, and our area offers varied nature with both sea, mountains, forest, and lakes.

Looking for development? We can offer you exciting work where you have the opportunity for exactly that! You are warmly welcome to apply for the position of Nurse at Ward 63/KAVA!

KAVA – Surgical Emergency Care Unit

Do you want to work in a dynamic and educational environment where every day makes a difference? At KAVA, you will encounter a fast patient flow with both acute surgical conditions and trauma patients – no day is like the other here.

We are a unit focused on fast and professional surgical care. Our patients primarily come via the emergency department and need inpatient care for observation, investigation, or surgical intervention.

In addition to our inpatient activity with 21 beds, we also run outpatient activity in the form of an integrated clinic at the surgical clinic, which gives our nurses broad and varied competence within both inpatient and outpatient care.

Be part of making a difference – every day!

About you

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse and have a genuine interest and commitment to surgery and emergency care. Preferably with experience from a surgical care unit, trauma care, or emergency care. If you are specially trained in surgical care, we can also offer you other exciting assignments within the unit as part of your role.

If you are a recent graduate, we create a tailor-made plan for you that includes a clinical base year.

As a person, you are responsible and flexible. You have no problems with collaboration and think it is of great importance to maintain a good work environment together with your colleagues.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

Other

The position is scheduled for day and evening shifts. We offer you a 4-week introduction program.

Interviews are conducted continuously throughout the application period.

The position may be placed in a security class. This means that security clearance and register control may be carried out in accordance with provisions in the Security Protection Act before employment.

Clinical Base Year

As a newly graduated nurse, you are included in the Clinical Base Year with regular mentor meetings at the unit. Read more about the clinical base year via the link: New in your professional role - NU Hospital (https://nusjukvarden.se)

Welcome with your application!

About the Region of Västra Götaland

With us, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives every day throughout Västra Götaland.

You contribute to secure and equal care as well as to a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life.

We are in the midst of digital development where you get to help shape the working methods of the future to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you are mobilized as part of our shared responsibility for ensuring that socially important functions work even in a crisis.

Want to know more about us? On our website, you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference and develop in their professions every day. Read more about working with us (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/)

Application

The Region of Västra Götaland prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for special reasons cannot register your details in a public system - contact the contact person for the respective advertisement.

To staffing, mediation, and recruitment agencies and to you who are a seller:

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, mediation, and recruitment agencies as well as other external actors and sellers of further job advertisements. The Region of Västra Götaland has procured agreements.

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