50C Seeks Specialist Nurse with Section Responsibility in Urology

REGION UPPSALA · Full-time

Uppsala, Sweden

Department of Surgery and Urology We are Akademiska Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we serve two million people in Central Sweden. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is hailed as a hero. With us, you will experience both hard trials and fantastic moments, in a strong community with colleagues. Welcome with your application! Our Operations In the Department of Surgery and Urology, we provide patients with advanced surgical care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We value being skilled in both medical care and nursing, which places us among the leading in the country in several areas. Did you know that we conduct world-leading research within the department and that we are home to three of the hospital's five Centers of Excellence? The Department of Surgery consists of three surgical and one urological ward and five outpatient clinics providing care to patients in the following medical areas: vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, endocrine surgery, acute surgery, urology, esophageal/gastric surgery, liver/biliary/pancreatic surgery, and transplant surgery. We, as nurses, assistant nurses, and surgeons, work patient-centered in teams together with the patient. Work with us involves exciting and developmental situations where you make a difference – while also having a workplace where we invest in supervision and competence development. In fall 2022, we introduced: Academic Leadership in Nursing. This means we are committed to clear leadership for nursing with the aim of ensuring that nursing expertise benefits patients and colleagues to the greatest extent. This includes expertise in research, evidence-based care, and implementation of research results that will contribute to excellent nursing practice. Your Mission We are looking for you to work as a specialist nurse with section responsibility (SAS) for our medical sections. You have advanced knowledge in nursing and specialized expertise in one or more diagnostic groups, and you follow knowledge development nationally and internationally. You have a strong ability to represent the patient's nursing needs in multidisciplinary forums as a section-responsible nurse collaborating with the section chief in your medical section. Together with the nursing manager and research leader in Academic Leadership in Nursing, you are part of the nursing council and work to ensure that nursing in your section is evidence-based. As a section-responsible nurse, you evaluate nursing, monitor quality indicators, and collaborate with patient representatives. The role includes serving as a lecturer internally and externally in specialist nursing programs. We are now seeking: • Section-responsible specialist nurse with focus on the urology section on ward 50C Your Qualifications You are a specialist nurse in surgical care and hold at least a master's degree in nursing science/nursing or other relevant specialty. You have specialized expertise in one or more diagnostic groups. You have experience and strong ability to lead and develop surgical nursing according to evidence and implement results in clinical practice. Your Competencies As a person, you are goal- and results-oriented, experienced in working independently and taking your own initiatives, structured, quality-conscious, problem-solving, you have good analytical abilities and collaborative skills. We Offer We offer a permanent employment at 100% as a specialist nurse with a fixed-term appointment for 3 years as a section-responsible nurse at 20%. If you already have an employment as a specialist nurse in the department, it will be complemented with a fixed-term appointment for 3 years as a section-responsible nurse. With us, you receive benefits that make a difference; read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/). Want to Know More? Please feel free to contact us if you have questions about the SAS role: Deputy Department Director Anna Hedman, [email protected] Nursing Manager Therese Avallin, [email protected] Ward Manager 50C Jozsef Marton, [email protected] Union Representative, Vårdförbundet Anna Högvall, [email protected] Want to Work With Us? Welcome with your application 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 operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different ethnic backgrounds, abilities, and life experience. Region Uppsala war-positions all permanent employees based on the needs of total defense. This means for the individual employee no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure. Prior to a decision on employment, a check of suspicion and burden registers is conducted for all job seekers who in the sought position may work within psychiatric care, rehabilitation, care of children and young people, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas covered by optional register extracts. This applies to all who will work in patient-facing roles, even if the work tasks at present are not intended to mainly contain work with the above-mentioned patient groups. This recruitment is handled entirely by Region Uppsala and we decline telephone calls from recruitment companies and advertising salespeople.