Foot Care Specialist

Medical Care Unit E, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Höglandssjukhuset Are you ready for an important assignment? Do you also want to be part of a great team with good morale? We warmly welcome your application for the position of Foot Care Specialist today! The Role of Foot Care Specialist As a Foot Care Specialist, you perform foot care and wound care for diabetic patients. This also involves observing, assessing, prioritizing, documenting, and communicating changes in the patient's foot status. You participate in teamwork around the patient, and in dialogue with the patient and their loved ones, you provide support and guidance to enable optimal participation in care and treatment. The team consists of a diabetes physician, diabetes nurse, dietitian, and foot therapist. As a foot therapist, you also often collaborate with orthopedists and orthotists. It is an independent role where you have the opportunity to take significant personal responsibility, while working in a team with high expertise across multiple professions. Here's what staff members at the foot care clinic say about their work as foot care specialists: "I love my job", "I'm curious about people", "I have a very developmental and educational job". We are open to requests for part-time positions other than full-time. Your Future Workplace The Diabetes Foot Care Clinic is part of Medical Care Unit E at the Department of Medicine and Geriatrics. The Department of Medicine and Geriatrics at Höglandssjukhuset in Eksjö is a developing facility where we care for patients in need of specialized medical and geriatric care. The department has a history of innovative, systematic, and evidence-based quality work with strong patient focus. Since 2015, the department's management system has been certified according to ISO 9001:2008. The fact that the department is ISO-certified is something we are all very proud of! Simply put, this means we have order and structure in our operations. This creates good conditions for us working at the department to know what, when, and how we are expected to act. This helps ensure that our processes are quality-assured so that patients receive good and safe care. Your Profile You are trained as a nursing assistant and have completed a three-term foot specialist education. It is also desirable that you have several years of experience in the profession. You are calm and accommodating in your manner and collaborate well with other people. You should feel comfortable mentoring students and speaking to groups. We would like to see that you have good knowledge and experience with wound care and diabetes. Our Offer to You We offer you a developmental and educational role as a Foot Care Specialist in medical care. You are warmly welcomed to a great team with a pleasant atmosphere. Supporting and helping each other as colleagues is important to us. To ensure the best possible start, you will of course receive a tailored introduction based on your experience. As an employee with us in Region Jönköpings län, you have access to our employee benefits. Some of them increase your basic security, others add a little extra to everyday life. Learn more about our benefits here: Benefits, Region Jönköpings län (http://www.rjl.se/jobb-och-karriar/Jobba-hos-oss/Formaner/) Do You Have Questions About the Position? If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Care Unit Manager Laila Hilldén, [email protected], or Care Unit Manager Mona Ottosson, [email protected]. Your experience is important to us. Therefore, we want to inform you that the recruitment process may take longer than usual during the summer. We will get back to you as quickly as possible. We are happy to receive calls from interested applicants but decline calls from those selling ads and recruitment services. Our Recruitment Process Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period. The final application deadline is September 13, 2026. We welcome your application! Learn more about Region Jönköpings län's recruitment process on our website: Our Recruitment Process, Region Jönköpings län (https://rjl.se/jobb-och-karriar/Lediga-jobb/Var-rekryteringsprocess/)

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