Foot Care Specialist

Medical Care Unit E, Medicine and Geriatrics Clinic, Höglandssjukhuset Are you ready for an important assignment? Would you also like to be part of a wonderful team with a great atmosphere? 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 through dialogue with the patient and their relatives, you provide support and guidance to enable optimal participation in care and treatment. The team consists of diabetes physicians, diabetes nurses, dietitians, and podiatrists. As a podiatrist, you also frequently collaborate with orthopedists and orthotists. It is independent work where you have the opportunity to take significant responsibility, while working in a team with high expertise in several other professions. Here's how the staff at the foot care clinic describe their work as foot care specialists: "I love my job", "I am curious about people", "I have a very developmental and educational position". We are open to requests for part-time employment other than full-time. Your Future Workplace The Diabetes Foot Care Clinic is part of Medical Care Unit E at the Medicine and Geriatrics Clinic. The Medicine and Geriatrics Clinic at Höglandssjukhuset in Eksjö is a developing healthcare facility where we care for patients requiring specialized medical and geriatric care. The clinic has a history of innovative, systematic, and evidence-based quality work with strong patient focus. Since 2015, the clinic's management system has been certified according to ISO 9001:2008. The fact that the clinic is ISO-certified is something we are all very proud of! In short, this means we have order and organization in our operations. This creates good conditions for us working at the clinic to know what, when, and how we are expected to act. This ensures 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 be comfortable mentoring students and speaking to groups. We appreciate if you have good knowledge and experience with wounds and diabetes. Our Offer to You We offer you a developmental and educational position as a foot care specialist within medical care. You are warmly welcomed to a wonderful team with a pleasant atmosphere. Supporting and helping each other as colleagues is important to us. To ensure you have the best possible start, you will of course receive customized orientation based on your experience. As an employee with us in Region Jönköpings län, you have access to our employment benefits. Some of them increase your basic security, others add a little extra to everyday life. Read more about our benefits here: Benefits, Region Jönköpings län (http://www.rjl.se/jobb-och-karriar/Jobba-hos-oss/Formaner/) Questions About the Position? If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Unit Manager Laila Hilldén, [email protected], or 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 soon as possible. We welcome calls from you interested in the job but decline 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 look forward to your application! Read 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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