Foot Care Specialist

REGION JÖNKÖPINGS LÄN · Full-time

Jönköping, Sweden

Medical Care Unit E, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Höglandssjukhuset Are you ready for an important assignment? Would you also like to be part of a wonderful team with 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 condition. You participate in team-based patient care, and through dialogue with patients and their families, you provide support and guidance to enable optimal participation in care and treatment. The team consists of diabetes physicians, diabetes nurses, dietitians, and foot therapists. As a foot therapist, you also frequently collaborate with orthopedic surgeons and orthopedic technicians. This is independent work where you have the opportunity to take significant responsibility, while working in a team with high expertise in multiple other professions. Here's how 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. 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 who need 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 clinic's ISO certification is something we are all very proud of! In short, this means we have order and structure in our operations. This creates good conditions for those of 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 training. 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 supervising students and speaking to groups. We would like to see that you have good knowledge and experience with wounds and diabetes. Our Offer to You We offer you developmental and educational work 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 give you the best possible start, you will of course receive an adapted introduction 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 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 those interested in the job but we decline calls from those selling advertisements and recruitment services. Our Recruitment Process Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period. The application deadline is October 6, 2026. We look forward to receiving 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/)