Intensive Care Nurse, ICU and Postoperative Unit, Skellefteå

REGION VÄSTERBOTTEN · Full-time

Skellefteå, umeå, Sweden

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and for ensuring that research and innovation deliver results. At the Center for Surgical Operations clinic in Skellefteå, we provide intensive care for children and adults, acute and planned surgical care, anesthesia with associated postoperative care, and sterile technical services. Operations are conducted in collaboration with the Surgery and Orthopedic departments, as well as other clinics both at the hospital and throughout the region. In collaboration with the university, we also conduct research, development, and education. Our clinic has a clear vision for the work environment where our behaviors contribute to a workplace characterized by safety, learning, respect, and professional conduct. Teamwork and a good work environment are high on our agenda. Our clinic was designated as one of Region Västerbotten's best workplaces in 2024. We are now looking for an Intensive Care Nurse for the Intensive Care and Postoperative Unit in Skellefteå, who wants to help develop the operations and make a difference for our patients. Through good collaboration within the region, efficient care pathways, ongoing continuous improvement efforts, and competent staff, we can offer high-quality care. Together we develop health and medical care close to the patient and create security through a focus on respect, integrity, and accessibility. Within the intensive care unit, you have the advantage of working according to a work time model that enables reduced working hours, increased recovery time, and higher compensation for inconvenient working hours, compared to the general agreement. Additionally, you have the opportunity to influence the scheduling of your work shifts. 2 position(s). WORK TASKS As an intensive care nurse with us, you contribute with knowledge and commitment that makes people feel safe. In your role as an intensive care nurse on our unit, you contribute to the care of intensive care patients with failures in their vital functions due to surgery, accidents, or serious medical conditions. Since we care for patients in many categories, our knowledge develops into a unique and broad knowledge base in a high-tech environment. Your work tasks also include caring for postoperative patients, as the staff team also staffs the postoperative unit and alert functions at the hospital. You work closely with nursing assistants, physiotherapists, and doctors who together form a team around the patient and their relatives. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse with further education in intensive care. We place great emphasis on personal qualities such as flexibility, good self-awareness, and communication skills. You are confident as a person, dare to take initiative but ask for help when you need it. Finally, you are a colleague who contributes to a positive atmosphere and enjoys collaborating across professional boundaries. You who are applying see service and flexibility as a given, can handle acute and stressful situations, are interested in care development, and put the patient in focus. You are confident as a person, dare to take initiative but ask for help when you need it, have good collaboration skills and the ability to create good relationships with colleagues, even outside the unit. You have a positive basic attitude toward change, quality, and development work. An extract from the criminal record register will be required in connection with any employment. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: Start date by agreement. Working hours: Shift work. Read more about our benefits for those who work with us on the website https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss/formaner We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength and therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds. In preparation for the recruitment process, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media salespeople, recruitment websites, and the like. If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the recruiting manager and then submit your application documents by mail.