Nurse for Acute Care Unit 65A2 (AVA)

REGION UPPSALA · Full-time

Uppsala, Sweden

Clinical Area: Internal Medicine, Dermatology, and Rheumatology 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 constantly happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is celebrated as a hero. With us, you will experience both challenging times and amazing events, in a strong sense of community with colleagues. Welcome with your application! Our Operations AVA is one of Akademiska Hospital's largest care units with 30 beds. Here you become part of a close-knit work team consisting of nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, pharmacists, and other important health professionals, all committed to delivering the highest quality care. Our operations always strive to maintain high medical expertise and high nursing standards. AVA has specialist functions such as an education nurse and discharge nurse, which gives you as an employee optimal conditions to perform your work tasks with high quality. Our success is built on our collective experience and the diversity of ideas and solutions, and we prioritize employees' work environment first. At AVA, we primarily care for patients with internal medicine diagnoses. Patients come to us with chest pain, cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, infections, poisonings, diabetes, pulmonary embolisms, and deep vein thrombosis. Many of our patients have multiple conditions and require significant care interventions. Care stays are relatively short, which means a high flow of patients in and out that must be planned and coordinated. The high flow demands a great deal of flexibility, initiative, and decisiveness. We value that as a nurse you have the opportunity to be challenged and develop in your role, so we invest in continuous education and individual competency development. We strive to create present and coaching leadership with the goal that you feel secure, welcome, and comfortable in your new work environment. With us, you are offered comprehensive introduction, clinical mentoring, and regular check-ins with your immediate supervisor. This allows you to quickly get into the work while your supervisor can support you in your development. Additionally, regular study days are included for all employees throughout the year. We also offer internal training such as telemetry training and arterial line training, which gives you the time and space to deepen your knowledge and competencies. Your Assignment As a nurse with us at AVA, you work with specific nursing care and treatment of acutely ill patients. We work in teams consisting of a nurse and nursing assistant always in close collaboration with physicians and other important professions. Together we take responsibility for the acute care of the patient. Your Qualifications We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse. We are looking for both newly graduated nurses with an interest in internal medicine care and experienced nurses, preferably with a background in acute care or equivalent. Previous experience with telemetry monitoring is also advantageous. We would like to see that you are a specialist nurse in acute care or intensive care. Your Competencies We see that you: • are goal-oriented, positive, flexible, confident in your role, and enjoy challenges • are action-oriented and can quickly adapt in acute situations • are accommodating, enjoy working in a team, and want to continuously improve and develop care for patients in the unit • put the patient in focus, are responsible, and motivated in your work • have the ability to share your knowledge with the team as well as with students and new colleagues. We Offer We offer a permanent position at 100%, with rotating shift arrangements. As a newly graduated nurse, you can participate in a Clinical Development Year (KUÅ) at 20% to be started during your first year. We look forward to your application! With us, you get benefits that make a difference; read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/). Want to Know More? Department Manager Carina Vennström, 018-617 10 87, [email protected] Assistant Department Manager Sandra Gustin, 018-617 08 76, [email protected] Acting Assistant Department Manager Julia Zahmatkesh, 018-617 5096, [email protected] Union Representative Vårdförbundet can be reached via switchboard, 018-611 00 00 Want to Work With Us? Welcome with your application via the link below. Selection and placement may occur continuously during the application period, so do not delay sending us your application! 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 our operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different ethnic backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences. Region Uppsala places all permanent employees in war preparations according to the needs of civil defense. This means for the individual employee no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure. Before making an employment decision, a check of suspicion and criminal records is conducted for all job seekers who in the sought position may come to work within psychiatric care, rehabilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers – areas covered by optional register excerpts. This applies to all who will work patient-facing, even if the work tasks are not currently intended to mainly consist of work with the aforementioned patient groups. This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we decline telephone calls from recruitment firms and advertising sales representatives.