We are an inpatient unit providing oncology care in comfortable facilities in the O-building with proximity to outpatient care, radiation therapy, and radiology. The unit is part of the Southeastern Healthcare Region's competence center for cancer treatment. On the oncology section, specific treatments and oncology nursing care are provided to adult patients with tumor diseases.
We are looking for you who want to be part of developing our care unit and get the opportunity to gain both broad and in-depth expertise in oncology nursing!
Our Offer
Forward for Life. Region Östergötland has high ambitions and a responsible mission. It is about health and care, about our region's development and about those who live and stay here. We want to continue to be at the forefront with care, research, and education. That means daring to think new – and having the best employees. Therefore, we offer unique opportunities for further learning and invest in modern environments with efficient systems and tools. Many of us meet patients and their families, others create the conditions for vital services. With us, fantastic people work toward the same goal – to make a real difference, and forward for life.
The Oncology Section Offers:
• Introduction planned based on your previous experience, approximately 4-6 weeks.
• Training in safe chemotherapy handling, provided by an experienced nurse in the unit.
• Individual schedule planning in the digital scheduling tool Tessa.
• In-house training takes place continuously to strengthen you in your role.
• Career development program within the Center for Surgery, Orthopedics, and Cancer Care (CKOC) with the opportunity to specialize in one of our core areas.
You can read more about our career ladder for nurses and about your benefits with us here.
Job Description
As a nurse, you work in a team with different professions. You are responsible for and lead the team in specific and basic care during your shift. One of our greatest strengths is communication that keeps work flowing during the shift.
The oncology section conducts both planned and acute operations and cares for patients in curative and palliative stages. Oncology nursing is a central part of your work, for example chemotherapy treatment, radiation therapy, side effects, and various complications that may arise from treatment, pain management, and palliative care. We place great emphasis on good conduct characterized by respect and ethics in the team and patient interactions. The team cares for adult patients with various cancer diagnoses, which means your work will be varied and contain many different tasks. These tasks include, among other things, chemotherapy handling, antibiotic administration, transfusions which are often given via central venous catheters.
Work Team
You are a cheerful group that has fun together and supports each other in daily work. We use reflection after each shift to highlight the positive and negative during the day. On the unit there is a reception nurse who provides daily support to each team and a coordinator who coordinates and handles much of the administrative work. Furthermore, there are four nurse managers who have special responsibility for you as new staff. There is an oncology on-call service available 24/7, which is also responsible for rounds during weekends. A pharmacist stocks the medication cart, medication dispenser, and basic medication supplies. We also have a service assistant who handles ordering and restocking of supplies. The unit also has a meal service assistant.
About You
You are a licensed nurse or licensed specialist nurse in oncology or medical nursing.
You enjoy being part of a multidisciplinary team with the patient in focus, where all professions learn from each other. You have good empathetic ability to understand someone else's perspective or situation without taking over their feelings.
We are looking for you who find it easy to work independently and collaborate well with other people. You create engagement and participation. You also have the ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work in an efficient way.
Since you work in constant dialogue with inpatients, family members, colleagues, and other departments, it is a requirement that you have good knowledge of Swedish language, both spoken and written. You also need to be able to handle various IT systems.
Application and Employment
We offer 1 position with start date June 1st or by agreement. We work with continuous selection, so please send in your application as soon as possible.
Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will be asked to complete a health declaration.
We warmly welcome your application! If you need help registering in the system, contact Customer Service Support and Services, 010-103 60 00, during office hours.
To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a sales representative:
We politely but firmly decline direct contact from staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and other external actors and sellers of additional job postings. Region Östergötland has procurement agreements.We are an inpatient unit providing oncology care in comfortable facilities in the O-building with proximity to outpatient care, radiation therapy, and radiology. The unit is part of the Southeastern Healthcare Region's competence center for cancer treatment. On the oncology section, specific treatments and oncology nursing care are provided to adult patients with tumor diseases.
We are looking for you who want to be part of developing our care unit and get the opportunity to gain both broad and in-depth expertise in oncology nursing!
Our Offer
Forward for Life. Region Östergötland has high…