Registered Nurse for Pre- and Postoperative Unit, Köping

Description:

We are looking for you who are interested in pre- and postoperative care and want to contribute to advancing healthcare in Västmanland. Working with us is rewarding, challenging, and varied. You will become part of a wonderful team and have the opportunity to develop both yourself and our operations. Are you our new colleague? Job Responsibilities As a registered nurse with us, you will have varied and developmental work. You will develop your ability to assess the patient's vital parameters, understand connections, and identify complications after surgery. The work includes preparing patients for surgery, assisting with blocks, monitoring vital parameters, continuously evaluating, and providing supportive treatment to prevent organ failure. You are responsible for the patient's recovery as well as preventing and alleviating pain, nausea, and anxiety through early detection of complications related to anesthesia or surgery. With us, you work close to the patient in a team where support is always available. We offer personal development through an introduction program. About the Workplace The Surgical Clinic is responsible for surgical care in Region Västmanland and is located in Västerås and Köping. In Köping, day surgery is conducted within orthopedics, surgery, urology, ENT, and gynecology. The operations include a day surgery unit, four operating rooms, a sterilization central, and a planning unit. We are approximately 40 employees working with the patient at the center. The pre- and postoperative unit includes the Preop reception and Postop. The team consists of specialist nurses, registered nurses, and nursing assistants. We work closely with other professions and strive for high patient safety with a holistic approach. At Preop, patients are prepared for surgery. At Postop, we are responsible for the care of children and adults after anesthesia and surgery. Preop has 7 care beds and Postop has 6 care beds. Rotation between units is included. For us, it is important that you feel well and enjoy your job, so we offer you: an adapted introduction program so that you feel safe and secure in your professional role opportunities for competency development through, for example, internal training a workplace for different life stages, possibility of flexible working hours within certain limits free training at our fully equipped gym wellness allowance of 3,000 kr/year For more information about your benefits, visit: https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/ Working Hours 40-hour work week. We operate 4 operating rooms Monday – Thursday and 3 rooms on Fridays with closure every third Friday. We are closed 4 weeks in the summer and have reduced operations over Christmas and New Year. Opening Hours Pre- and Postoperative Unit 7 – 18 Monday – Thursday 7 – 15 Fridays Interested? Please feel free to contact us if you want to book an informal conversation or if you would like to visit us to gain insight into our work and see our facilities. Qualifications We are looking for a licensed registered nurse with at least 3 years of professional experience and experience from acute hospital care. Education as a specialist nurse in, for example, acute care, ICU, anesthesia, medicine, or surgery is a merit. Since you will need to communicate verbally and in writing with patients, relatives, and colleagues in this role, good knowledge of the Swedish language is required. If you have worked in the Cosmic/Orbit medical record system, we consider that a merit. We also see that you are flexible, organized, have good ability to prioritize in daily work as well as quickly re-prioritize and adapt to changed circumstances. Your creativity, thoughts, and ideas are important puzzle pieces for us in continued development work, also toward NAV. Therefore, we see that you are a person who enjoys contributing your knowledge, ideas, and enthusiasm. That you are motivated by change and improvement work is something we consider essential in these changing times that characterize the health and care sector. We place great importance on personal suitability. Employment Terms Permanent position, 100% Location: Köping Start date by agreement. Application Welcome to submit your application by August 16, 2026. When you apply, please only attach your CV and preferably relevant grades/certificates. You will also be asked to answer a number of questions that are part of our selection assessment. We do not use personal letters in our recruitment process. Read more about the region's recruitment process and how to create a good CV here: https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/att-soka-jobb-i-region-vastmanland/ Interviews are planned to take place on site at Köping Hospital during week 35. Protected Personal Information If you have protected personal information, you should not apply through our recruitment system or via email. Instead, contact the recruiting manager or Recruitment Support at mailto:[email protected] who can inform you how to submit your application in a secure way. (Do not attach any personal information) About the Region If you want to learn more about what it is like to work with us, you can see more on the region's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/regionvastmanland/ Region Västmanland is responsible for health, medical, and dental care for everyone living in the county. We also work with everything from public transportation and culture to business issues, education, and research. Together we are 7,000 employees with 300 different professions at ten locations. We are in the middle of what affects people's lives. Every day. Together we are driven by creating a better society for everyone who lives and works here. We develop and find new solutions to meet people – where they are. That is how we can live up to the high expectations of those who commission us and our residents. Together we make a difference. For real. We decline applications from those selling all kinds of recruitment services.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Köping

GPS

59.509642969786, 16.006693484918copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+4622126101

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Published

8. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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