Nurses to the Alarm and Control Center, Karlstad

About the Role

Do you want to make a difference? The healthcare emergency center in Karlstad is looking for nurses for a meaningful and eventful role where you help people in urgent situations and contribute to the healthcare chain operating smoothly from the first call.

Your Workplace

The healthcare emergency center in Värmland is a newly established unit located in Karlstad. Annually, approximately 55,000 ambulance missions are conducted in Värmland for the region's nearly 300,000 residents. We always work with a patient focus and create good conditions for employees within healthcare. Our goal is to ensure that every patient feels safe and knows the next step in their healthcare journey. The unit operates in newly renovated facilities equipped with modern technology.

Your Responsibilities

We are seeking nurses for the healthcare emergency center in Värmland. As a nurse at the emergency center, you will receive calls related to healthcare and individuals in crisis from the emergency number 112. The role entails ensuring that patients receive the right care at the appropriate level with the correct resources in a timely manner. It is a challenging position where you support callers in situations ranging from childbirth to end-of-life care. Sometimes urgent assistance from an ambulance is required, while in other cases a referral to another level of care or provider may be the best course of action for the patient. It will be your responsibility as a nurse to make these assessments over the phone based on your previous experiences in healthcare.

These positions are permanent contracts based in Karlstad.

Your Qualifications and Competencies

• You must be a licensed nurse with at least one year of professional experience.
• You are a person with a clear patient focus and possess thorough knowledge of the healthcare services in Region Värmland.
• We are looking for someone who is stress-resistant, flexible, and attentive, who wants to be at the center of events and help people in need.
• You must be fully proficient in the Swedish language, both spoken and written, and have good knowledge of English.
• You should have solid computer skills and be familiar with the basic functions of common Office programs.
• We work in an IT-intensive environment with several different systems, and training will be provided upon hiring.
• It is important that applicants excel in collaboration between various healthcare providers to best assist the patient.
• You will contribute to creating good conditions for staff working pre-hospitally, and it is vital that you are willing to work as part of a team and contribute to continuous improvements and the development of the unit and its work methods.
• Most importantly, we need to be the right fit for each other. We place great emphasis on personal suitability and appreciate humility, clarity, and attention to detail.
• Experience in ambulance care or prehospital settings is especially meritorious.
• Additional language skills beyond Swedish and English are also viewed as advantageous.

About Region Värmland

We are here to ensure that everyone living here is healthy and to make our region attractive and competitive. We make a difference in healthcare, dental care, public transport, regional development, and culture and education. We encounter people during life’s greatest moments and in all those everyday moments in between. Our vision is world-class quality of life. Read more about what it’s like to work with us at this link, and follow us on social media.

Do you also want to work for everyone in Värmland? We welcome your application.

Additional Information

In case of potential employment, we may ask you, as an applicant, to provide an extract from the police criminal record. Before hiring in psychiatric care, care for the disabled, or care for children or adolescents, the employer conducts a check in the police’s suspicion and criminal record database. An entry in this register may affect your employment opportunities.

If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, we ask you to contact the HR Competence Supply Unit via the Region's switchboard at 010-831 50 00. You will receive assistance with submitting your application without it being processed in Varbi. Please ensure that you only include information that is relevant to the position in question.

In preparation for the recruitment process, Region Värmland has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in conjunction with this advertisement.