Nurse for Preoperative Preparation and Recovery

Are you ready for new challenges with the individual patient at the center? Do you love instrumental and complex nursing and a changing daily life with the opportunity for immersion? Do you want to become proficient and gain broad clinical experience with elective and acute surgical nursing? Then Preparation and Recovery is the right place for you!

We are a large department in growth. We have a high patient flow, a good work environment and a strong community. We prioritize development, and the opportunity to learn about complex nursing, and you will receive thorough training and a flexible shift schedule.

What does it mean to be a nurse in Preparation and Recovery (P&R)?

As a nurse in P&R you focus on the individual patient and have time to provide attentive and qualified nursing. You receive patients before and after surgery and monitor their condition continuously. You get the opportunity to complete most postoperative pathways independently or hand over more complex cases to a colleague at shift change.

We take in both elective and day-surgery patients. The patient group is broad – from patients who have undergone minor routine procedures to patients with newly diagnosed cancer. The accelerated pathways place high demands on information, observation and clinical assessment. An important part of the task is to ensure that patients feel safe and well informed when they are discharged after surgery.

We have a high professional level and work according to evidence-based instructions in PRI. There is always an opportunity for professional sparring – both mono- and interprofessional. We have special competences in nausea- and pain management, stabilization with inotropes, observation and care of the surgical patient.

We work according to framework and basic orders and have a close and well-functioning collaboration with the department's doctors. This gives a high degree of professional independence and security in daily work.

About P&R

The nursing tasks are complex and can relate to both pre- and postoperative treatment. Some patients require intensive observation and care in the first day. Other patients are admitted and discharged in P&R with the nursing tasks that follow. We take care of everyone from children to adults, otherwise healthy or multi-ill patients.

We have moved out into Hospitalsbyen, where bed capacity is 96 beds, with room for more preparation and same-day surgery. We also have a satellite with day surgery on Hobrovej.

We therefore work in a very changing daily life, but with an environment where there is good opportunity for you to put your own mark on it.

With us you will become proficient in

As a nurse in P&R you will become proficient in short-term nursing, flow and quickly establishing contact with the patient and their relatives, and you will become good at assessing and responding quickly to changes in the patients’ condition. You will gain a large network at the hospital, and you will have close collaboration with the anesthesia department and the receiving department. In addition you will become skilled in the entire day-surgery pathway and get to follow the patient all the way to discharge.

Your start with us

When you start with us, you will receive thorough training, where you follow a mentor nurse. Here we recognize that you are new and that it takes time to acquire new knowledge. With us it is completely legitimate to ask questions and reflect on patient situations. In addition the training includes various courses, e.g. ABL, acupuncture- and ventilation course. You also get the opportunity to follow the anesthesia team for a day to be introduced to the perioperative process.

We offer you

With us you will have an exciting and challenging daily life, where no two days are the same. We have a really good community, both professionally and socially, and in the quieter periods we have time to get to know each other very well. It is also special that you can keep full focus on your patients. You are with your patient until you need to hand over, discharge, or your colleague takes over.

We have many different meeting times and therefore offer the possibility of a flexible daily life. Day shifts with us mean you must be able to work between 07:00 and 18:00 in varying hours. It also means you will perform different functions and tasks during a workday. Therefore there are fewer weekend shifts and holiday shifts, as we follow the operating program. You have influence on your schedule, and we typically work about every 5th weekend in 8-hour shifts.

About you

We are looking for someone who: Ideally has knowledge of surgical and acute nursing, or wishes to become proficient in this field. Has the ability to quickly establish contact and trust with patients and relatives. It is important that you can target care to patients in a short time. Loves change and thrives with a high patient flow. Has an appreciative approach to collaboration – both mono- and interprofessional. Has an overview, situational awareness and a good positive energy.

Want to know more?

Contact Chief Nurse Kate Gravesen Andersen at telephone 41467519, email [email protected] or Chief Nurse Christina Stensborg Hostrup at telephone 20865041, email [email protected]

We expect to hold interviews on 20/11-26.

Practical

You will be employed with two service locations, namely with an employer location in Hospitalsbyen at address Hospitalsbyen 1, 9260 Gistrup and on the South campus at address Hobrovej 18-22 9000 Aalborg, as there will also in a number of years be an F&O unit at Hobrovej.

Salary and terms of employment according to the current agreement between the Region and DSR. The position is full-time. There are day, evening and night shifts. There are 8-hour shifts about every 5th weekend.