Registered Nurse

Come to Rovaniemi and work as a nurse in the operating room and anesthesia unit of Lapland Central Hospital! Lapland Central Hospital is one of the hospitals providing extensive emergency services. About 70 people work in our department’s modern, well-equipped new facilities on a three-shift schedule. We care for patients from infancy to old age across several specialties. We have 10 operating rooms and 16 recovery beds, and in addition we care for Herko patients. We perform approximately 7,000 operations annually, around 30% of which are emergency procedures. As a nurse, you will work as an active part of our skilled multidisciplinary team. We offer you a good introduction to the work and an encouraging, collaborative workplace. We provide opportunities for development and further training, taking the various needs of the operating room and anesthesia unit into account. Working in a multidisciplinary team gives you the opportunity both to develop your own skills and to share your expertise. As a nurse, you will work in our unit in operating room and anesthesia nursing duties according to the unit’s needs. We provide an introduction to both operating room and anesthesia nursing duties. After orientation, your duties will include working in the operating team in all nursing roles and as a recovery nurse in the phase-one recovery unit and the Herko recovery unit. Orientation is provided according to the unit’s induction programme. The work is carried out in three shifts. We use community-based, activity-oriented shift planning, making it possible to combine work and free time successfully. We use the Lesu workforce planning system and the Antti anesthesia programme. We are looking for nurses who are enthusiastic about their work and have good perioperative nursing skills and/or a desire to learn and develop in the role. We expect you to have good communication and workplace skills, the ability to cope with pressure in changing situations, a development-oriented approach, teamwork skills, a positive attitude and a responsible approach to work. Experience in operating room work and/or surgical patient care is an advantage. We expect fluent spoken and written Finnish. The eligibility requirement is a nursing qualification and a licence under the Act on Health Care Professionals (559/1994). Applicants must be registered in the JulkiTerhikki register maintained by the Finnish Supervisory Agency. The terms of employment are determined by the collective agreement for social and health care personnel (SOTE agreement). The position-specific salary is €3,173.58 per month. The position has a six-month probationary period. Employees must have the vaccination protection required by the work and the Communicable Diseases Act. Apply for the position through the Kuntarekry website by 21 October 2026 at 15:00! Original qualification and employment certificates and an identity document will be checked for candidates invited to interview. Employees of the Lapland Wellbeing Services County who are at risk of dismissal will be considered first when filling the position, provided they meet the eligibility requirements.