Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit II (HIT) (Freiburg)
The special professional challenge!Patients of all ages are cared for in our cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit. From newborns with congenital heart defects to artificial hearts or heart transplants. The demanding care of patients offers a varied working day. The care of pediatric and adult patients offers many opportunities and great potential for further development.
- 16 fully equipped intensive care beds with ventilation and the option of further organ support such as dialysis, ECMO or ECLS
- including 6 pediatric beds of the same size
- Continuous 2:1 nursing care
- Support from trained nursing assistants
- above-average pay
- Exciting and varied activities
- Staggered induction accompanied by practical instructors and subsequent regular practical support
- Comprehensive training and education concept based on everyday cases
- Great colleagues you can rely on at all times
- Very trusting interaction between the professional groups
- Our outstanding development opportunities
- A high degree of transparency and professional support enables and encourages individual entry. Regardless of whether you have professional experience in intensive care or would like to start as a young professional. Continuing support in practice by practice instructors offers you constant further development and consolidation of your skills even after your induction.
- Our management culture
- The management team is future-oriented in all areas. A high degree of flexibility and transparency is possible through the allocation of resources. We are always looking for new opportunities to support the further development of our team and to strengthen it with interprofessional dialogs.
Further information about our Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery
The professional skills of our employees and the optimal care of our patients are important to us. That's why we offer specialist training in intensive care internally.
We also offer the following other courses:
- Training as a wound therapist
- In a surgical discipline, wound care is an important task for nursing staff. In order to provide our patients with the best possible care, we offer further training to become a wound therapist.
- Advanced specialist training in pediatric intensive care
- Specialist training in pediatrics is an important pillar. That is why offering further specialist training is very important to us.
The aim of our 14-month qualification program is to give you confidence when starting work in the intensive care unit. We would like to qualify you for your work in intensive care, avoid excessive demands and make it easier for you to settle into the working world of intensive care units.
During the practical assignments, the participants are accompanied and supported by experienced qualified staff, practical instructors and the head of the qualification program.
The practical assignments are accompanied by a theoretical qualification. The content includes clinical and equipment monitoring as well as the basics of infusion and medication therapy. The topic of ventilation is covered in greater depth in special "ventilation days".
In addition, regular coaching by the supervision service is integrated into the program. The appointments are mandatory and are taken into account by the responsible managers when planning duties. Participants are released from their duties on the ward for this purpose.
Target group: The program is aimed at all new employees who start in the intensive care unit and consciously decide to work on a ward.

Head of Nursing Department University Heart Center
Stefan Brade
Phone: 07633 402-2302
stefan.brade@uniklinik-freiburg.de

For all questions relating to induction, practical support and the training program:
Vincent von Heynitz
Principal Practice Supervisor Intensive
Phone: 0761 270 34442
vincent.heynitz@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Head of Nursing Department University Heart Center
Stefan Brade
Phone: 07633 402-2302
stefan.brade@uniklinik-freiburg.de