Nursing Assistant to Ward 2 at Kungälv Hospital Summer 2025

The Hospitals in the West is an administration within the Västra Götaland Region and consists of four hospitals – Alingsås Hospital, Angered Local Hospital, Högsbo Local Hospital, and Kungälv Hospital. Approximately 3000 employees work with us every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare of the highest quality.

About the Operations

The Surgery and Orthopedics department at Kungälv Hospital includes two wards, an outpatient clinic, a day care unit, and a gynecological clinic. We have about 230 employees. The department handles both acute and planned patients in outpatient and inpatient care within surgery, urology, and orthopedics. A significant part of the operations is of an acute nature, but some of the work also involves caring for patients in the end stages of life.

Are you a nursing assistant who wants to work with us in Ward 2 in the summer of 2025?

With us, every workday is meaningful, and everyone's contributions together create crucial value for our patients. We offer a fun, stimulating, responsible, and exciting job where you will have the opportunity to develop your skills alongside new colleagues. If you have preferences or experience in a specific area, please mention it in your application, and we will try to accommodate your wishes, but primarily the needs of the operations will determine where you will be placed. To help you quickly adapt to the work, you will receive a tailored introduction based on your experience and skills.

Qualifications

You are a trained nursing assistant, and experience in surgery, emergency care, or hospital experience in the form of previous employment or internships is an advantage. If you are a student in the nursing program, you need to have completed semester 3 or semester 4 depending on the educational program. If you are a medical student, you need to have completed semester 5 or semester 6 depending on the educational program.

Protected Professional Title for Nursing Assistants

As of July 1, 2023, the title nursing assistant is a protected professional title. This means that you will need a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare to use the title nursing assistant within care and nursing. You can read more about the protected professional title for nursing assistants on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website – which also outlines the transitional regulations: Nursing Assistant Protected Professional Title from July 1, 2023 (https://socialstyrelsen.se).

Other

Interviews and appointments will be conducted continuously during the application period, so please submit your application as soon as possible. Recruitment will continue until the summer, and notifications about appointments may therefore take some time.

About the Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communications throughout Västra Götaland. The Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in the development to learn new things. The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a state of readiness.

If you want to know more about the Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link introduction for new employees (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at presentation (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

The Västra Götaland Region prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for specific reasons cannot register your details in a public system - please contact the contact person for the respective ad.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller: We kindly but firmly request no direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies or other external actors and sellers of additional job advertisements. The Västra Götaland Region has contracted agreements.