Medical Secretary at Skaraborg Hospital

Skaraborg Hospital (SkaS) operates in several locations in Skaraborg, including Falköping, Lidköping, Mariestad, and Skövde. We provide specialist healthcare in around thirty specialties and work together for the health of our patients throughout their lives, offering cohesive and secure care. Every day and every hour, our employees make contributions that affect the lives of others. We care about those who make a difference for others, and together we create the workplace of the future.

The Medicine Clinic VO7 is one of the operational areas of Skaraborg Hospital (SkaS) with approximately 450 employees, offering a wide clinical breadth, good development opportunities, and a strong emphasis on teamwork.

Within the administrative unit, around 30 medical secretaries/administrators support various specialties within medicine. We work together for the health of our patients throughout their lives, offering cohesive and secure care. Every day and every hour, our employees make contributions that affect the lives of others. We care about those who make a difference for others, and together we create the workplace of the future.

We need to strengthen our team with a new employee in the administrative unit at operational area VO7. The unit's mission is to provide service to pulmonology, rheumatology, neurology, stroke, rehabilitation, hematology, sleep medicine, and the medical outpatient clinic at Skaraborg Hospital in Skövde. The operational area includes both outpatient clinics and inpatient wards.

The administrative unit works from a holistic perspective with common missions and goals. As an employee, you will be placed in one of our units where the focus is on local tasks and responsibilities. The work includes participating in the development of the operation at both local and overarching levels.

What can we offer you?

We need an addition of you as a medical secretary for a permanent position as a ward secretary + outpatient secretary within VO7, where we have a total of 70 care places distributed across four different wards within VO7.

In the role of secretary with us, we offer flexibility and broad knowledge of the entire operational area. We have an open and positive work climate, and you will work in a team with other healthcare staff and secretaries at VO7.

Together, we create inspiration to meet the administrative opportunities of the future. Our ambition is to find new ways of working and create a work environment where one can feel safe and valued. It should be enjoyable to go to work, and we believe in our employees' ability to create that workplace.

Your competence is important

Your tasks will be based on your skills and competencies, and we provide you with a good opportunity for personal development. In addition to the usual tasks for the profession, we ensure that you get to do things you are interested in. We will consider the possibilities to meet your wishes. As a medical secretary with us, you will experience variation in your daily work and over time, and perhaps you have some specialized skills that are valuable to us?

Who are we looking for?

Do you enjoy planning and organizing your work with a focus on maintaining high delivery quality? If so, we believe you have good conditions to thrive with us. Furthermore, you see the value of well-functioning collaboration and contribute to this by sharing your knowledge and experiences. Through your engagement and positive attitude, you create a good work climate together with your colleagues, where we all help each other to achieve the best care quality for our patients. Additionally, you are a secure person, meticulous, and have a strong sense of responsibility.

We are looking for someone with a KY or YH education as a medical secretary/administrator, with very good knowledge of the Swedish language. We expect you to be familiar with various IT tools, have experience with journal documentation in Melior, and work in the patient administrative system Elvis. Your tasks will include journal writing within medicine with a focus on diagnosis and procedure coding; knowledge of disease classification, appointment booking, patient contact via phone, and handling cases in 1177 is additionally meritorious. We are also in the midst of digitalization and the digital solutions within the administrative work that we hope you view positively and where you want to contribute with your competence.

As a person, you are meticulous, structured, and have a good demeanor. We place great importance on personal suitability, that you can be flexible and perform tasks both independently and in collaboration with your colleagues. We see that you are positive about changes and want to be part of developing the administrative operation.

Are you interested and want to become one of us?

Apply today and tell us what you can contribute. Interviews are conducted continuously.

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for all. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitalize 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.

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Want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen?

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

Application

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