Närhälsan - Medical Assistant

Närhälsan offers close primary care of the highest quality. With hundreds of clinics in Västra Götaland, we are close to the residents throughout their lives and make a difference for their health. We value you and offer development throughout your professional life.

About us

Närhälsan is the largest primary care provider in the Nordic countries and the second largest administration within the Västra Götaland region with around 5,250 employees.

Currently, we have 105 health centers, 60 rehabilitation clinics, 12 emergency clinics, 2 digital-physical health centers, and 1 urgent care center, spread across Västra Götaland's 49 different municipalities. Our health centers have a wide range and consist of several different professional categories, including nursing assistants, district nurses, medical secretaries, and specialist doctors in general medicine. Several of our health centers also employ resident and specialist doctors.

Primary care is part of open care without restrictions regarding diseases, age, or patient groups. Patients turn to primary care for basic medical treatment, nursing, preventive work, and rehabilitation that does not require the medical and technical resources and specific competencies of hospitals.

Our areas

Närhälsan has health centers throughout Västra Götaland. We are located in the following areas and municipalities:

• Skaraborg, which includes municipalities such as: Vara, Essunga, Lidköping, Götene, Mariestad, Töreboda, Karlsborg, Tibro, Skövde, Hjo, Falköping, and Tidaholm.
• Fyrbodal, which includes municipalities such as: Lysekil, Sotenäs, Tanum, Munkedal, Färgelanda, Dals-Ed, Bengtsfors, Vänersborg, Trollhättan, Uddevalla, Tjörn, and Stenungsund.
• Sjuhärad, which includes municipalities such as: Mark, Bollebygd, Borås, Ulricehamn, Tranemo, Svenljunga, Vårgårda, and Herrljunga.
• Göteborg region, which includes municipalities such as: Göteborg, Öckerö, Kungälv, Ale, Lerum, Alingsås, Partille, Härryda, and Mölndal.

About the job

This is an opportunity for you who want to grow and develop in your medical role. We offer an insight into the varied work at a health center and competent colleagues within different professional categories with solid knowledge and experience.

Based on your experience and competence, you will be assigned various tasks commonly found at a health center. You will also have the opportunity to follow a doctor in their daily work under supervision.

In the film below, Egil, one of Närhälsan's specialist doctors in general medicine, talks about his varied work at the health center:

About you

We are looking for someone who is currently studying medicine, from semester six and above. If necessary, employment may also be considered for those studying earlier semesters.

In the role of medical assistant, you will communicate daily with colleagues and patients, so it is important that you have good communication skills and a great understanding of people's differences. Proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written, is a prerequisite for success in the role of medical assistant.

We also expect you to live up to Närhälsan's core values: Reliable, Caring, and Innovative.

Other

Each operation is responsible for employment. The date of commencement and the length of employment will be agreed upon with the recruiting manager at the relevant health center.

About the recruitment process

Throughout the recruitment process, your application will be available to recruiting managers. If you become a candidate for a recruitment process, you will be contacted by the recruiting manager. To match your application with recruiting health centers, we ask that you specify particular health centers/locations you are interested in working at in your application.

Warm welcome with your application!

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good health care for all. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communications throughout Västra Götaland. Västra Götalandsregionen 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 are motivated to participate in the development to learn new things. Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in a state of readiness.

If you 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

Västra Götalandsregionen prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you have questions about the advertised position or for specific reasons cannot register your information in a public system - contact the contact person for the respective ad.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller:

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job ads. Västra Götalandsregionen has contracted agreements.