Medical Secretary for the Emergency Department in Kungälv

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.

Do you want to work at the heart of healthcare where every day is unique?

With us at the emergency department in Kungälv, you are a key person in the care chain. Here you will encounter a high pace, varied tasks, and close collaboration with healthcare staff – all with a focus on patient safety and quality.

We are at the forefront of continuously developing administrative tasks. Some of our values are patient safety, collaboration, and development.

The secretaries at the emergency departments of Kungälv Hospital and Alingsås Hospital belong to the same unit and have a close and tight collaboration. Currently, there are 12 medical secretaries working in Kungälv and 4 in Alingsås. An administrative unit manager is responsible for all.

About the Position

As a medical secretary in the emergency department, you are a central part of our operations. You primarily work with:

• Record documentation and diagnosis coding (DRG).
• Printing and handling of referrals, letters, certificates, and other correspondence.
• Patient registration, cash handling/reception work.
• Ambulance reception/registration.
• Documentation during alarms and meetings.
• Statistics and quality work.
• Telephone service.
• Mail handling and many other stimulating administrative tasks.

We expect that more new tasks will gradually land on the medical secretaries' desks.

The work is done in shifts, which means day, evening, and weekend work. Two of the secretaries work only nights, which are planned for about a year.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a trained medical secretary.
• Is meticulous and structured.
• Is responsible, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is flexible regarding work location, hours, and tasks.
• Sees operational development as a natural part of daily work.
• Is a team player who takes joint responsibility with colleagues for daily tasks.
• Is cheerful, positive, and service-oriented.

Qualifications

• A two-year YH education or equivalent university education as a medical secretary is required.
• Very good Swedish in speech and writing and good knowledge of medical terminology is required.
• Knowledge and experience of Melior, Medspeech, and ELVIS is required.
• Good IT skills are required.
• Training in diagnosis classification and experience in DRG coding is an advantage.
• Experience working as a medical secretary in an emergency department is an advantage.
• Since the role involves travel between Kungälv Hospital and Alingsås Hospital, it is essential that you have a driver's license.
• Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

If you recognize yourself in this description, we would love to meet you and offer:

• An exciting and fun teamwork together with both administrative and healthcare staff.
• Varied and developing work.
• Flexible working hours.
• Wellness allowance.
• Further education and training days.
• A team with good community and support.

Other

Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.

Welcome with your application!

About Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region 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.

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 development to learn new things.

The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a crisis placement.

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

Application

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