Job Advertisement: Nurse for the Emergency Department

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.

We are looking for you who want to make a difference for others! The emergency department currently has about 45 employees.

We receive emergency cases in surgery, orthopedics, and internal medicine during the emergency department's opening hours between 08:00 and 21:00 every day of the week. In surgery and orthopedics, we also treat children. The emergency department has approximately 22,000 emergency visits annually. We are now looking for nurses who want to be part of our team this summer. You should be stimulated by changing work pace and be good at prioritizing your tasks. You want to contribute to optimizing the acute care for our patients, and your perspective is characterized by care for people.

Responsibilities

As a nurse with us in the emergency department, you will be part of interdisciplinary teams together with doctors and nursing assistants in the acute care of patients with medical, surgical/orthopedic, and general medical conditions. You will develop by working in different positions in the department, for example as a patient responsible or in the emergency response team. The work is varied, challenging, and stimulating.

Qualifications

You are a licensed nurse, preferably with at least one year of experience as a nurse. Experience in emergency care is a significant advantage, preferably from an emergency department. We are looking for someone who is stimulated by changing work pace and driven to work in a developing environment. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability where the ability to collaborate in a team and prioritize are important qualities, as well as being flexible.

Conditions

The positions are summer temporary and involve day, evening, and weekend shifts.

We offer individually tailored introductions with experienced nurses.

Other

We apply ongoing selection in the recruitment process.

Welcome with your application!

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 communication throughout Västra Götaland.

The Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you have basic skills and can 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 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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