Together we develop Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future

We are transforming healthcare with the goal of becoming Europe’s leading university hospital by 2032. Together with our patients, we work for quality, accessibility, patient safety, research, education, and innovation – in a cohesive healthcare system in the Västra Götaland region. Our vision and goals aim for care of the highest quality, where the patient is always in focus. We provide healthcare locally and regionally, but also highly specialized care to patients across the country and abroad. Our employees are our strength, contributing to knowledge exchange nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new working methods, we can simplify everyday life in the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality.

About us

We are an emergency care department where we care for patients from the emergency room and directly from the ambulance. We currently have 16 care places divided between internal medicine and stroke/TIA places. Our unique workplace with different focuses provides an opportunity for a very broad competence. You will gain specialized skills in emergency care for stroke patients, while also caring for medical patients who can be investigated and treated for many different conditions. With both patient groups, we work in teams together with doctors and rehabilitation staff to create good care and jointly investigate the patient’s symptoms and complaints to arrive at a diagnosis.

About the job

You will receive an individual introduction and be offered a mentor to support and facilitate your new role. We focus on our employees’ participation and well-being.

• We aim to have training during working hours together every week, which has been a popular feature of the workday
• We have various activities that strengthen team spirit
• We care about employee engagement

The department has a strong focus on development and learning.

• We have lectures for staff every week to continuously develop and gain broader knowledge and strengthen employee engagement
• We offer the stroke education program Strokenålen to develop specific competence and maintain high quality in our care.
• We have a good collaboration with the University of Gothenburg and other colleges in the region, offering our employees specialist training and relevant courses during working hours.

Why should you choose us?

We are a wonderful team that constantly cares for each other and values each other’s competencies. We drive improvement work where the employee is the central point and is given the opportunity to realize visions. We care about every individual patient and put them at the center. You can be safely introduced and welcomed into our workgroup with a good work climate that we cherish!

About you

We are looking for a licensed nurse with a positive attitude who is seeking a workplace with a good work environment! We believe that you as an individual make a difference for the patients, and that we as a group strengthen each other and contribute to each other’s competence. Our driving force lies in seeing each patient’s needs. You will work closely with patients and have a good attitude, understanding, and interest in people. You are good at listening and communicating with both patients and relatives and always work from a patient-focused approach.

As you work in a team and have contacts with various partners, you need to have good collaboration skills.

You are confident and stable in yourself and can adapt to situations and prioritize. To thrive in the role, you need to be flexible, accustomed to taking initiatives, and organizing and planning your work independently. You have the ability to lead, distribute, and coordinate tasks to the team based on the staff’s different competencies according to the patient’s needs.

Warm welcome with your application!

Meet some of our employees - Sahlgrenska University Hospital

If you are a newly graduated nurse, you will be part of the Clinical Foundation Year, which is our introduction program. The Clinical Foundation Year is mandatory and lasts for the first year of your employment with us. It includes lectures, nursing supervision, and practical training of your profession at the Simulator Center. In addition, it also includes service in at least two different departments to broaden your competence.

In the event of recruitment of nurses/doctors with foreign licenses/specialist certificates, the current position will be preceded by a process to meet the requirements for Swedish licenses/specialist certificates.

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, and interact digitally, are risk-aware, and are motivated to participate in the development to learn new things. The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a war position.

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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