Physiotherapist at Högsbo Local Hospital

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.

Högsbo Local Hospital offers an exciting workplace where you have the opportunity to work with new methods and where you will be an important part of innovative working forms for close care. Högsbo Local Hospital is a so-called smart hospital where we combine innovative methods with future IT support to enable high-quality care with the patient in focus. The hospital has a day surgery center, a specialist center with radiology, and sampling for adults and children. Högsbo Local Hospital is an important part of the development of local healthcare in the Gothenburg area.

Description

Now you have the opportunity to work with fantastic colleagues at a new and modern hospital with a fast pace and exciting challenges as one of our physiotherapists goes on parental leave.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities consist of independent outpatient assessments and treatment of patients primarily from the hospital's orthopedic clinic, but we work with all clinics at Högsbo Local Hospital, including neurology, medicine, surgery, ENT, and gynecology. Specific physiotherapists work with different parts of the operations. Some of our preoperative visits are conducted through digital healthcare meetings.

At Högsbo Local Hospital, day surgeries are performed where physiotherapists meet patients directly after surgery in UVA.

Within the workgroup, we strive for a workplace free from discrimination and consider everyone's equal value.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed physiotherapist with a few years of experience in orthopedic assessments and rehabilitation. You are a person who enjoys challenges, can take initiative, and is confident in your professional role. Furthermore, you have good collaboration skills and contribute to a good work environment.

Conditions

The position is a temporary contract from 2026-04-14 to 2027-06-30. Working hours are daytime, Monday to Friday.

Other

Selection and interviews are ongoing.

Contact

Unit Manager Cathrine Oskarsson Kjellstrand, 076-724 47 19, [email protected].

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About the 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 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 are motivated to participate in the development to learn new things.

The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in reserve.

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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