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Resident Physician for Emergency Care at Södra Älvsborg Hospital

VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONEN

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Helping people achieve better health is one of the most important missions one can have. At Södra Älvsborg Hospital (SÄS), we are 3,700 employees with 120 different professions who together contribute to this every day. What role do you want to play?

Regardless of your role, we can offer you a meaningful, secure, and developing job where you make a difference for others. Our employees often say that SÄS is a "just the right size hospital" – it is large enough for you to develop and build a career, yet small enough to foster a sense of community across departments. With us, there is a spirit of progress, and exciting initiatives and research are always underway to improve care for our patients and meet future challenges in healthcare.

Want to know more about us? Follow us on social media: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sodraalvsborgssjukhusvgr), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/s%C3%B6dra-%C3%A4lvborgs-sjukhus/mycompany/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sodra_alvsborgs_sjukhus/?hl=en)

About our open position

We are a group of 20 doctors working within the emergency care department (VO) and are now looking for you who want to become part of our team as a resident physician and participate in the development of emergency care at SÄS.

The medical group also drives development in improvement projects and has regular training both independently and in collaboration with other units. As a resident physician, you will receive good supervision and continuous feedback to advance your development as an emergency physician.

The emergency care department also includes ambulance services, which provide excellent opportunities for collaboration and development of prehospital care. After gaining some experience, you will also have the opportunity to be part of the Mobile Emergency Physician Team (MALT).

The emergency physicians currently staff every day of the week from 07:30 to 21:30. Plans are in place to staff during the night as well.

We offer you

  • Regular supervision
  • The opportunity to manage your own areas of responsibility during residency
  • Individually tailored residency plan
  • Great opportunities for further development even after completing residency

About us

The VO emergency care includes the emergency department and ambulance services. The emergency department at Södra Älvsborg Hospital in Borås is a large workplace with about 120 employees and approximately 60,000 visitors each year. We currently handle acutely ill patients in medicine, surgery, infection, orthopedics, and neurology. Our nurses also care for patients in ENT and ophthalmology. These patients are currently assessed by doctors from their respective departments.

Your profile

We are looking for someone with a Swedish medical license and proficiency in Swedish at level C1. We place great emphasis on your communication and collaboration skills. Furthermore, we expect you to have a desire to contribute to the effective development of our operations and to maintain a positive work environment in our units. Personal suitability will be highly valued.

We prefer candidates with more extensive experience in the profession. Additionally, it is an advantage if you are a previous specialist and wish to obtain a double specialty.

Welcome with your application! Please also attach your medical license with your application.

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen 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 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 have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in a reserve for emergencies.

If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link introduction (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at presentation (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 as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for special 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 advertisements. Västra Götalandsregionen has contracted agreements.

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