Vacant job

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 contribute to this every day. What role do you want to play?

Regardless of your role, we can offer you a meaningful, safe, and developing job where you make a difference for others. Our employees often say that SÄS is a "just right sized hospital" – it is large enough for you to develop and build a career, yet small enough to foster a sense of community across departments. We have a forward-thinking attitude, and exciting initiatives and research are always underway to improve care for our patients and meet future challenges in healthcare.

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Summer job at SÄS and gain experiences that make a difference – for both you and our patients.

About our job openings

We are now looking for nursing assistants for SÄS this summer. Care at the hospital is provided around the clock, which means you may work days, evenings, nights, and weekends. The SÄS summer period runs from week 23 to week 35, and to best plan and implement our summer positions, we value your ability to work eight consecutive weeks during this period.

As a nursing assistant, you will prepare admission and discharge notes, plan care, perform risk assessments for pressure ulcers, take venous samples, insert IVs, remove IVs, and perform flushing and catheter insertion. You will meet patients in need of surgical and medical care as well as rehabilitation. In all care and nursing activities, you will be part of a team with colleagues who may have different responsibilities and tasks. Your work will also include documenting patients' conditions and the actions taken.

As a new employee, we offer you

• Introduction with guidance in daily work
• A good working climate
• The opportunity to work in specialized healthcare at a just right sized hospital
• A varied job characterized by collaboration

Your profile

We are looking for someone who has completed semester 5 of the nursing program by June 2026. Previous experience as a nursing assistant in inpatient care is an advantage. It is also advantageous if you can work eight consecutive weeks during our summer period, preferably weeks 25 – 32.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability and are looking for someone who is responsible, empathetic, has good collaboration skills with colleagues from all professions, and a pleasant demeanor towards patients. The work involves both independent and group work with others.

To provide our patients with good and safe care, it is important that our employees have good language skills and the ability to communicate in Swedish.

Your contact information

It is important that the contact information you provide in the recruitment system Varbi is accurate, as this is how you will be contacted.

Other

For employment in emergency care, pediatrics, and psychiatry, as well as imaging and functional medicine, we require a background check.

Selection and interviews are ongoing, so please submit your application today! Attach proof that you have completed semester 5 of the nursing program by June 2026.

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen 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 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 emergency preparedness.

If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, 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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