Job Advertisement: Nurse at the Children's Heart Center

Together we are developing 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 offer healthcare locally and regionally, but also highly specialized care to patients across the country and abroad. Our employees are our strength and they contribute to knowledge exchange nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new working methods, we can simplify everyday life at the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality.

About Us

At the Children's Heart Center, we care for children from all over the country in connection with heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, heart transplantation, and other investigations and treatments for children with heart disease.

The Children's Heart Center at Drottning Silvia's Children's Hospital is one of Sweden's two centers with the assignment of National Highly Specialized Care (NHV) in pediatric cardiac surgery, and we also perform highly specialized pediatric cardiology. We work with Patient-Centered Care where clear teamwork between different professions gives us the conditions to create value for the patient. Pharmacists, nursing assistants, service hosts, and administrative staff relieve other healthcare personnel of tasks that are not patient-related, allowing you to provide professional nursing care.

We now need to strengthen the Children's Heart Center with temporary staff as some employees are on leave for studies or parental leave. Therefore, we are recruiting nurses who want to be involved in the continued development of our operations.

What Do We Offer?

We believe in a good start and have a comprehensive introduction package. This includes an individually tailored introduction period of six weeks and continuous guidance from both mentors and experienced colleagues. We offer professional development in the form of training, lectures, and reflection sessions.

The management of the department consists of a department head, two unit managers, and two section leaders, all with backgrounds in the operations. We offer you an exciting workplace with good camaraderie and a lot of job satisfaction!

Job Responsibilities

As a nurse with us, you will be responsible for the care of children and adolescents being treated for congenital or acquired heart disease. You will work in a team with other nurses, nursing assistants, doctors, and other healthcare professionals, offering you a varied and stimulating job with a lot of job satisfaction.

About You

We are looking for a nurse who has demonstrated the ability to quickly absorb new knowledge and adapt to new working methods. Interest, willingness, and the ability to help others, as well as a desire to contribute to the development of our operations, are important qualities. References from a supervisor confirming this are required.

When making hiring decisions, we naturally consider personal suitability, as the operations' assignment in National Highly Specialized Care requires the competence to handle complex issues.

Selection and interviews will take place continuously during the application period.

If you want to know more about the opportunities you have to develop with us at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, visit the link: Career Development Model - Sahlgrenska University Hospital (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion)

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 Simulation Center. In addition, it also includes service in at least two different departments to broaden your competence.

In the event of recruiting a nurse with foreign qualifications/specialist certificates, the position will be preceded by a process to meet the requirements for Swedish qualifications/specialist certificates.

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 communications 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, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in wartime service.

If you want to know more about the Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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