Healthcare Assistant at Kungälv Hospital Summer 2026

The hospitals in the west are an administration within the Västra Götaland region and consist 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.

Are you a healthcare assistant and want to work with us in medicine during the summer of 2026? At Kungälv Hospital, every workday is meaningful, and everyone's contributions together provide crucial value for our patients.

We are looking for healthcare assistants for the summer of 2026 for our operations within medicine. We offer a fun, stimulating, responsible, and exciting job where you will have the opportunity to develop your skills together with new colleagues.

About the Medicine Department

The Medicine Department at Kungälv Hospital consists of three care wards and an outpatient unit. The wards are located in the brand new care building. Our specialties include a cardiology ward, including a section with cardiac intensive care beds, an internal medicine ward focused on intermediate care, gastroenterology, hematology, and diabetes, as well as a ward with a general medicine focus. Thus, we have the capacity to accommodate a wide range of medical diagnoses.

Job Responsibilities and Working Methods

We offer you a temporary position in a medical ward - a stimulating, responsible, fun, and exciting job where you will have the opportunity to develop your skills together with new colleagues. We provide you with an individual introduction before you start working independently.

Qualifications

You are a trained healthcare assistant, and experience in emergency care, hospital experience from previous employment or internships, and experience in venipuncture and nursing work are advantageous.

If you are a student in the nursing program, you need to have completed semester 3 or semester 4, depending on your educational program.

If you are a student in the medical program, you need to have completed semester 5 or semester 6, depending on your educational program.

Protected Job Title for Healthcare Assistants

As of July 1, 2023, the title of healthcare assistant is a protected job title. This means that you will need a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare to use the title healthcare assistant within healthcare and social services. You can read more about the protected job title for healthcare assistants on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website – which also outlines the transitional regulations that apply: Healthcare Assistant Protected Job Title from July 1, 2023 - (socialstyrelsen)

Other Information

Interviews and appointments will be conducted continuously during the application period, so please submit your application as soon as possible. Recruitment will continue until the summer, and notification of appointments may therefore take time until then.

Welcome to spend the summer with us!

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

The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a state of readiness.

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

The Västra Götaland Region prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for specific and special reasons cannot register your information in a public system - contact the contact person for the respective advertisement.

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. The Västra Götaland Region has contracted agreements.