Registered Nurse for the Emergency Department

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. About 3000 employees work with us every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare of the highest quality.

We are looking for someone who wants to make a difference for others! The emergency department currently has about 50 employees (nurses and nursing assistants).

We receive emergency cases in surgery, orthopedics, and internal medicine during the emergency department's opening hours between 08:00 and 21:00 every day of the week. In surgery and orthopedics, we also accept children. The emergency department has approximately 22,000 emergency visits annually. The emergency department is part of the emergency care area along with ambulances, care coordinators, and from the beginning of the year also the local care team.

We are now looking for more registered nurses who want to be part of our wonderful team. You should be stimulated by changes in pace at work and be good at prioritizing your tasks. You want to contribute to optimizing the acute care for our patients, and your perspective is characterized by care for people.

Responsibilities

As a nurse in the emergency department, you will be part of interdisciplinary teams together with doctors, nursing assistants, and medical secretaries in the acute care of patients in need of emergency care. You will develop by working in different positions in the department, for example as a patient responsible or in the alarm team. The work is varied, challenging, and stimulating.

Qualifications

You are a registered nurse and have at least one year of experience as a nurse, preferably more. Experience in emergency care is an advantage. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability where the ability to collaborate in a team and prioritize are important qualities, as well as being flexible.

We offer you

• Individually tailored introduction with experienced nurses
• Ongoing professional development
• Opportunity for rotation positions
• Ability to partially influence your schedule through individual schedule planning (ISP)

Conditions

The positions are permanent and involve day, evening, and weekend shifts.

Other

Selection and interviews are conducted continuously.

Welcome with your application!

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 bring basic skills and can 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 permanently employed staff 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

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