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Helping people achieve better health is one of the most important missions one can have. At Södra Älvsborgs 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, secure, and developing job where you can make a difference for others. Our employees often say that SÄS is a "just the right size hospital" – it is large enough to allow for development and career advancement, yet small enough to foster a sense of community across departments. We have a forward-thinking spirit, and there are always exciting initiatives and research ongoing to improve care for our patients and meet future challenges in healthcare.

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About our job opening

A self-directed role in a team where you will meet patients across all diagnostic groups.

You will work with other specialist nurses on medical follow-ups, assessments from a nursing perspective, and treatment. You will also have one or more days per week when you work as a care coordinator. This involves telephone advice, handling cases in 1177, and also emergency visits. Once you feel secure with the clinic's boundaries with neighboring care providers, you will also conduct basic assessments on new patients. There is an opportunity to focus on patient groups or treatment methods based on your experience and knowledge.

The work includes individual patient contacts where collaboration with relatives and other resource persons is involved. We welcome your interest in digital working methods as we work a lot with self-monitoring, form services, and digital healthcare meetings. We offer you an exciting and stimulating job in a pleasant environment with engaged colleagues. The clinic's employees have high competence and long experience. Within the Psychiatry area, there is a generous attitude towards further education/development for all our employees. Regular supervision is offered to all employees.

About us

The Adult Psychiatric Clinic in Alingsås is part of the Psychiatry area at Södra Älvsborgs Hospital. The clinic serves the catchment area of Alingsås and Lerum municipalities with approximately 80,000 inhabitants. The clinic in Alingsås has very good communication opportunities due to its location. About 60 people work with us in professions such as nurses, doctors, pharmacists, caregivers, psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, secretaries, coordinators, and the head of the unit.

At the psychiatric clinic in Alingsås, we investigate and treat most psychiatric conditions, providing a great variety and constant opportunities for personal growth and learning. The workgroup has consistently high competence, and several are specialist trained. In the group of 13 nurses, there is a wide range and mix of experience levels. About 60% are specialist trained and 40% are basic trained. Many have worked for a long time at the clinic, and the group has a high level of competence.

Your profile

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse, and you are welcome to be specialist trained in psychiatric care. You need to have at least one year of experience as a nurse, and it is a requirement that you have worked in psychiatric care. You should enjoy working in a team and have a genuine interest in psychiatry. You are secure in your professional role. As a person, you are calm, curious, innovative, open to collaboration, and contribute to creating a good atmosphere and helping others. The ability to share and utilize your colleagues' competence is something we value highly, as our team is characterized by strong commitment. Personal suitability is of great importance.

If you are in your final term of the nursing program or have less than four months of professional experience, you are referred to apply for our introductory programs. Read more about SÄS's introduction offer for newly graduated nurses here.

Other

We care about everyone's safety and require a background check from the criminal record and suspicion register for all who are offered employment with us.

Welcome with your application! We may have ongoing selection and interviews, so please submit your application today. Please attach your professional license and any specialist certificate.

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 communication 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 the development to learn new things.

Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in a reserve.

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 about presentation (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

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