Vacant job

At Folktandvården Västra Götaland, you contribute to equal health and quality of life for all people at all stages of life. Here you will meet a culture characterized by collaboration, engagement, and joy, with access to modern technology and experts in all fields. There is always someone to learn from and many to enjoy working with. We offer the stability for a secure everyday life and opportunities to grow throughout your professional career.

Become part of something bigger. Welcome to Folktandvården!

We are now looking for a team-oriented dentist who wants to make a difference!

Main duties and responsibilities

At Folktandvården Falköping/Stenstorp, you will meet patients of all ages with various care needs. As a dentist with us, you play a key role in ensuring that patients feel well-treated and secure during their visit. You will utilize your full range of skills, while the position also requires creativity, empathy, and a service-oriented mindset.

The role includes, among other things:

• Working both independently and together with your colleagues in the treatment room.
• Performing both simple examinations and more advanced treatments, as well as some emergency dental care.
• Acting as the team's specialist in oral diagnostics.

We are a VFU (clinical training) clinic and host students from the dentistry and dental hygiene programs at the University of Gothenburg. Supervision and assistance of students may also be part of the role.

We work in a positive atmosphere where humor and job satisfaction are a large part of our culture. Teamwork and the development of ourselves, our care, and our working methods are highly prioritized at the clinic. We strive hard to create a workplace where everyone is stimulated and works at the top of their competence, and in this, the dentist plays a central role.

Currently, a total of 38 employees work at our two clinics located in Falköping and Stenstorp. The position involves working at both clinics as needed. Please read more about our opening hours and how to find us: Folktandvården Falköping (https://www.vgregion.se/om-oss/om-vastra-gotalandsregionen/folktandvarden/folktandvarden-falkoping/) and Folktandvården Stenstorp (https://www.vgregion.se/om-oss/om-vastra-gotalandsregionen/folktandvarden/folktandvarden-stenstorp/).

Competency requirements and profile

• Licensed dentist.
• Interest in both pediatric and adult dentistry.
• Swedish language skills equivalent to Swedish upper secondary school or Swedish C1 in both speech and writing.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and smart manner.
• Ability to give a stable and calm impression even when workload is high.
• Ability to collaborate and relate to other people in a listening and empathetic way.

If you are new to the profession, you will receive an individually tailored supervision program during your first year. This program is part of our three-year development program with up to 18 days of competence development.

About the recruitment process

If you are not already employed by us, you will be contacted by recruiters from the HR department for an interview. After the application period ends, the clinic manager will select candidates and invite them for an interview at the clinic. These interviews are scheduled for weeks 25 and 26.

If you, as an applicant, have education/degree from another EU/EEA country than Sweden and lack references, it may be necessary to complete supplementary theoretical and clinical work tests as part of the recruitment process.

Folktandvården Västra Götalandsregionen conducts checks in suspicion and burden registers before employment.

About Västra Götalandsregionen

By joining us, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives across Västra Götaland every day.

You contribute to safe and equal healthcare as well as a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life.

We are in the midst of digital development where you will help shape future working methods to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you will be assigned to wartime duties as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that socially vital functions continue to operate even in a crisis.

Want to know more about us? On our website, you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference and develop in their professions every day. Read more about working with us (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/).

Application

Västra Götalandsregionen prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you, as an applicant, have questions about the advertised position or for special reasons cannot register your details in a public system, please contact the contact person for the respective advertisement.

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