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Hospitals in the West is a department within the Region of Västra Götaland and consists of four hospitals – Alingsås Hospital, Angered Primary Hospital, Högsbo Primary Hospital, and Kungälv Hospital. Approximately 3,000 employees work with us every day to provide good, safe, and high-quality specialist healthcare.

Specialist Physician – Welcome to our Lung Team!

We are looking for a specialist physician to join our lung team. At our clinic, you will follow patients from referral/new visit through investigation and outpatient follow-up. The specialist clinic offers X-ray, respiratory physiology, and blood gas analysis. In our multidisciplinary team, we have the opportunity to collaborate via short handling paths in the care of multisick patients.

The Lung Team has developed working methods for comprehensive care of patients with, among other things, obstructive lung disease and asthma. This is done through interactive collaboration between doctors, nurses with specialized training, coordinators, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, social workers, biomedical analysts, and medical secretaries. Treatment and care plans are created based on individual conditions through patient conferences.

In addition to obstructive lung disease, a broad spectrum of pulmonary conditions is treated. The TB activity is part of the Lung Clinic and focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of TB as well as contact tracing. We perform lung function tests, spirometry, IOS, NO measurement, and several other examinations.

The Lung Team also has a mandate to prevent ill health, with a focus on tobacco prevention. The majority of the nurses are certified tobacco cessation counselors. The Lung Team also works with COPD school. Preventive work also takes place outside the hospital.

Job Responsibilities

• Work within pulmonary specialist care, outpatient only, Monday–Friday, currently daytime hours.
• The role includes interpreting various respiratory physiology tests, consulting work within the mobile team, and ensuring that diagnostics and treatment are carried out according to current guidelines and recommendations.
• Participate in the continued work to develop pulmonary activities, contribute to staff competence development, and collaborate with other actors such as ASIH (Advanced Home Care), primary care, municipalities, and other hospitals.
• Be easily accessible for consultation regarding pulmonary conditions.

Qualifications

• Licensed physician with specialist competence in pulmonary diseases.
• Experience and competence in managing outpatient patients with lung diseases and lung infections.
• Good social competence and teamwork skills, as our work is based on teamwork.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written, is required.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities in this recruitment.

Other Information

We believe that diversity in the workforce is an essential factor for achieving good operational results and for developing the content and quality of operations; therefore, diversity aspects are considered in the recruitment process.

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About the Region of Västra Götaland

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

You contribute to secure 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 get to help shape future working methods to improve and simplify daily life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you are mobilized (krigsplacerad) as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that socially vital functions continue to operate even in a crisis.

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