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Närhälsan offers high-quality primary care close to home. With hundreds of clinics in Västra Götaland, we are close to residents throughout their lives and make a difference to their health. We care for you and offer development throughout your professional life.

About Us

Närhälsan Älvängen Health Centre is a stable and well-functioning unit with competent and experienced staff. Approximately 7,700 patients are registered with us. We offer a broad range of services including urgent care, scheduled doctor visits, Child Health Services (BVC), and several nurse clinics, including those for diabetes and asthma/COPD. The health centre also has a psychosocial team comprising a psychologist, a CBT therapist, and a rehabilitation coordinator. Our BVC is located in newly built premises and is part of Älvbarnens Family Centre in Älvängen.

Älvängen is a pleasant and growing town with good transport links. The health centre is centrally located, near the Göta River, with easy access to both train and bus services, making commuting convenient from both Gothenburg and Trollhättan.

We actively work on development and improvement initiatives to meet the needs of our patients. Here, we value good treatment, close collaboration, and a work environment where both employees and patients can thrive. Please read more about Närhälsan's benefits and opportunities on our website: narhalsan.se

About the Role

Your duties at the health centre cover a broad field and include general medical competence with patients of all ages and situations. You will work with clinic operations and digital healthcare encounters in primary care.

You and your colleagues form a team with opportunities to develop the practice. We achieve success together in an stimulating learning environment with open doors and a welcoming climate. The role also includes supervising ST and AT doctors as well as medical students; it is an important part of our mission to train tomorrow's healthcare personnel. We offer you varied work with good development opportunities, for example through continuous further education of ten days per year.

About You

You are a licensed physician with specialist training in general medicine and are eligible to work within the Swedish healthcare system. Proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written, at level C1 or higher according to the Council of Europe's scale is a requirement for the position.

We are looking for someone who can work independently but is also willing to participate in the development of the practice. In your work, you will meet many different patients, so it is important that you are empathetic and provide good treatment. You thrive in teamwork, and collaborating with colleagues and other partners in the work is second nature to you.

We also expect you to embody Närhälsan's core values: Reliable, Considerate, and Innovative.

Other Information

Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis.

We welcome your application!

About Västra Götaland Region

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 get to help shape future ways of working to improve and simplify daily life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you are placed on war footing as part of our joint 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. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/ (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/)

Application

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