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Together, we are developing Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future. We are transforming healthcare with the goal of becoming Europe's leading university hospital by 2032. Together with our patients, we work for quality, accessibility, patient safety, research, education, and innovation within a cohesive healthcare system in the Region of Västra Götaland. Our vision and goals aim for care of the highest quality, where the patient is always at the center. We offer local and regional healthcare, as well as highly specialized care for patients across the country and abroad. Our employees are our strength, contributing to knowledge exchange nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new ways of working, we can simplify life at the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality.

About the Department

Department 134 is a highly specialized unit within Rehabilitation Medicine, focusing on individuals who have suffered a spinal cord injury or disease. Here, you will help create hope for the future for our patients – from the acute stage through the entire rehabilitation process.

We work with patient-centered care where the patient's goals are central and set together with our interdisciplinary team. Here, you will have continuity and security – with an average length of stay of about three months, you will truly get to know your patients. We have an open and learning climate where you collaborate with experienced colleagues and specialists such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, and sexologists. Here, you have time for reflection and community – we value growing together, both as a team and as individuals.

Here, you become part of an engaged team working to give every patient the best possible conditions to regain control of their lives. Do you want to be part of this journey?

What do we offer?

We are looking for someone who wants to work in an organization where change and improvement are a natural part of everyday life. Here, you have the opportunity to influence – your ideas and experiences are valued and make a difference.

• National highly specialized care – become part of a team working with patients with ongoing respiratory needs.
• Strong focus on competence development – we prioritize your development and offer ongoing training within spinal cord injury care.
• A workplace that values your experience – your knowledge and ideas are utilized in improvement work that makes a difference for both patients and colleagues.

Job Responsibilities

As a nurse, you will perform standard nursing duties and be responsible for a smaller number of patients per shift, giving you time to create security and continuity. You will become an important part of our team and follow the patient through the entire rehabilitation process.

About You

We are looking for you who are a registered nurse with an interest in medical technology. To thrive here, you need to appreciate variation in tasks and pace. We believe you are:

• Flexible and engaged
• Innovative and team-oriented
• Secure and personally mature
• Curious about new challenges

We warmly welcome your application!

Interviews may take place continuously, but may also start from August 10th.

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If you are a newly graduated nurse, you will join the Clinical Base Year, which is our introduction program. The clinical base year is mandatory and lasts during the first year of your employment with us. The clinical base year includes lectures, nursing guidance, and practical training of your profession at the Simulator Center. In addition, it includes service on at least two different departments to broaden your competence.

In the event of recruiting nurses/doctors with foreign qualifications/specialist certificates, the current position will be preceded by a process to meet the requirements for Swedish qualification/specialist certificate.

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 safe and equal care 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 shape future ways of working to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you are mobilized 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 every day and develop in their professions. Read more about working with us (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/).

Application

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