ST Physician in Geriatrics

VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONEN · Full-time

Lasarettsgatan 1, Kungälv, Sweden

Hospitals in the West is a division within Västra Götalandsregionen and consists of four hospitals – Alingsås lasarett, Angereds närsjukhus, Högsbo närsjukhus, and Kungälvs sjukhus. Approximately 3000 employees work with us every day to provide excellent and safe specialist medical care of the highest quality. Are you our future ST Physician who wants to help develop and rejuvenate geriatrics at Kungälvs sjukhus? Do you want to have influence and feel involved while contributing to the wellbeing of others? Do you want to feel joy in work and professional pride? Then you are the right fit for us. With the patient at the center, we provide efficient care with knowledge, quality, and compassion. With your help, both our patients and we will improve! We shall meet patients with respect and work to involve them in ways that create added value. We are proud of our teamwork, both between professions and within the physician group, and our ambition to see the whole patient. The physician group currently consists of 6 specialists, 5 ST Physicians, and junior physicians. We are now seeking an additional ST Physician. Job Duties Job duties include ward work, outpatient clinic work, and the possibility of working with our mobile teams. Ward 6 focuses primarily on acute stroke care and rehabilitation following stroke. Ward 5 is a geriatric orthopedic ward with a focus on osteoporosis-related fractures. Within the outpatient clinic, specialized care is provided in stroke, brain tumors, and dementia. Working as an ST Physician with us also includes structured training under supervision, which shall lead to specialist competence in geriatrics according to the national curriculum. Participation in internal medicine on-call duties is included based on competence and by agreement. As an ST Physician, you will be part of the hospital's development program