Nursing Assistant Wanted for Plastic Surgery at Sahlgrenska!

Together we develop Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future. We are transforming healthcare with the goal of being Europe's leading university hospital by 2032. Working with patients, we strive for quality, accessibility, patient safety, research, education, and innovation – within an integrated healthcare system in the Västra Götaland Region. Our vision and goals aim toward care of the highest quality, where the patient is always in focus. We provide healthcare locally and regionally, as well as highly specialized care to patients throughout the country and abroad. Our employees are our strength and they contribute to knowledge exchanges nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new working methods, we can simplify daily operations at the hospital and provide modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality. Description Department 31 conducts highly specialized reconstructive plastic surgery. Reconstructive plastic surgery aims to recreate tissue and/or function following cancer, trauma, burns, and birth defects, as well as gender-affirming procedures. Plastic surgery is a surgical technical specialty that is not limited to a particular organ or tissue. The indications are often of a psychosocial nature with the goal of restoring the patient to as normal an appearance or functionality as possible given the circumstances. Your Responsibilities As a nursing assistant with us, you will have varied, exciting, and responsible work where you get to work with patients undergoing reconstructive plastic surgery. Almost all of our surgery is planned, and you will help nurses receive patients preoperatively, prepare them for surgery, and then care for patients postoperatively. Your major responsibility as a nursing assistant is the daily care of our patients, but since our patients have undergone surgery, they often have large wound areas that need to be dressed, and great emphasis is placed on how wounds are managed. About You You are a nursing assistant with an interest in surgery. Experience in surgery and wound care is advantageous. We appreciate applicants who have a collaborative as well as independent work approach. Personal suitability is valued highly. Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis. We look forward to your application! Meet some of our employees - Sahlgrenska University Hospital As of July 1, 2023, nursing assistant is a protected professional title. This means you will need a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare to use the title nursing assistant within healthcare and social services. On the National Board of Health and Welfare's website, you can read more about the protected professional title for nursing assistants – the transitional regulations are also outlined: https://legitimation.socialstyrelsen.se/underskoterska-blir-en-skyddad-yrkestitel/ For VGR employees, the following applies: Only continuous employment without interruption since July 1, 2023 gives the right to retain the nursing assistant title, upon presentation of a certificate of service/employer certification. About Västra Götaland Region With us, you become part of something larger. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives throughout Västra Götaland every day. You contribute to safe and equitable healthcare as well as to 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 the working methods of the future to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and operations. As a permanent employee, you will be civil protection placed as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that socially important functions work even in times of 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/ Application Västra Götaland Region prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for special and particular reasons cannot register your information in a public system - contact the contact person for the respective listing. To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to those who are salespeople: We politely but firmly decline direct contact from staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job listings. Västra Götaland Region has procurement agreements in place.

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