Geriatrics consists of a care ward and a memory clinic. We work together to create the best conditions for our elderly and multi-morbid patients at Gävle Hospital. Our patient group requires us to see the whole individual, making the work especially enjoyable, challenging, and educational. It is crucial to us that elderly patients and their families are met with understanding, knowledge, and warmth.
We are now seeking an assistant physician with an interest in geriatrics for our geriatric care ward. Here you will have meaningful, real work! The position is a full-time locum with entry as soon as possible. Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.
3 position(s).
WORK DUTIES
The geriatrics ward's mission is to provide medical and rehabilitative treatment to elderly patients in the region. As an assistant physician with us, you collaborate with other physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. Collaboration also occurs with other healthcare providers and agencies. The work is varied, challenges your thinking, and provides room for new ideas that help our elderly patients improve their daily lives.
Your main tasks will be to
• perform admissions and discharges
• review medication lists
• conduct rounds, be responsible for the care team, and be available to other professionals
• have conversations with patients and their families.
With us, you will
• follow the patient throughout their hospital stay
• receive support and security from our specialist physician who is always present
• be part of a small and family-like work group with colleagues who enjoy their work and support each other.
We care about you as an employee and offer benefits that create security, health, and development regardless of where you are in life. Read more about our benefits on Region Gävleborg's website.
https://www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utbildning/jobba-i-region-gavleborg/dina-formaner/
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone who is confident in their role as an assistant physician and who takes responsibility for driving the work forward with good initiative. You are flexible and easily adapt when circumstances change, while also seeing possibilities and finding solutions to problems that arise in everyday work. Your humility means you meet patients, families, and colleagues with respect and attentiveness, which contributes to a good work environment. With your strong collaboration skills, you work closely with colleagues from different professions and ensure that all parts of the care chain work well together. By combining initiative with a problem-solving approach, you become an important part of the team and in the long-term work of developing care.
As an assistant physician, you should
• have completed at least term 10 of the medical program
• be able to communicate in Swedish in both speech and writing at minimum C1 level.
Experience working in Swedish healthcare and clinical experience with elderly and multi-morbid patients is advantageous.
Employment form: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: 6 months or longer, entry: by agreement until August 31, 2027.
With 7,500 employees, we are the region's largest employer. This gives us the strength to drive development forward for a vibrant Gävleborg. Our mission is exciting and complex. Regardless of what role you have with us, you help the residents of the region and make a difference in society. We are at the forefront of social development and are committed to helping you as an employee grow and develop. With us, you get to use all your strength to create the Gävleborg of the future together with your colleagues.
The Health and Medical Care Board Administration's approximately 6,500 employees work together to provide the region's residents with the best conditions for an active life with increased quality of life. By providing good and accessible care throughout the region, we lay the foundation for a strong and healthy Gävleborg.
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