Dietitian, fixed-term cover

Are you interested in working as a dietitian in primary care? We are a great group at the Primary Care Dietetics Unit in Västra Götaland, and you will become part of a team. Here, you will have varied and diverse duties, with plenty of opportunities to influence and shape the work.

About us
The Primary Care Dietetics Unit is one of the largest dietetics units in Västra Götaland Region. Here, you will work alongside a committed team who enjoy their work and develop together. We actively work to develop both our services and ourselves as employees, with a focus on quality and good care for our patients.
We work throughout Västra Götaland and offer all health centres access to a dietitian. The unit has offices in Borås, Göteborg, Skara and Uddevalla and currently consists of a total of 44 dietitians and two administrators. Patients of all ages are referred to us by a doctor or nurse at a health centre, who is responsible for treating the underlying condition. We also see pregnant women referred by a midwife.
Our highest priority is seriously ill older people with malnutrition, for whom we work closely with municipal health and social care services. We also work with patients with conditions including diabetes, obesity, and gastrointestinal diseases, and we conduct advanced counselling sessions on eating habits for different risk groups.
Several of our dietitians will be taking parental leave, so we are looking for temporary cover. The positions are mainly based in the Göteborg area, where you will join a team of 25 dietitians. We are also seeking temporary cover for our operations in Borås and Uddevalla.

About the role
As a dietitian with us, you will work according to the nutrition care process, which involves investigating, assessing, diagnosing and treating nutrition-related problems, and documenting in accordance with NCP. You will have both individual patient consultations and provide patient education and treatment in groups. You will also be responsible for prescribing nutritional products.
You will work closely with other professionals, primarily doctors, nurses and midwives, and provide expertise in nutrition. The role also includes advising healthcare staff on nutrition by telephone and email. You will take an active part in the unit’s ongoing improvement and development work alongside your colleagues.
Your responsibilities will cover adult patients. Most patient contacts take place digitally by telephone and video. When needed, you will hold in-person appointments at the health centre where the patient is registered, and home visits may occur, which means some work-related travel.

About you
We are looking for a registered dietitian (legitimerad dietist) with clinical experience in primary care. You hold a B driving licence (B-körkort) and have a good command of Swedish, both spoken and written. You are used to working with digital tools, as video consultations and other digital communication are a natural part of the role.
You work independently with nutrition assessments, dietary treatment and prescribing nutritional products. In the role, you also advise patients and their relatives. You take considerable personal responsibility for planning and structuring your working day.
We place great importance on your being organised, independent and flexible, and able to work in a team. The role involves taking personal responsibility for planning and structuring your working day. You have a consultative, unpretentious approach and are service-oriented in your dealings with patients and colleagues. You take part in development work alongside colleagues in the unit. We place great importance on personal qualities.

Terms
The positions are fixed-term cover roles based in Göteborg and the surrounding area, as well as in Borås and Uddevalla. You are expected to be in the office at least one day a week and attend health centres within your geographical area of responsibility a few days each month.
There is the possibility of working from home one to two days a week, but the work cannot be carried out remotely to a greater extent than that.
Selection and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis during the application period.
Pay: Monthly salary, individually negotiated.
We warmly welcome your application!

About Regionhälsan
The Regionhälsan administration includes region-wide healthcare services and health-promoting local care. Nearly 1900 employees work to help residents stay well. When you join us, you will help develop our services.
Regionhälsan has a set of values developed together with the administration’s managers and employees. It is based on three values: trust, commitment and quality. We actively work to ensure these values are well known and serve as an important foundation for Regionhälsan.
We see diversity as positive and believe that our differences are an asset.

About Västra Götalandsregionen
With us, you will be part of something larger. We are 56 000 employees in more than 200 professions, making a difference in people’s lives throughout Västra Götaland every day.
You will contribute to safe and equal care and to a sustainable society where the environment, culture and good transport links create quality of life.
We are in the midst of digital development, where you will have the opportunity to help shape the working methods of the future to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and services.
If you are employed on a permanent basis, you will be assigned a wartime role as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that essential services continue to function during a crisis.
Would you like to know more about us? Visit our website to read 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
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