Variety of professions at Skaraborg Hospital

Skaraborg’s Hospital (SkaS) provides specialized healthcare in Skaraborg. With more than 4,500 committed employees, the hospital strives to provide patients in Skaraborg with the best possible care. 
Over the past year, Skaraborg’s Hospital has had around 500,000 outpatient visitors, both physical and digital. It has also cared for 32,000 inpatients who needed to stay for longer periods. The emergency room in Skövde took care of 65,000 visitors, and our hospitals carried out 15,000 operations and delivered 2,500 babies.

Today, healthcare is facing great challenges with many skills shortages, which also makes it a future market worth investing in. Healthcare offers many opportunities for anyone pondering their next career move or considering switching career paths – maybe Skaraborg’s Hospital is your next workplace?

A range of occupations

Many different occupations, all of them important, are necessary for a hospital to function properly. From physicians and nurses to administrative personnel and technicians – every position contributes to the provision of the best possible care to patients.

Healthcare is constantly developing and many exciting things are happening in the field. New digital tools and innovative working methods are changing the way we work and improving our ability to help patients. This makes our hospital an interesting, dynamic workplace where there is always an opportunity to learn and develop. 

“We invest heavily in skills development at Skaraborg’s Hospital. Among other things, we offer our employees introductory programs and various upskilling courses. We have a trainee program which employees interested in management and leadership may apply to. Every year, we also offer positions where employees can take supplementary training during working hours. For example, licensed vocational nurses can study to become specialist nurses – an occupation that is in great demand today,” says HR specialist Klara Fredrikson.

Choosing a career in healthcare not only means you will be contributing to society, but that you will also be part of an industry that is in constant development. With the many skills shortages we are facing today, the need for committed, skilled employees is greater than ever.