Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João (CHUSJ) has a coverage area extending from the far north of the country to the central region, being the reference healthcare unit (primary and secondary) for about 3 million people.
The mission of CHUSJ is to provide the best healthcare, with high levels of competence and excellence, providing also undergraduate and postgraduate training and research, always respecting the principle of humanization and promoting the pride and sense of belonging of all the professionals.
We aim to set an example in the provision of healthcare at national and international levels, with a perspective of sustainable growth, commitment, a sense of change and differentiation, aiming to create value and become the benchmark brand in the healthcare sector.
Technological advances in the service of health care provided, its management and the institution's interaction with the target audiences have been reflected in the management indicators presented for several consecutive years, in the recognition received in terms of the quality translated into the various rankings.
The pursuit of innovation and excellence in the service provided is a constant concern that gives rise to differentiating projects in numerous areas of CHUSJ intervention, ranging from research to healthcare. CHUSJ favors articulation and close collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto in the context of undergraduate and postgraduate training, scientific research and clinical activity, according to the collaboration protocol approved by the Ministries of Health and Science, Technology and Higher Education, as well as in the legislation applicable to Clinical Academic Centers.
CHUSJ and the professionals that make up its work team are guided by the following values and principles:
- Values:
- Competence
- Humanism
- Passion
- Sharpness
- Transparency
- Union
- Solidarity
- Ambition
- Principles:
- Recognition of the dignity and unique character of each person
- Patient centrality and health promotion in the community
- Practice in accordance with the highest ethical standards
- Respect for nature and search for ecologically sustainable practices