University Hospital Center of São João (UHCSJ) is the third largest Portuguese Hospital and a reference in the northern part of the country. It includes the polo of Porto and the polo of Valongo and has a workforce of more than 5000 workers. It is tied to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, enabling it to excel on account of the remarkable research and teaching processes developed therein. For many specialties and areas of medical know-how, UHCSJ is the last instance and reference in the country in terms of diagnosis and treatment. It has about 1100 beds and more than 50 medical and surgical specialties and also has a variety of complementary means of diagnosis and therapeutic support. The University Hospital Center of São João has as mission to provide the best health care, with high levels of competence, excellence and rigor, fostering pre and postgraduate training and research, always respecting the principle of humanization and promoting the pride and sense of belonging of all professionals. It was four times considered the best Portuguese hospital. It aims to be an example in the provision of health care at a national and international level, with a perspective of sustainable growth, commitment, sense of change and differentiation, aiming to create value for all its public's becoming the benchmark in the health sector. In the exercise of its activity, UHCSJ and its professionals observe and are guided by the following values and principles: 1. Values: · Competence · Humanism · Passion · Rigor · Transparency · Union · Solidarity · Ambition 2. Principles: • Recognition of the dignity and the unique character of each person living in it • Centralization of the patient and promotion of community health • Posture and practice with high ethical standards • Respect for the nature and pursuit of ecologically sustainable practices
