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Physician in General Medicine at Torvalla Health Center

REGION JÄMTLAND HÄRJEDALEN

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Region Jämtland Härjedalen is a region to long for and grow in. We strive for development and growth in Jämtland Härjedalen and offer all residents and visitors high-quality health and medical care. Our vision is good health, and we want to be a region that you long for and grow in. With us, you will work with colleagues from many professions, with both depth and breadth in expertise. You are also a member of our staff association, which offers a variety of fun activities. Primary care in Region Jämtland Härjedalen is organizationally part of the Division of Close Care, together with Ambulance, Public Dental Care, Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Primary care is organized into 4 local care areas, and since January 2022, primary care and ambulance services have been integrated under good and close care. Each local care area is an economic unit led by a manager. Primary care is also responsible for the region's medical advice, youth clinic, and the local care department Näva, all of which are grant-funded. The Primary Care area has the status of a university hospital unit, which means that teaching, supervision, and training of medical students from Umeå University are part of the position.

At our health center, we work in teams and use a person-centered approach with our registered patients. The Torvalla Health Center is located in Torvalla center and is staffed by nursing assistants, district nurses, specialists in general medicine, social workers, psychologists, and medical secretaries. We have a Family Center with child health and maternity care in the same building. Physiotherapists, rehabilitation coordinators, and occupational therapists are also available at the health center. The health center also has a dietitian connected.

Our health center is characterized by openness and helpfulness among all professions; we want you to feel involved. We focus on a sustainable work environment, you finish your day on time, and you should feel that you have time for both work and leisure. We work based on the methods that work for the operation, where close care focuses on the patient.

You are warmly welcome to apply and feel free to read more about us: regionjh.se/torvallahc (https://regionjh.se/torvallahc)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

In a full-time position, you will have 1,000 registered patients in your area. We are a smaller, family-oriented health center where Close Care is the focus.

The number of registered patients is increasing, and our general practitioner needs a colleague, and the health center needs another employee. Are you interested in working with us at Torvalla Health Center? You are warmly welcome!

Our workplace has completely renovated premises with new furnishings. You have great opportunities to influence the work and methods as we are still in a startup phase. This means an opportunity for innovation and to change according to the needs of our citizens. We do this together with the health center's other staff, which currently consists of a wonderful team working on further developing the operation.

We work with person-centered care and teamwork. The registration number of 1,000 patients/full-time is intended to allow for increased responsibility for our most vulnerable elderly and frequent visitors. The working method also allows for more home visits, thereby providing security to the patients who need it most. Daily work includes reception visits, home visits, medication reviews, infection consultations, and qualified telephone and digital visits. Close collaboration with the municipality's home care and special accommodations is included, and communication is conducted electronically via LINK. Maternal and child health care, supervision, and MLU assignments may occur. Occasional on-call duties are included in the work.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with specialist competence in general medicine, who has Swedish authorization and experience from primary care is required. Independent research and research supervision are meritorious but not a formal requirement for the position.

You enjoy working in a team with other professions, close to the patient, and want to contribute to the development of the operation.

As a person, we see that you are positive, humble, and prefer to work in a solution-oriented manner. Additionally, we would like you to have a structured and flexible working style. You should have good initiative, an open mind, and be open to changes within the operational area. There are requirements for independent work, good interpersonal skills, good collaboration ability, and professional responsibility.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

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Selection and interviews are ongoing, which means that the position may be filled before the application period has expired.

Primary care is a healthcare unit within the region's health and medical care administration, where higher education for medical degrees and research is conducted. This means that all applicants must be reviewed by the Research and Development responsible before possible employment. Consequently, the application must include the following accompanying documents:

  • A structured CV
  • Certificate of medical degree from the institution(s) where the physician completed their basic education. This also applies to physicians trained in other EU countries and outside the EU.
  • Authorization certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare
  • Specialist competence certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare
  • Certificate/documentation of teaching experience and possibly other pedagogical merits.
  • If applicable, a certificate of academic degree, such as a doctor of medicine or docent, as well as the date of disputation and title of the dissertation.
  • Documented supervisor training
  • If applicable, a complete updated publication list.
  • Possibly further documented merits regarding, for example, clinical knowledge/experience, clinical development work, leadership experience, and anything else the applicant wishes to highlight as meritorious for the sought position.

We have made our choice of recruitment services and kindly decline further offers.

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