Strategist with a Focus on Accessibility

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and for ensuring that research and innovation yield results.

The Health and Medical Care Administration's staff is part of Region Västerbotten's cross-administrative operations. In the staff, you will be part of a strong team of strategists, investigators, operational developers, and administrators within the healthcare sector, with a strong focus on supporting the development of methods and processes to create conditions for healthcare to provide effective and appropriate care.

We are now looking for a strategist focused on accessibility to enable long-term development, improved accessibility, and increased quality in care. The role is already established in Region Västerbotten but needs to be strengthened and formalized to meet future demands for collaboration, analysis, and leadership. Waiting time issues are also important to monitor from a gender equality perspective.

As a strategist in the field, you will report directly to the head of the health and medical care staff, based in Umeå.

We prioritize the well-being and balance of our employees and offer many opportunities for professional development.

RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure equitable, effective, and transparent healthcare, clear coordination of accessibility issues is required at both operational and strategic levels. As an accessibility strategist, you will have a coordinating function for accessibility work in Region Västerbotten and work at national, regional, and local levels.

Your tasks will include collecting and validating data from primary and specialized care for the national waiting time database, which enables quality assurance and follow-up of the care guarantee. You will be responsible for strategic initiatives related to national agreements such as Increased Accessibility in Healthcare, where you formulate and follow up action plans based on conditions and performance requirements in collaboration with the leadership of health and medical care.

The role also serves as a link between operations and management, where you act as a contact point for both regional and national actors such as SKR and the National Board of Health and Welfare. An ongoing task is to contribute to the development and implementation of common routines within the SUSSA collaboration.

You will collaborate with the region's developers in digitalization, production, and capacity management, care guides, other staff, and care operations. As a strategist, you are a key person in translating strategic goals into practical change, working with interpretation issues and unified routines.

The work as a strategist may also involve other tasks within the staff's mission, such as quality and development work in healthcare.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with a university degree in a relevant field such as healthcare or social sciences.

This role requires good communication skills that enable you to meet and collaborate with various healthcare professionals. You should have a good ability to express yourself both verbally and in writing. You also have a strong ability to challenge traditional working methods and experience in change processes.

You possess analytical skills and system knowledge that allow you to work based on the principle of continuous improvement and renewal of the operations' work for increased accessibility, always with the citizens' perspective and the development of healthcare in focus.

The role also requires you to build good relationships and enjoy working in a team and in collaboration, while also having the ability to independently drive work and development forward.

It is an advantage if you have a medical and/or healthcare background and previous work experience in the healthcare sector.

OTHER

Read more about our benefits for those who work with us on the website here (https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss/formaner).

We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, therefore we welcome applicants from various backgrounds.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly ask for no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the recruiting manager and then send your application documents by post.