Job Opening for Senior Physician/Specialist Physician

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

The Occupational and Behavioral Medicine Center (AB-centrum) is a university hospital unit whose overall mission is to prevent, investigate, assess, and address work-, environment-, and lifestyle-related health issues. We also have an insurance medicine mandate. AB-centrum is one of Region Västerbotten's largest research and development operations, with research and teaching conducted in close collaboration with Umeå University.

AB-centrum is organized into four departments: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Behavioral Medicine, Stress Rehabilitation, and Insurance Medicine Investigation Unit.

Within Stress Rehabilitation, patients with burnout syndrome are assessed, treated, and rehabilitated. The goal is to improve the patient's health, function, and work ability. The department employs over 20 staff members from various professions. The operations are conducted in Umeå and Skellefteå.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a physician with us, you contribute knowledge and commitment that makes patients and staff feel secure.

In your role as a senior physician/specialist physician, you will meet patients for assessments and follow-ups. You actively participate in the rehabilitation of patients according to our multimodal rehabilitation approach. The work is carried out both independently and within a multidisciplinary team with various professional groups.

You will also work preventively through education, information, and counseling, and are expected to contribute to collaboration within and outside Region Västerbotten.

Administrative tasks and quality work are part of your role, and you are also expected to participate in various development and/or research projects.

Work in other departments at AB-centrum may be included in your duties, as well as travel and assignments within the region.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for a senior physician/specialist physician in general medicine, psychiatry, occupational and environmental medicine, occupational health care, or another related specialty. You have good knowledge and previous experience working with patients who have work- and lifestyle-related issues and diseases. You have experience in teamwork, development work, research, and teaching. A PhD is an advantage.

You enjoy working in an environment with varied tasks directed at patients, students, the public, and other stakeholders. You take great responsibility, perform your work with high quality, and drive it forward with precision, commitment, and initiative. You have good communication skills in both spoken and written form and can listen and collaborate with others. As a person, you can handle multiple tasks, are solution-focused, clear, and can adapt to changes in work methods and operations.

Personal suitability is of great importance.

To the digital application, please attach the following documentation, in Swedish or English:

1. Scientific merits (if applicable)
   • Certificate of academic degree, such as Doctor of Medicine or Associate Professor
   • Complete publication list
2. Pedagogical merits (if applicable)
   • Certificate/documentation of teaching experience
   • Certificate of supervisor course (basic or specialist training)
3. Clinical merits and other merits (if applicable)
   • Certificate of subspecialization
   • Certificate/documentation of management group assignments and/or operational development

If you have many documents to attach, please contact the recruiting manager, and we will resolve the technical aspects.

Verification of medical license and all relevant specialist certificates via the National Board of Health and Welfare (HOSP) will occur once the application has been submitted.

OTHER

Read more about our benefits for those who work with us on our 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 submit your application documents by post.