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At Hässleholm Hospital, there is primary care with both inpatient and outpatient services within internal medicine specialties as well as rehabilitation medicine. The hospital is connected to an emergency department with limited opening hours and an acute care unit. Furthermore, it houses Skåne's largest elective orthopedic service.

Within the orthopedic department, there are operating rooms, outpatient surgical units, recovery care, anesthesia department, and inpatient beds, as well as a spine section for outpatient work and outpatient care. This department will operate approximately 5,000 patients in Hässleholm this year and aims to gradually increase the volume. We are also responsible for acute orthopedics at the Central Hospital in Kristianstad, including on-call services, surgical operations, and inpatient care. The Future Orthopedics in Hässleholm (FORTH) project is ongoing with planning for new operating rooms.

The department has a volume and research focus within prosthetic surgery for knees and hips. Additionally, there is a large and highly specialized section for foot surgery, which includes advanced hindfoot surgery in addition to forefoot and midfoot surgery. The shoulder section handles all types of surgical operations, including advanced prosthetic surgery. The hand section has large patient volumes of outpatient hand surgery but also clinical and research expertise for advanced hand surgery. The anesthesia section is fully integrated into the orthopedic service and has significant opportunities to develop the combination of general and regional anesthesia both clinically and in research. Moreover, there is an ambition to increase the number of surgeries in spinal surgery to better meet patient needs in this area.

For those interested in research, we have a large amount of clinical material suitable for research and are a university hospital unit (USV unit) with active research, development, and innovation within our clinical focus areas.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are now seeking a new senior physician for our spine section.

At Hässleholm Hospital, a high production pace is maintained, and we also operate patients who are sometimes sicker than those managed by private healthcare providers. We take pride in being able to help this patient category. We prioritize medical safety and work environment in our operations.

The role includes all parts of the patient process within the department and its flows. Your closest colleagues are, besides other orthopedic doctors, our anesthesiologists and physiotherapists, with whom you work very closely, as our operations are a cohesive unit with both surgical and anesthesia responsibilities. You also have an important role in mentoring younger colleagues.

The clinical development within purely elective operations places new demands on our orthopedic specialists in the team around the patient, where one acts as both operator, flow manager, and logistician. A focus is on the extensive and increasing patient flows, which, together with the composition of patients and clinical conditions, are areas that have a significant need for new knowledge and research, particularly regarding surgical methods within the orthopedic core area.

QUALIFICATIONS

You who apply are a licensed physician with the authority to practice within Swedish healthcare. Additionally, you have specialist competence in orthopedics. Language skills in Swedish at least corresponding to level C1 according to the Council of Europe’s scale is a requirement. You should have completed or planned a course in clinical supervision.

For employment as a senior physician, the following is required:

• full-time service of at least five years (documented effective time)
• clinical skill and independence in orthopedics.

A completed dissertation is meritorious for this position.

At a university hospital unit, it is required that physicians have pedagogical experience and education. This can be acquired through supervision of, for example, nursing and medical students as well as physicians in training and as co- or main supervisors of doctoral candidates. Clearly describe in your application any completed or planned pedagogical courses, experience in supervision, and teaching at various levels.

We value that you have a respectful and humble attitude towards patients and colleagues and that you are a team player. You are confident and have good experience in making decisions independently, can work autonomously, and have an open mind. Furthermore, you are forward-thinking and keep yourself updated with new knowledge and research within your specialty. Personal suitability is of great importance.

When you submit your application, you must complete the questionnaire, which must be filled out completely and correctly. You also need to attach your documents digitally; see under Other what documents you need to send. For us to assess your application, it must be complete.

Does this sound like an exciting position? We warmly welcome your application! We look forward to getting to know you.

OTHER

In addition to the electronic application, applicants should attach their medical license and specialist competence certificate. For the position of associate senior physician and senior physician, a certificate of employment must also be attached. For senior physician positions, a diploma regarding the dissertation, a certificate of docent status, and a publication list (divided into original publications, review articles, and other publications) may also be required. NOTE! These digital documents will be forwarded for expert assessment, so they must accompany your application. Non-Nordic dissertations should be attached to the application and assessed by the Swedish Council for Higher Education. For any questions, please email: [email protected].

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