Jaw Clinic - Specialist Doctor in Oral Surgery

The Jaw Clinic has a broad operation in oral surgery, orthodontics, and oral medicine.

We provide county, regional, and out-of-county care. At the Jaw Clinic, we work in various ways with skeletal surgery in the facial area, such as orthognathic surgery, facial trauma, reconstruction, and dentoalveolar surgery. We also deal with soft tissue conditions such as precancerous changes. The oral surgical unit consists of a section for elective surgery and one for emergency surgery. We provide highly specialized care, research, and education at the University Hospital in Linköping.

Our Offer

For life ahead. Region Östergötland has high ambitions and a responsible mission. It is about health and care, about the development of our region, and about those who live and stay here. We want to continue to be at the forefront, with care, research, and education. This means daring to think new – and having the best employees. Therefore, we offer unique opportunities for further learning and invest in modern environments with effective systems and tools. Many of us meet patients and relatives, while others create the conditions for life-saving interventions. With us, fantastic people work towards the same goal – to make a real difference, and for life ahead.

Here you can read about our career ladder for doctors and also about your benefits with us.

Job Description

The position includes standard oral surgical tasks such as implant surgery, bone transplantation, dentoalveolar surgery, orthognathic surgery, fracture surgery within the entire facial skeleton including facial trauma during trauma alarms, jaw joint surgery, and reconstruction of the facial skeleton. The position includes supervision and teaching as well as participation in on-call duties. The clinic is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Linköping University, and there are good opportunities for research and development work.

Work Group

The clinic is approved as a specialist training clinic in oral surgery. About 40 employees work here, including specialists in oral surgery, resident dentists/doctors, and assistant dentists. Outpatient services, outpatient surgery, and administration are conducted in state-of-the-art facilities. The clinic has medical responsibility for inpatients with its own ward beds.

About You

You must be a licensed dentist with specialist competence in oral surgery. You have good basic knowledge in oral surgery and have worked with tasks according to the job description. You are driven by continuous knowledge acquisition and development.

As you work in constant dialogue with patients, relatives, colleagues, and other operations, it is a requirement that you have very good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form.

You are professional, communicative, and have good collaboration skills. You work in a structured manner and want to be involved in developing and driving the clinic forward.

Application and Employment

Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out an application form (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

Warm welcome to submit your application! If you need help registering in the system, please contact customer service Support and Service at 010-103 60 00 during office hours.

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