Academic Primary Care Center Development

Our 1800 employees work with close care and health in Uppsala County. We offer a wide range of services within primary care. Our patients meet us at Region Uppsala's own health centers or within habilitation, and we provide advice over the phone via 1177. Education, research, and development are important to us, as we adapt our services based on the needs of the residents. We already offer mobile teams, video visits, and smart e-services.

Welcome to APC Development!

There is now an opportunity to apply for a permanent position as a business developer with us at the Academic Primary Care Center (APC) Development. The position is full-time with a start date according to agreement. We offer an exciting job in a positive and creative work environment where you can influence and contribute to the development of future care. The assignment is based at APC Development but will be conducted in close dialogue with the management within Close Care and Health.

APC Development belongs to the management of Close Care and Health in Region Uppsala and is part of the unit for Research, Development, and Education (FoUU). We are the management's support in primary care joint development initiatives, project work, and specific investigation assignments. You will be part of a large, multiprofessional organization with knowledgeable colleagues.

Region Uppsala and Close Care and Health invest in secure employment and good benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (benefits (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/)).

Your Assignment

A central part of the assignment is to, in close dialogue with the management, drive change work related to the transition to close care with a particular focus on functioning as a strategic resource in the work with care centers and other central processes. A business-oriented support in close dialogue with managers and employees is central to the assignment, which requires flexibility and quick adaptability. Other areas of work may include areas such as care documentation, accessibility, and patient safety.

In the role of business developer, your task is to develop the operations within the management by closely collaborating with them to lead, coordinate, and follow up on strategic development work. The assignments may involve operational development both locally at individual health centers and at a management-wide level. The tasks include driving, facilitating, and participating in various working groups, assignments, and projects.

The management of Close Care and Health reserves the right, during periods of high workload such as summer, to ask you to work clinically if needed.

Your Competence

We are looking for you who have:

• A university degree with a health and medical care focus or other relevant education.
• Documented experience of strategic development work within health and medical care.
• Experience in leading and participating in change work within primary care or related areas.

Meritorious:

• Competence in facilitation and process management.
• Solid education in improvement knowledge, experience in process-oriented working methods, and project management.
• Experience in data-driven improvement work (e.g., quality registers, SAS, health administrative systems).
• Experience in service design, production planning, and managerial experience.

As a person, you are quality-conscious and want to see concrete results from your work. You are analytical, structured, and have a holistic perspective. You take independent responsibility for completing work within given deadlines, are self-driven and proactive. You work well both in a team and with independent tasks. You have a good ability to express yourself both verbally and in writing and are pedagogical. We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Our Operations

At APC Development, we work with operationally close development and improvement work that is central to the development towards a more close and efficient care. APC Development, together with APC Education, APC Research, Research Disability, Health Adventure, and FoU Social Services and adjacent health and medical care, is part of the management's unit for Research, Development, and Education (FoUU). APC Development's mission is to support the operations to achieve established goals. We are the management's support in primary care joint development initiatives, project work, and specific investigation assignments. Clinical processes, together with other processes, form the basis for developing the operations with the aim of creating good care quality. You will be part of a large, multiprofessional organization with knowledgeable colleagues.

Want to know more?

If you want to know more about us, our tasks, and assignments, you are welcome to contact group manager Anna Lilja Qvarlander at phone: 072-224 36 94.

Union representatives can be reached via the switchboard for Region Uppsala, 018-611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

Welcome with your application via the link below. Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period, so do not wait with your application.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the organization and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala places all permanent staff based on the needs of total defense. This means that for the individual employee, there are no obligations in peacetime, but it is solely a planning measure.

Before a hiring decision, a check of suspicion and criminal records will be conducted for all applicants who may work in psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or involuntary care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional register extracts. This applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks are not currently intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.