Soldier Instructor for the Hospital Battalion

Are you a soldier passionate about training others? The Hospital Battalion is looking for soldier instructors for the company conducting conscription training.

Defense Medicine Center

The Defense Medicine Center is the Swedish Armed Forces' center for the function of defense medicine, located in Gothenburg. Our mission is to provide the Armed Forces with qualified personnel in health and medical care, in addition to developing and supplying medical materials and pharmaceuticals. The Hospital Battalion operates as the Armed Forces' field hospital unit with operational capability both nationally and internationally, emphasizing command, logistics, and medical care. The unit also conducts conscription training. The personnel categories at the unit include medical staff, officers, soldiers, and conscripts.

Main Responsibilities

As an instructor (OR4-5) in one of the platoons at the training company, your main responsibilities will be to conduct training in various areas of conscription. The company trains 140 conscripts annually in the areas of logistics, communication/command, medical transport, close protection, and medical care.

Your tasks as an instructor will include:

• Planning and conducting basic soldier training and position training.
• Participating in exercise activities at the battalion.

Qualifications

• Completed conscription/GMU with passing grades
• Completed GBU and FGBU with passing grades
• Driving license B
• Swedish citizenship
• Approved medical examination and basic requirements according to FM FysS
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Minimum rank OR4 with a good prognosis for OR5

Desirable Qualifications

• Training GKÖLAK
• Background in communication/command, logistics, medical care, or medical transport
• Heavy vehicle licenses

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who is stimulated by challenges, has a high work capacity, and the ability to work both independently and in a team under varying physical and mental conditions. You can handle working and living in field-like conditions. We value a humble approach and the ability to quickly adapt to new circumstances and tasks.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is required that all employees act according to the values that exist. The Armed Forces' value base safeguards the equal value of all people, justice, and equality, and promotes democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Other

Employment type: Permanent

Level: At least OR4

Employment degree: Full-time. Travel and evening/weekend work may occur in the position.

Work location: Gothenburg

Start date: By agreement

Salary: Individual salary setting

The position involves a war placement in the Hospital Battalion.

Inquiries about the position

Aron Gometz, tel FM switchboard: 010-829 20 00

Information about the recruitment process

Julia Åhsberg, tel FM switchboard: 010-829 20 00

[email protected]

Please note that it is the vacation period, which means we will have limited ability to answer the phone during this time.

Union Representatives

SACO, [email protected]

SEKO, [email protected]

Officers' Union, [email protected]

OFR/S, [email protected]

Application

Welcome with your application by 2026-01-11. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position.

Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Armed Forces' website.