Unit Manager for Surgical Operations South

Do you want to develop the future of surgical care together with colleagues and managers? Anopiva is now looking for an engaged unit manager for Surgical Operations South, focusing primarily on orthopedics as well as hand and plastic surgery – where leadership, collaboration, and patient safety are at the center.

Anopiva (anesthesia, surgery, and intensive care) is the largest clinic at Linköping University Hospital and in Region Östergötland. The clinic is organized into sections – the intensive care section, Surgical Operations North, Surgical Operations South – as well as the sterile technical unit, and has a total of over 500 employees.

At Surgical Operations South and North, surgical care is provided in collaboration with most of the region's surgical specialties. The surgical department is undergoing an organizational change to increase surgical capacity at the University Hospital with robustness, predictability, and planning, while enhancing care quality, patient safety, and work environment.

Anopiva is a university hospital clinic where education and research play a central role, and the culture of patient safety is strong.

We are now looking for a unit manager for our management team at Surgical Operations South with a primary focus on orthopedics and hand and plastic surgery (HPK).

Our Offer

For the 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. It is about daring to think anew – 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, amazing people work towards the same goal – to make a real difference, and for the life ahead.

All work at Anopiva is based on the foundations of patient focus, medical quality/patient safety, research/education, and employee engagement. Anopiva is characterized by a common value base; that employees show respect for patients and each other, take responsibility for, and promote good collaboration.

With us, you will:

• Strengthen your ability to lead, drive, and develop surgical care in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Expand your network within management and leadership.
• Develop both operational and tactical and strategic aspects of your management and leadership, with support from HR and finance functions.
• Together with employees, fellow managers, and representatives from other operations shape the future of surgical and intensive care.

Please read about your benefits (#) with us.

Job Description

As a unit manager, you will be responsible for operational, financial, personnel, and work environment issues. You will have shared leadership, which means close collaboration with current unit managers in surgery. You will also work closely with the section managers for surgery, who are medically responsible, as well as with other unit managers and section managers at Anopiva. Together, you will drive and develop the surgical and intensive care operations forward in the best way for our patients and employees, as well as for the clinics we collaborate with around the patients. Our management team consists of unit and section managers as well as the research manager, deputy operations manager, and operations manager.

Work Group

The work group consists of nursing assistants, care assistants, nurses, and specialist nurses in anesthesia and surgery. The unit manager also collaborates closely with section managers and other unit managers in the clinic, and is part of the clinic's management team, which involves close cooperation across the unit's various parts. Knowledge transfer and development occur, among other things, through workplace meetings and study days organized in collaboration with educational managers and unit managers. The collaboration within the work group is characterized by close and regular cooperation between the operations manager, unit managers, and section managers. Together, you are responsible for issues such as salary setting, work environment, recruitment, and operational development. An important part of the operation's focus is to continuously improve patient safety, accessibility, response, and quality.

About You

You have relevant education for the assignment at least at the secondary level. Experience in surgical operations is an advantage, as well as leadership experience and/or leadership training.

To thrive and fit in with us, your personal qualities are important. You are secure, stable, and have good self-awareness as well as the ability to adapt your working style to circumstances, and you have good organizational skills, the ability to structure, and collaborate. You have good communication skills and show good judgment towards patients, relatives, and colleagues.

Application and Employment

You will be offered a permanent full-time position in your core profession. The management position is a fixed-term appointment for 4 years. Before employment in a patient-related role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out a form (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

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