Inspector in Health and Medical Care

Do you want to create social benefit and safeguard welfare together with knowledgeable colleagues with various competencies? Do you want to contribute to safe healthcare and care of good quality? Then you might be the one we are looking for! The Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO) Southwestern Department is seeking one or more inspectors in health and medical care. The Southwestern Department is located in Gothenburg. The authority works together across the country, and here you will work with colleagues from various educational backgrounds and experiences.

The Role of Inspector

You will investigate your own cases within the health and medical care area together with colleagues. The cases primarily concern complaints about healthcare, but may also involve other types of cases such as reports according to Lex Maria. In your work, you will come into contact with both stakeholders and staff as well as the general public. As an inspector, you always work from a user and patient perspective and with our supervision policy in mind to focus on what is important for individuals and different groups of people. Our authority is currently in an exciting phase of change and development work, so you should thrive and want to operate in a changing environment with a high pace.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university degree in health and medical care, law, social sciences, or another academic education that IVO deems relevant for the assignment.
• Experience in analysis, investigation, or quality work
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• A driver's license

It is an advantage if you have:

• Good knowledge of laws and regulations within health and medical care.
• Experience in government operations.
• Experience in development work.

To succeed in this role, you need to be able to work independently and structure and prioritize your work. At the same time, you enjoy collaborating with others in different constellations and with different competencies. It is particularly important that you have a good ability to express yourself in writing. As IVO is in a development phase, it is important that you find change and development work stimulating.

What can IVO offer you?

We offer you a job in an exciting knowledge organization. You will have the chance to work in a dynamic environment where you, together with your colleagues, contribute to our ongoing work to develop modern and powerful supervision in Sweden. IVO constantly follows developments in the surrounding world and encourages initiatives for personal knowledge development. We continuously work with new working methods, methods, and tools to achieve the best results. We strive for a composition of employees that reflects the diversity of society.

About the position

The positions are permanent employment with a six-month probation period. The positions are full-time with placement in Gothenburg and a start date as soon as possible.

Application

We want you to submit a CV and a personal letter where you introduce yourself and describe what attracts you to the assignment and how you think you can contribute. Grades and other documents will be included in a possible interview. Mark your application with diary number 2.2.1-00375/2025 and apply no later than February 3, 2025. Selection will be ongoing.

IVO contributes to safe healthcare and care

The mission of the Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO) is to contribute to healthcare and care that is safe, of good quality, and conducted in accordance with laws and other regulations through supervision and licensing. The authority is characterized by great commitment as well as broad and deep knowledge and understanding of health and medical care as well as care in Sweden. IVO is driven by the vision that we have control, that we create learning, and that we make healthcare and care safer and better. We exist for the benefit of healthcare and care recipients.

The authority has about 800 employees. The supervision work is carried out at six regional departments around the country. The departments for licensing, analysis, planning and communication, and operational support are located in Stockholm, as is the director general's office.