Management and Support Functions at Akademiska Sjukhuset

We are Akademiska Sjukhuset – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer services to two million people in Central Sweden. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is celebrated as a hero. With us, you will experience both tough challenges and fantastic events, in a strong community with colleagues. See parts of our reality in our photo exhibition; akademiskafotoutstallning.se (http://akademiskafotoutstallning.se). Welcome with your application!

Our Operations

With commitment and knowledge, we strive to become the leading university hospital in Sweden. Together, we work every day to create the greatest value for our patients and their experience of care at Akademiska Sjukhuset. This means that we strive to continuously improve and work systematically with quality and patient safety in collaboration with the hospital's operational areas.

As a Care Developer

As a care developer in the Quality Unit, you will be part of the Department of Quality and Patient Safety. You will work closely with other management and support functions within Akademiska Sjukhuset. The unit currently consists of 17 employees and is led by a unit manager – your immediate supervisor. The role includes both operational and strategic work with a focus on quality and patient safety, in collaboration with operations within Akademiska Sjukhuset and the entire Region Uppsala.

Your Mission

Are you interested in care development, quality, and patient safety?

As a care developer, you will be responsible for supporting the entire hospital in working systematically with a quality and patient safety perspective together with your colleagues. You will contribute your knowledge and experiences, and based on common strategies at the hospital, drive development and improvement work with a goal of strengthening employees' and managers' engagement and ability to achieve set goals. Together with your colleagues, you will drive analysis work and provide development and improvement proposals in accordance with the hospital's goals and action plans. You have a good understanding of the connection between quality and patient safety.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for a nurse with at least a master's degree. A higher degree is an advantage. Knowledge of change management and patient safety is also advantageous. We prefer candidates with experience in quality and patient safety improvement work as well as project management.

Your Competence

As a person, you are genuinely interested in quality and patient safety as well as improvement work. You are analytical, action-oriented, structured, flexible, curious, and have an easy time collaborating interprofessionally and at different organizational levels, with the best interests of patients in focus. You are methodical, driven, have the ability to prioritize while seeing the big picture, and also possess a pedagogical approach. Good computer skills and the ability to express yourself well in speech and writing are required.

We will place great emphasis on personal suitability. You are ready to develop care for the benefit of our patients.

We Offer

To be part of an ambitious team with various professions responsible for providing the hospital and operations with support and knowledge to reduce patient harm. We offer you a varied and responsible job. The position is a permanent position with a start date to be agreed upon. Selection and interviews are ongoing, and the position may be filled before the application deadline. A probationary period may be applied.

With us, you will receive benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/).

Want to Know More?

Marie-Charlotte Stenborn, unit manager 018 617 10 99
Union representatives can be reached via the switchboard 018 611 00 00

Want to Work with Us?

Welcome with your application via the link below.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that gender balance 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 regarding all applicants who may work in psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to all who will work closely with patients, even if the tasks are not primarily intended to involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we kindly ask recruitment companies and ad sellers to refrain from calling.