Primary Care Unit Östhammar

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 the Primary Care Unit in Östhammar!

We are looking for

junior doctors who want to help drive and develop the operations and enjoy working in a team. We offer a fixed-term full-time position for one year, with a start date by agreement. There are good opportunities for extension before your AT training.

With us, you will receive benefits that make a difference, read about them here (Benefits brochure (https://www.regionuppsala.se/Global/Jobba%20hos%20oss/karri%E4rwebben/F%F6rm%E5nsbroschyr%20Region%20Uppsala_2019.pdf)).

Your assignment

Standard departmental work including morning and afternoon rounds of patients, work is done in close collaboration with and supervision by a general specialist.

Your qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed doctor with Swedish authorization, or you who are a newly graduated doctor waiting for AT. Personal qualities we value are drive and teamwork. As we continuously develop our unit, we are looking for someone who is innovative and sees change work as a natural part of daily work.

You have a good ability to communicate in Swedish, both spoken and written, have good knowledge of the Swedish healthcare system, and see good communication as one of your most important tools in patient meetings. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of working with Region Uppsala's data journal system. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Our operations

The Primary Care Unit in Östhammar has 12-18 care places and is located in the health center in the same building as the health center. The unit is run by the municipality with nursing assistants, nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists working in teams. Region Uppsala staffs the unit with doctors.

The Primary Care Unit is a joint operation for the municipality and Region Uppsala, focusing on a form of intermediate care between inpatient care, municipal home care, and municipal care. We primarily care for elderly patients who need inpatient care but do not require the specialist resources of the hospital. Patients are admitted from the Mobile Care Team, health center, or emergency department.

Want to know more?

If you want to know more about us and the job, you are welcome to contact the operations manager Monica Rogberg at phone: 018-611 62 66 or email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

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. Also attach a copy of your professional license or other documents that support your experience and qualifications. Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis, so do not wait with your application.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to the operations 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 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 healthcare, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to everyone who will work closely with patients, even if the tasks are not primarily intended to include work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala's efforts, and we kindly ask recruitment companies and advertisement sellers not to call.