Department Head for the Intensive Care Unit

We are looking for a department head for the Intensive Care Unit who, with a forward-looking attitude, wants to lead a well-functioning and structured unit with approximately 30 employees.

Your workplace

The Intensive Care Unit has two high-tech intensive care beds and four intermediate care beds. Here, patients from the medicine, surgery, and orthopedics departments are cared for. During on-call hours, we also receive postoperative patients. The hospital has emergency services around the clock.

The sense of community is always present at Torsby Hospital, and all units play a central role in the work with and around our patients. We are a small hospital in northern Värmland with a big heart and commitment to our patients and employees, where all units and partners are highlighted as an important part of the hub for ensuring smooth and safe operations for those who visit us. Good collaboration between units, short decision-making paths, and close contact with the management team are hallmarks of our organization. At the hospital, we care about the health and well-being of our staff, and we have access to our own staff gym and personal trainer.

Your responsibilities

As department head, you will have personnel, financial, and work environment responsibilities. The focus of the leadership role is to work with quality and improvement efforts with the patient and the flow of care at the center, as well as competence supply, which requires strategic leadership with a holistic view and collaboration with all parts of the healthcare system.

The department head reports directly to the area manager, and the area manager's staff serves as support for the department heads.

Your knowledge and competencies

We are looking for someone with a suitable healthcare education, preferably an (ICU) nurse, and experience in leadership within healthcare is an advantage. You are structured and have the ability to lead and develop the operations. You recognize and utilize the strengths of your employees, which means delegating and being interested in developing, renewing, and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration.

The work requires clarity in leadership, collaboration, communication, and organizational skills, as well as financial understanding. As a department head, you will have many contact points both internally and externally. Therefore, it is important that you can create good and trusting relationships with people around you.

Leaders in Region Värmland

We exist to ensure that everyone in Värmland feels good and to make Region Värmland an attractive workplace that delivers good, sustainable, and long-term results. To succeed, we see that all managers and leaders have an important role. In Region Värmland, we use the leadership concepts of Developing Leadership and Indirect Leadership.

As a new manager in the region, you will participate in a training program during your first year. We also offer individual guidance to support you in your role. We want to provide our managers with the right conditions to succeed. Through you as a manager, our employees can grow and contribute to even better service for everyone living here.

About Region Värmland

We exist to ensure that everyone living here feels good and to make our region attractive and competitive. We make a difference in healthcare, dental care, public transport, regional development, and culture and education. We meet people in life's greatest moments and in all those everyday moments in between. Our vision is world-class quality of life. Read more about what it is like to work with us (https://regionvarmland.se/regionvarmland/jobb-utbildning--forskning/jobba-med-oss/vara-formaner) and follow us on social media.

Do you also want to work for everyone in Värmland? Welcome with your application.

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