Department of Blood and Tumor Diseases

We are Akademiska sjukhuset – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. In addition to our role as a regional hospital, we provide highly specialized care 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 of life. We believe that honesty lasts the longest, and it is no secret that we need to grow our team. As a colleague, you will experience much – tough challenges but also fantastic events, strong camaraderie, and support from colleagues and fellow humans. To see parts of our reality, visit our photo exhibition at akademiskafotoutstallning.se (https://akademiskafotoutstallning.se).

Welcome with your application and become a part of us.

Our Operations

The Department of Blood and Tumor Diseases is located in the new care building, entrance 100/101 at Dag Hammarskjölds väg. The department features modern facilities with single rooms, new information and communication technology systems, and separated professional and public flows. The new building is equipped with the latest medical technology, including Sweden's first MR-linac that combines a linear accelerator with imaging diagnostics. The new construction provides us with opportunities to co-locate the Department of Blood and Tumor Diseases with the Department of Imaging and Functional Medicine, creating new collaboration opportunities with significant potential patient benefits.

Your Mission

As a senior physician or assistant senior physician within the section, you will work in the Department of Blood and Tumor Diseases, which provides oncological care, a large portion of which is highly specialized. Proximity to the Skandion Clinic allows us to conduct extensive collaboration on proton therapies both in clinical practice and in research and development. We have a developed consultancy service with the region in which you will be involved.

With proximity to the university, you have the opportunity to participate in research and development in your field. Together, we create a challenging and developing workplace where freedom under responsibility is a natural part.

Your Qualifications

You who apply are a specialist physician in oncology with extensive experience in lymphatic treatment and/or breast oncology. For the position of senior physician, it is also required that you have a doctorate in oncology. You can take initiative and start activities as well as make decisions. You have good collaboration skills and can express yourself easily in speech and writing. We place great importance on personal suitability.

We Offer

The position is a permanent employment at 100% with a start date according to agreement. We apply individual salary setting.

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?

Michael Bergqvist, Section Chief, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]), 018-617 47 46
Georg Holgersson, Assistant Section Chief, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]), 018-617 16 70
Union contact person can be reached via Upplands Allmänna Läkarförening, office 018-611 34 95

Want to Work with Us?

Welcome with your application via the link below.

Note! Important information regarding your application:
Attach all documents that support the competency requirements; i.e., CV and cover letter, your specialist certificate, and if a doctorate is mentioned as a merit, proof of the doctorate must also be attached. Even if you have applied for positions with us at Akademiska sjukhuset before, you need to submit these documents for your application to be complete.

For your application to be assessed by the Expert Group, it is important that all employment documents are in our possession by the last application date. An incomplete application will not be processed further in the recruitment process. Appointments for specialist-trained physicians at university hospitals must be assessed by experts (Health and Medical Care Ordinance (2017:80) Chapter 5, Section 8) and the documents are necessary for expert assessment.

Job proposals are published on Region Uppsala's notice board here (https://regionuppsala.se/politik-och-paverkan/handlingar/anslagstavla/).

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the organization. We therefore welcome applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Background checks against suspicion and criminal records will be conducted for all individuals that the employer intends to hire or engage for patient-related work, based on the possibility that they may work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional register 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.

Region Uppsala will place all permanently employed staff based on the needs of total defense. This means that for the individual employee, there are no obligations during peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala. We therefore decline phone calls from recruitment companies and advertisement sellers.