Unit Manager for the Intensive Care Section

Do you want to make a difference for patients in the most critical stages of life? Anopiva is now looking for two unit managers for the intensive care section, where you will have the opportunity to shape the future of intensive care and surgical care in a high-competence, research-oriented, and patient safety-focused environment, in close collaboration with colleagues and staff.

Anopiva (anesthesia, surgery, and intensive care) is the largest clinic at the University Hospital in Linköping and in the Region of Östergötland. The clinic is organized into sections – the intensive care section, north surgery, south surgery – as well as the sterile technical unit, and has a total of over 500 employees.

The intensive care section includes the departments for intensive care (Civa), postoperative care (Postop), and intermediate care (Cima). Civa cares for patients of all ages with life-threatening conditions. The department has 8-10 beds and provides highly specialized intensive care in newly renovated facilities tailored for future needs. Cima cares for patients with increased care needs, but not requiring intensive care, for example after intensive care, major surgery, or minor trauma. The department has six beds in modern facilities close to Civa. In postop, both children and adults are received directly after surgery – from simpler day surgery to more advanced procedures. There are 24 beds available here.

The operation is technology-intensive, personnel-dense, and conducted in close collaboration between professions and disciplines. Anopiva is a university hospital clinic where education and research hold a central position, and the culture of patient safety is strong.

Our Offer

For life ahead. Region Östergötland has high ambitions and a responsible mission. It is about health and care, about the development of our region, and about those who live and stay here. We want to continue to be at the forefront, with care, research, and education. It is about daring to think new – and having the best employees. Therefore, we offer unique opportunities for further learning and invest in modern environments with effective systems and tools. Many of us meet patients and relatives, while others create the conditions for life-saving interventions. With us, fantastic people work towards the same goal – to make a real difference, and for life ahead.

All work at Anopiva is based on the foundations of patient focus, medical quality/patient safety, research/education, and employee participation. Anopiva is characterized by a shared value base; that employees show respect for patients and each other, take responsibility for and promote good collaboration.

With us, you will:

• Strengthen your ability to lead, drive, and develop intensive care in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Expand your network within management and leadership.
• Develop both operational and tactical and strategic aspects of your management and leadership, with support from HR and financial functions.
• Shape the future of intensive care and surgical care together with employees, fellow managers, and representatives from other operations.

Job Description

As a unit manager, you will be responsible for operational, financial, personnel, and work environment issues. You will have shared leadership, which means close collaboration with the current unit manager of the Civa section. You will also work closely with the section manager for the Civa section, who is medically responsible for the section's operations, as well as with other unit managers and section managers at Anopiva. Together, you will drive and develop the intensive care and surgical operations forward in the best way for our patients and staff, as well as for the clinics we collaborate with around the patients. Our management group consists of unit and section managers as well as the research manager, deputy operations manager, and operations manager.

Work Group

The work group consists of nursing assistants, auxiliary nurses, physiotherapists, nurses, and specialist nurses in intensive care. The unit managers also collaborate closely with section managers and other unit managers in the clinic and are part of the clinic's management group, which means close cooperation across the unit's different parts. Knowledge transfer and development occur, among other things, through workplace meetings and study days organized in collaboration with education managers. Collaboration within the work group is characterized by close and regular cooperation between the operations manager, unit managers, and section managers. Together, you are responsible for issues such as salary setting, work environment, recruitment, and operational development. An important focus of the operations is to continuously improve patient safety, accessibility, reception, and quality.

About You

You are a licensed nurse or have other relevant education for the assignment at least at the high school level. Experience in intensive care and specialist education is meritorious, as is leadership experience and/or leadership training.

To thrive and fit in with us, your personal qualities are important. You are secure, stable, and have good self-awareness as well as the ability to adapt your working methods to circumstances, and you have good organizational skills, the ability to structure and collaborate. You have good communication skills and demonstrate good judgment towards patients, relatives, and colleagues.

Application and Employment

The position of unit manager is a fixed-term appointment with a permanent employment in the base profession at Anopiva. Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out an application (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

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