Field of Activity Academic Laboratory

We are the Academic Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer 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. 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

Molecular diagnostics and clinical genetics is an expansive and exciting field at the Rudbeck Laboratory in Uppsala. We are an accredited highly specialized operation that performs diagnostics of congenital and acquired genetic abnormalities and provides genetic counseling. Currently, about 90 people work at the clinic with healthcare, research, and development. The operation is accredited according to ISO15189 and is subject to environmental certification according to ISO 14001.

We are now looking for a hospital geneticist/assistant hospital geneticist.

Are we right for you?

Being a hospital geneticist at the Academic University Hospital is a varied, significant, and developing job. You will work at a specialist hospital with a focus on the patient. As a hospital geneticist, you will work with continuous development and implementation of genetic diagnostic analyses in the laboratory as well as with interpretation and reporting of diagnostic analyses. Participation in quality work, supervision, education, and development of the operation is included in the tasks. Molecular diagnostics and clinical genetics strive to be an attractive workplace with engaged colleagues and good leadership.

Are you right for us?

We are looking for a hospital geneticist/assistant hospital geneticist with a focus on hereditary genetic diseases. Eligibility requires a degree of at least 240 higher education credits or equivalent in a relevant natural science subject. Furthermore, a doctoral degree with a relevant focus for the position is also required. We would like you to have laboratory experience in molecular biology within clinical genetics. Experience in genetic diagnostics and working on the development and implementation of various genetic methods for human diagnostics and hereditary cancer based on DNA or RNA sequencing with short or long reads is advantageous.

Experience that is meritorious includes knowledge regarding massive parallel sequencing and assessment of genetic abnormalities, particularly interpretation of their clinical significance. Knowledge and experience in cytogenetics are also considered a significant merit.

You should be able to express yourself well in Swedish in both speech and writing. You will work together with other hospital geneticists, laboratory staff, doctors, bioinformaticians, etc., so it is important that you have good collaboration skills and function well in a team.

In addition to education and knowledge, we value your personality highly. To succeed and thrive, you need to be meticulous, flexible, and attentive. Moreover, you have initiative and the ability to independently plan your work, make assessments, and make your own decisions. If you have this and the desire to meet the future hospital, then Molecular Diagnostics and Clinical Genetics at the Academic Laboratory may be right for you.

Our operations are in constant development, and we assume that you want to contribute to improving the operations to increase the quality for our patients and employees.

We Offer

We offer a permanent position, and a probationary period may apply. Start date by agreement. 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?

Claes Ladenvall [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
+46 18 617 38 81

Union contact person for SACO/Natural Scientists;
Hans Matsson [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
+46 18 617 48 57
Berivan Baskin [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
+46 18 611 59 39

Do you 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 operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala places all permanent staff according to the needs of the total defense. This means that individual employees have 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 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 currently intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we kindly ask recruitment companies and ad sellers not to call.