Academic Children's Hospital

Small hearts need great care! We are a small hospital in the big world, and it is precisely in the small things that our greatness lies. Here, all the expertise a sick child may need is available, along with good collaboration, respect, and care. We offer a really good introduction for newcomers and many interesting opportunities for development. There is also unexpectedly much joy in what can sometimes be very difficult. We take care of the children and their families, and we take care of each other – because we know that we do a much better job together!

Our Operations

The area of operations at the Academic Children's Hospital consists of eight sections. The position belongs organizationally to the section for specialized pediatrics. The section provides National Highly Specialized Care (NHV) in several areas. Research and education are important components of our operations.

Your Mission

Your mission involves clinical work at the Allergy Clinic for children and youth, as well as the Lung Clinic for children and youth/Uppsala CF Clinic. You will work with allergy and lung diseases in children at a subspecialist level. The mission also includes work as a consulting physician in pediatric care at home and as an internal medicine consultant for patients with epidermolysis bullosa. The working method is team-based, and you will receive continuous supervision from senior colleagues to achieve subspecialist competence.

Rotating responsibility as a pediatric lung consultant for the Healthcare Region of Central Sweden and for other sections at the Academic Children's Hospital is included, as well as responsibility for our elective care ward a few days per month. On-call duty is included.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a specialist in pediatric and adolescent medicine and who wants to work in a team-based manner. Your goal is to become a subspecialist in pediatric allergy and lung diseases at a university hospital level. Previous clinical experience in pediatric allergy, pulmonology (including CF), and epidermolysis bullosa is meritorious, in addition to research. Great importance is placed on personal suitability.

We Offer

We offer you a permanent position with a full-time workload of 100%. For the specialist physician position, applicants must meet the merit requirements of the Academic Hospital. On-call duty is included. 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?

Recruiting manager, Åsa Neuman 018-611 59 99
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.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION:
• Appointment of positions for specialist-trained physicians at university hospitals requires expert assessment according to the Health and Medical Care Ordinance (2017:80) Chapter 5, Section 8.
• Always attach a CV, cover letter, and specialist physician certificate issued by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
• For positions where academic qualifications in the form of a doctoral degree or equivalent are specified as a competence requirement, a dissertation certificate must also be attached to the application.
• Even if you have previously applied for positions at the Academic Hospital, you need to submit the above documents for your application to be complete. All documents must be received by us no later than the application deadline. An incomplete application will not proceed in the process.
• Job proposals are published on the official bulletin board of Region Uppsala; https://regionuppsala.se/politik-och-paverkan/handlingar/anslagstavla/ (https://regionuppsala.se/politik-och-paverkan/handlingar/anslagstavla/)

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the organization 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 it is solely a planning measure.

Before a hiring decision, a check of suspicion and criminal records 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 record extracts, will be conducted. This applies to anyone 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 by Region Uppsala, and we kindly ask recruitment companies and advertisement sellers not to call.