Group Manager at the Poison Information Centre

If you are a pharmacist with leadership potential and a strong interest in people and relationships, this is an opportunity for you! Submit your application and become part of our management team at the Poison Information Centre.

Our Operations

The Poison Information Centre (GIC) is a government healthcare provider under the authority of the Medical Products Agency and serves as Sweden's national expert unit for acute poisonings. We provide knowledge and advice regarding acute poisonings. We are a relatively small organization with about 45 employees, including seven doctors, two administrators, and the remaining pharmacists. Our operations are characterized by strong teamwork and the shared goal of preventing and treating acute poisonings.

Your Responsibilities

As a group manager at GIC, you will share responsibility for the pharmacist group with two other managers. The management group collaborates very closely and makes many decisions together. Each manager has 10-13 direct reports.

The group managers play a central role in leading and distributing work within the pharmacist group and contributing to creating a positive and efficient work environment. You will be part of the management team, which consists of an operations manager, a medically responsible manager, a medical manager, and your two group manager colleagues.

All managers at GIC participate in the regular on-call work, which means you will work day, evening, night, and weekend shifts according to a schedule. This gives you the opportunity to be close to the operations and have a deeper understanding of the challenges our employees face in their daily work.

Internal management training is frequently offered through the Medical Products Agency.

Your Background

It is a requirement that you are a licensed pharmacist and you must have documented experience working at a Poison Information Centre. You should already be able to work independently in telephone advice at the time of employment.

Your Personal Qualities

To succeed in this role, you need to possess qualities such as kindness, clarity, courage, communication skills, and the ability to see the big picture. As a manager, you should be decisive but also receptive and flexible. You have a strong sense of responsibility and the ability to stick to the task even in periods of change and pressure. When challenges arise, you contribute calmness, focus, and professionalism.

You need to have the capacity to see employees' needs alongside the organization's needs and be fair in the distribution of responsibilities, benefits, and demands. We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment where you can develop both professionally and personally. Therefore, we want you to have a strong desire to learn and grow in your role as a leader. The focus for group managers is to create the best possible workplace for employees.

We will place great emphasis on personal suitability and also consider how the management team can best be complemented.

Good to Know

Application deadline: 2026-03-30
Employment type: Permanent
Start date: By agreement
Unit: Poison Information Centre
Diary number: 2.4.1-2024-044548

We apply a 6-month probationary period. We value diversity and welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

At the Medical Products Agency and the Poison Information Centre, you will have good conditions for work-life balance. We offer you, among other things, flexible hours, wellness benefits, and wellness during working hours. As far as the tasks allow, there is the possibility to work up to one day a week remotely by agreement with the manager.

Read more about the benefits you receive with us here: Benefits with us (https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket/formaner-hos-oss)

The Medical Products Agency is a preparedness authority, which means we conduct certain background checks in connection with recruitments. Security clearance with a register check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may be relevant before a hiring decision is made. In some cases, Swedish citizenship is required. You will need to verify your identity and present your degree certificate and relevant certificates during a possible interview. All permanent staff at the Medical Products Agency are assigned to the authority in case of war.

Contact

You are welcome to contact operations manager Jenny Bång Arhammar. You can also contact the union representatives Birgitta Jonsson, Saco, and Pia Wictor, ST. We can be reached at phone 010-456 6750 or via email [email protected].

More about the Medical Products Agency

You may not think about the Medical Products Agency often, but we can promise you that you encounter us in your daily life. The results of what we do are evident in pharmacies, hospitals, at the veterinarian, and in your bathroom cabinet. We ensure that you and everyone else in Sweden have access to safe and effective medicines and medical devices, from band-aids and pregnancy tests to walkers and apps. We do this by approving and granting permits, monitoring and controlling, and by informing and advising. We who work at the Medical Products Agency are proud of our important societal mission: to contribute to the health of the Swedish people and animals.

Read more about our mission and what it means to work at the Medical Products Agency here: Work at the Medical Products Agency (https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket)

Welcome with your application! This recruitment is conducted entirely by the Medical Products Agency. Therefore, we kindly ask for no phone calls from recruitment companies and ad sellers.