Specialist Physician in Geriatrics – Shaping the Future of Elderly Care

Make a difference. Every day.

Do you want to help develop the future of elderly care in primary healthcare, working person-centredly with the patient in focus? Here, you will have the opportunity to work long-term, in a cross-professional team, and close to the patients in an organization where development, quality, and collaboration are at the center.

Health Centre Centrum in Landskrona is a developing health centre with approximately 13,000 registered patients, making us one of the largest health centres in Skåne. Here, an engaged cross-professional team works together, consisting of specialist physicians, resident physicians, nurses, assistant nurses, social workers, psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and dietitians. Three special housing facilities are also linked to the health centre, providing excellent opportunities for continuity and close work with elderly patients.

We continuously work to develop our operations based on patient needs and with high medical quality as a foundation. Here, you will meet a stimulating work environment with close collaboration between professions and good opportunities to influence and develop the operations forward.

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Job Description

As a Specialist Physician in Geriatrics, you will play a key role in the development of our elderly care clinic and the work surrounding the elderly patient in primary healthcare. You will work with a holistic perspective on the aging individual and contribute assessments of physical, mental, and cognitive health, as well as functional capacity and care needs.

The role involves long-term patient contacts where you, together with other professions, work preventively and person-centredly to promote health, maintained function, and quality of life. You will also be involved in preventing the need for acute interventions and hospital admissions through early and coordinated care efforts.

Here, you will become part of a team with the opportunity to influence and develop the operations together with engaged colleagues in a learning and welcoming environment. We offer good opportunities for further education and competence development.

Qualifications

We welcome you who are a licensed physician with specialist competence in geriatrics and eligibility to practice within Swedish healthcare. Proficiency in Swedish corresponding to at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe's scale is a requirement.

We are looking for you who have a genuine interest in elderly care and who thrive working both independently and in close collaboration with other professions. You have a person-centred approach and see the value of continuity and long-term patient relationships.

To thrive here, you need to be receptive, flexible, and have good collaboration skills. You have a professional manner and are eager to contribute to the development and improvement of the operations. Great importance will be placed on personal suitability.

We apply continuous selection in this recruitment. We warmly welcome your application today!

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.

About Primary Care Skåne

Primary Care Skåne – Primarily for life.

Primary Care Skåne is Region Skåne's primary healthcare in its own management. We are approximately 3,500 employees who work every day to provide the inhabitants of Skåne with close, high-quality care and a good reception, through all stages of life. We do this based on Region Skåne's values: welcoming, driving, caring, and respectful.

Primary Care Skåne operates throughout Skåne, both in cities and in smaller localities. We meet patients with different needs, backgrounds, and conditions physically at our clinics or digitally. Our operations are exposed to competition and need to reach out to people of all ages, with different backgrounds and in different places in Skåne. Primary Care Skåne bases its positioning on the same foundation as Region Skåne, as described in the brand guide for Region Skåne.

Business Idea

Primary Care Skåne is to offer person-centred care with high medical quality and continuity. We create trust and build relationships through respect and a professional manner. We are accessible and offer healthcare that promotes health and well-being for all inhabitants of Skåne.

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