Vacant job

Do you want to work in a department that plays a crucial role in enabling correct diagnoses and treatments? We are now looking for a colleague to join Clinical Pathology and Cancer Diagnostics at Danderyd Hospital, where you will become part of a modern, quality-driven operation with the patient in focus. We welcome your application!

What we offer

• A meaningful job where your work directly impacts patient care.
• An inclusive culture that values openness, diversity, and respect.
• Membership in a team with high competence and strong collaboration skills, featuring a well-functioning task-shifting system where qualified tasks are delegated.
• Excellent opportunities for professional development within the organization.
• Work during office hours with a standard flex-time agreement.

Of course, you will also enjoy our general benefits offered by Karolinska University Hospital.

About the position

In this role, you will work within Clinical Pathology and Cancer Diagnostics at Danderyd Hospital, a department with a central function in the care chain by enabling accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatment for patients. The unit is part of the largest pathology laboratory in the Nordic countries, handles approximately 300,000 samples annually, and currently operates fully digitally within histopathology. The workplace is characterized by a good and welcoming atmosphere, permeated by Karolinska's core values: responsibility, humanity, and a holistic view.

The work primarily involves traditional laboratory work within histopathology, such as handling fresh and formalin-fixed tissue material, preparation, embedding, microtomy, as well as histochemical and immunohistochemical staining. The role also includes handling laboratory instruments, working in information systems, collaborating with various professional groups within the unit, participating in quality, development, and improvement work, and contacting referring physicians.

We are looking for you who

• Adapt easily to changing circumstances, can quickly change perspectives and approaches, and see opportunities in change.
• Take personal responsibility for your work, do what is required, and seek the information needed for a good final result. You are responsible enough to ask for help when needed.
• Are quality-conscious, meticulous, and work in a structured manner with a focus on precision, patient safety, and following routines, while contributing to good collaboration and a positive work environment.
• Work well with others to achieve common goals. You help colleagues, take initiative based on common goals, and are unpretentious enough to step in where needed.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability for the role.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Licensed biomedical analyst or equivalent education, such as laboratory engineer.
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

Merits:

• Previous work experience within laboratory medicine.

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

In connection with your application, you need to attach a CV. Instead of a cover letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly explain why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

We warmly welcome your application – Together we are Karolinska!

Before appointing a position involving the care of children and young people, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and burden register. You can read more about the recruitment process and the checks performed at Karolinska here.

As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be assigned to wartime duties. Read more about what this entails here.

If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or former manager if you become a candidate for employment.

Probationary periods may apply for permanent positions.

About Karolinska University Hospital

We at Karolinska University Hospital are proud to be one of the world's leading university hospitals. In addition to our special responsibility for highly specialized care in the Stockholm region, our main task is to train tomorrow's healthcare professionals and conduct world-leading research together with Karolinska Institutet, while continuing our work to develop care for the benefit of the patient. We work within a range of different areas and professions.

You can read more about our mission in care, research, and education here.

Our vision: To cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

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