Unit Manager – Intensive and Perioperative Care, Skåne University Hospital

Make a difference. Every day.

Are you an engaged and confident leader with a genuine interest in business development and a strong ability to motivate others? Do you also want to be a key support for the operations as they continue to develop within an exciting field? Then the position of Unit Manager with us might be the right opportunity for you!

About the Department

The Intensive and Perioperative Care Area (VO IPV) at Skåne University Hospital offers anesthesia, surgical care, intensive care, and postoperative care in Lund. Within our area, we also operate pain treatment services and are responsible for Lund's sterile technology operations. On our unit, we perform gynecological and obstetric surgeries, both elective and emergency, and provide 24/7 emergency services. We are the center for gynecological tumor surgery in the Southern Healthcare Region and utilize robotic surgery to some extent.

Your Role

Do you want to contribute to Region Skåne's vision, hope for the future, and quality of life for everyone living and working in Skåne through your leadership? As a manager in Region Skåne, you are part of the public sector, and the strength of our leadership lies in collaboration with fellow managers and your direct superior. Together with your employees, you create engagement, achieve results, and drive development.

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Responsibilities

Together with your five fellow unit managers, you are responsible for the operations as a whole. Through shared leadership, we focus on leading care and nursing to achieve a good work environment and high quality.

You view the operations from a holistic perspective, planning and organizing while monitoring decisions and results. Furthermore, you work close to the operations, leading and supporting improvement and development work. As a Unit Manager at IPV, you represent the department both internally and in dialogue with our partners, such as operators and managers in other departments.

As a manager leading employees, you steer your operations in the expected direction towards the department's goals. The engagement of your employees is crucial for success in your assignment, and you value coaching, giving feedback, evaluating performance, promoting collaboration, and creating a good work climate. Together with your employees, you develop the operations through efficient working methods with high quality, continuously monitoring for learning and further development. You have employer and management responsibility covering employees, operations, and economy.

Your direct superior will be the Area Manager, and you will be part of the Operations Management Group, the Close Management Group, and the Operating Council.

Read more about what it is like to work as a manager in Region Skåne here: Leadership that makes a difference - Region Skåne (#)

Qualifications and Merits

We are looking for you who have a university degree in healthcare or another education that the employer assesses as equivalent. Good language skills in Swedish are required in both speech and writing. We would appreciate if you have previous experience working in a leadership position and an understanding of the professions that make up the team around the patient.

It is an advantage if you are specially trained in surgery, as well as if you have education in leadership and/or work environment. Managerial experience from a surgical unit is also considered an advantage for the position.

Managers in Region Skåne are expected to lead by example by personally implementing Region Skåne's values: welcoming, driving, caring, and respectful in practical action. This means that leadership should be characterized by trust, a holistic view, and continuous development. You are reliable, act with integrity and humility, promote dialogue and inclusion, and create conditions for engagement.

To succeed in your role as Unit Manager with us, we believe you have a coaching approach with the ability to create engagement and participation. Furthermore, you have the ability to plan and organize from a holistic perspective and follow up on decisions and results. You have an interest in leadership and business development. Additionally, you have a genuine interest in people and are an engaged manager who wants to continue profiling the operations and developing them forward. Shared leadership places high demands on trust, lack of hierarchy, and shared values. Transparency and close collaboration are therefore prerequisites for success. It is of great importance that you communicate easily, have very good collaboration skills, and the ability to build good relationships. Great emphasis is placed on personality.

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

Employment Type

Permanent position.

About Region Skåne and Skåne University Hospital

Region Skåne is responsible for healthcare, public transport, and sustainable development throughout Skåne. Our highest decision-making body is the Regional Assembly, which is directly elected by the inhabitants of Skåne. Region Skåne is a values-driven organization that works with the values of welcoming, driving, caring, and respectful in everything we do.

Skåne University Hospital (Sus) is located in Lund and Malmö and is the country's third-largest hospital. Sus is a knowledge hub for healthcare at all stages of life at regional, national, and international levels. Our 12,000 employees drive development within the university hospital's three mission areas: care, research, and education. With us, you get to work in a values-driven organization that develops healthcare together with patients and their relatives. Welcome!

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