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Do you want to make a difference and contribute to safer care and social services? The Swedish Inspectorate of Health and Welfare (IVO) is growing and is now looking for inspectors specializing in health and medical care to develop state supervision and licensing procedures. We are in an expansion phase and need to strengthen our operations with more resources for an important and exciting mission! We are currently seeking inspectors with a focus on health and medical care, based in Gothenburg.

About the Job

As an inspector specializing in health and medical care, you will investigate your own cases within the health and medical care sector. As an inspector, you always work from a user and patient perspective, with the supervision mandate aiming to investigate, control, and set requirements to contribute to better health care for individuals and various groups of people.

Your main tasks will include, among other things:

• independently driving, investigating, and assessing cases concerning individual complaints according to the Patient Safety Act (EK-PSL)
• contacting healthcare providers, health and medical care personnel, and reporters during the investigation process
• collaborating nationally with colleagues across the country
• participating in close and cross-professional collaborations

We work together nationally, and you will have colleagues all over the country. At your office, you will be part of a team with colleagues within the specific case category. You will be part of a close and cross-professional collaboration with inspectors, supervising dentists, supervising physicians, and decision-makers. In the long term, the content of your work may change to include other case categories.

Currently, our agency is in an exciting phase of change and development work, so you should thrive and want to work in a changing environment with a high pace.

The positions are permanent appointments with a six-month probationary period, based in Gothenburg. Travel within the scope of work may occur.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• a Swedish nursing license
• at least 3 years of experience working in primary care, somatic specialist care, psychiatric specialist care, and/or municipal health and medical care
• documented experience in independent patient safety, analysis, investigation, quality, and/or development work
• very good knowledge of Swedish, both oral and written
• good knowledge of health and medical care legislation

To succeed in the role, you need to have both good cooperation skills and high integrity. You have good judgment and feel confident in your professional role. You are good at driving your own cases and seeing what you need to do to move forward in your work.

In the recruitment process, we will place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

We consider it meritorious if you also have:

• relevant further or specialist education

What can IVO offer you?

We offer a developmental role in a dynamic knowledge-based organization where you contribute to developing modern and effective supervision. We constantly improve our working methods and strive for a composition of employees that reflects societal diversity.

Read about our terms of employment and benefits here: https://www.ivo.se/om-ivo/arbeta-hos-oss/ (https://www.ivo.se/om-ivo/arbeta-hos-oss/)

Application

You apply by answering our selection questions and attaching your CV. Your application should clearly state how you meet the requirement profile. The questions are based on the requirement profile for this recruitment, and your answers form the basis for the selection process. Your application is considered complete only after you have answered the questions.

Apply by August 10, 2026.

Read more about our recruitment process here: https://www.ivo.se/om-ivo/arbeta-hos-oss/ (https://www.ivo.se/om-ivo/arbeta-hos-oss/)

IVO contributes to safe care and social services.

The mission of the Swedish Inspectorate of Health and Welfare (IVO) is to contribute to care and social services that are safe, have good quality, and are conducted in accordance with laws and other regulations through supervision and licensing procedures.

The agency is characterized by great commitment, as well as broad and deep knowledge and understanding of health and medical care and social services in Sweden. We exist for the recipients of care and social services.

The agency has approximately 850 employees. The supervision work is carried out at six offices around the country, and the agency's headquarters is located in Stockholm.