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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. We are in an expansion phase and need to strengthen our operations with more resources for an important and exciting assignment! We are now seeking inspectors specializing in health and medical care, based in Stockholm.

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 and medical care for individuals and different groups of people.

Your main tasks will include, among other things:

• independently drive, investigate, and assess cases regarding individuals' complaints according to the Patient Safety Act (EK-PSL).
• contact healthcare providers, health and medical care personnel, and reporters during the investigation process.
• collaborate nationally with colleagues across the country.
• participate in close and cross-professional collaborations.

We work together nationally, and you will have colleagues all over the country. At your office, you are part of a team with colleagues within the specific case category. You are 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. Therefore, 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 Stockholm. Travel in the course of duty 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 orally and in writing.
• good knowledge of health and medical care legislation.

To succeed in the role, you need to have both good collaboration 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 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 society's 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 show 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 Swedish Inspectorate of Health and Welfare's (IVO) mandate 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.

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

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.