Vacant job

Come and become part of our team where every day is a new opportunity to grow and make a difference. We offer an inspiring workplace with engaged colleagues and continuous opportunities for personal and professional development.

The duties vary between different workstations within clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine, such as general chemistry, hematology, coagulation, immunochemistry, and blood group serology, pre-analysis, sampling, and dispensing operations. During spring and summer, we also analyze pollen, which we are the only ones doing in our region.

Our operations are a vital part of the healthcare chain, and we operate around the clock. Working hours for the current positions vary between day, evening, night, and weekends.

About you

We are looking for you who are a licensed biomedical scientist or have a similar natural science education. To thrive and succeed in the role of a biomedical scientist, we see that you are a person with high personal maturity and good self-awareness. You work independently, take responsibility for your tasks, and have the ability to adapt to changed conditions and the needs of the operations.

You have good collaboration skills and actively contribute to a positive work climate by building and maintaining good relationships with colleagues, patients, and other partners. You treat people with empathy, respect, and professionalism, and have a service-oriented approach in your daily work. You see the big picture, understand how your work affects the operations, and contribute to ensuring high quality in the laboratory's processes.

As a person, you are structured and meticulous with a strong quality awareness. You work systematically and follow routines while having the ability to identify areas for improvement. The role requires good specialist knowledge in laboratory medicine as well as a well-developed analytical ability to interpret, assess, and quality-assure results in a correct and patient-safe manner.

Your future workplace

At Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine in Västervik, you are offered varied and inspiring work with engaged colleagues. There are opportunities to deepen your knowledge and take on increased responsibility. Our workplace in Västervik is more than just a place to work – it is a community where we value job satisfaction and collaboration. We look forward to welcoming new colleagues to our warm and supportive team. With us, you get not just a job, but a place where you can grow and make a difference every day.

We have ongoing recruitment, so welcome to submit your expression of interest today.

At the Diagnostic Centre, more than six million analyses, examinations, and treatments are performed annually. Our county-wide operations are located at the hospitals in Kalmar, Oskarshamn, and Västervik.

Here, 260 employees work within the units of clinical pathology, clinical microbiology, clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine, clinical physiology and nuclear medicine, infection control and healthcare hygiene, as well as the biobank and tissue centre. We are a scientific competence centre and active in several research areas. Here at the Diagnostic Centre, we perform meaningful, high-quality work and offer good service.

Kalmar County Council is responsible for healthcare, dental care, folk high schools, culture, public transport, and regional development. We are over 7,000 employees who all work together for a healthier, safer, and richer life for the county's inhabitants. With us, you get many benefits and one of Sweden's best collective agreements. We meet people in all stages of life and have meaningful and developing work – every day.

Kalmar County Council offers all employees a 100% position. If you work part-time but wish to work full-time, an extension of the position may be offered at another workplace.

We want you to attach your CV, cover letter, and education certificates relevant to the position to your application. To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Kalmar County Council, we want you to apply for the position in our recruitment system and not via email or in paper format.

We are happy to receive calls from you who are interested in the job, but we decline calls from those who sell advertisements and recruitment services.