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If you wish to develop your career as a specialist or consultant physician in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, apply to the Department of Anesthesiology, Operative Medicine and Intensive Care (Anopiva) at Linköping University Hospital!

We strive to remain at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. This means daring to think differently and employing the best staff. Do you want to challenge yourself by helping to shape the future of anesthesia, operative medicine, and intensive care?

What we offer

Anopiva is the largest department in Region Östergötland and at Linköping University Hospital. The department is organized into three sections: the Intensive Care Section, Operative Medicine, and the Sterile Technology Unit. Operative Medicine consists of 24 operating theaters plus anesthesia services outside central surgery. The operative activities are undergoing an ongoing organizational change to enable increased surgical capacity at the university hospital, ensuring robustness, predictability, and planning stability, while simultaneously strengthening care quality, patient safety, and the work environment.

We are a team of approximately 500 employees dedicated to developing healthcare with the goal of providing high-quality anesthesia, operative medicine, and intensive care for the citizens of Östergötland and the South-East Sweden Healthcare Region, with a focus on patient safety and quality. We are part of the national highly specialized care system in collaboration with various hospital departments. Research and teaching are integral parts of our work, as is the development of care processes.

The Intensive Care Section includes the wards for Intensive Care (CIVA), Postoperative Care (Postop), and Intermediate Care (CIMA).

All work at Anopiva is built on the foundations of patient focus, medical quality/patient safety, research/education, and teamwork. Anopiva is characterized by our shared values: respect for patients and each other, and our collective responsibility to foster good collaboration. As a university healthcare unit, education and research for all professions play a central role, and the culture of patient safety is strong within the department.

We encourage you to read about our career ladder for physicians and learn about the benefits we offer.

Job Description

At our department, you will work with anesthesia, postoperative care, intermediate care, and intensive care for both adult and pediatric patients. Anesthesia services include complex upper and lower abdominal surgery, urological and gynecological surgery, orthopedics and spine surgery, hand and plastic surgery, eye, jaw, and ENT surgery, as well as neurosurgery. We have a broad scope of activities including anesthesia outside the operating room, as well as a pediatric surgery unit including a pediatric procedure unit. We are a European accredited center for regional anesthesia.

In intensive care, we treat critically ill patients requiring general and multidisciplinary intensive care, as well as burn intensive care and neuro-intensive care. Our department has both regional assignments and, in certain specialized areas, national assignments. Evening and night on-call duties are included in the position. Education and research are natural parts of our operations.

About You

We are looking for a specialist or consultant physician in anesthesia and intensive care who wishes to continue developing themselves while driving our development in collaboration with the department's staff and our customer departments.

You are secure, stable, and possess good self-awareness and the ability to adapt your working style to circumstances. You have strong organizational, structuring, and collaborative skills. You have good proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written. You communicate well, demonstrate sound judgment towards patients, relatives, and colleagues, and possess high medical competence. You drive medical work forward and can serve as a knowledge resource for others. Experience in research and teaching is an advantage.

Personal qualities are given great weight.

Application and Employment

Planned start date: Autumn 2026 – Winter 2027. Please note that responses may be delayed during the summer holiday period.

Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will be required to complete a health declaration.

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