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Do you want to become part of Region Jämtland Härjedalen – a region to look forward to and grow in?

Here, you contribute to the development and growth of the entire county and work to offer the best possible service, care, and support for everyone living in or visiting the region. We offer a work environment characterized by collaboration, participation, and engagement, where both broad skills and specialized expertise are valued. Here, you have the opportunity to develop in your role, whether you are new to the profession or have extensive experience.

Our Vision and Organization

We strive for development and growth in Jämtland Härjedalen and to offer all residents and visitors high-quality healthcare. Our vision is good health, and we want to be a region you look forward to and grow in. Here, you work with colleagues from many professions, with both specialized and broad competencies. You are also a member of our staff association, which offers a variety of fun activities.

Primary Care in Region Jämtland Härjedalen is organizationally part of the Division Close Care, together with Ambulance Services, Public Dental Care, Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Primary Care is organized into 4 local care areas, and since January 2022, primary care and ambulance services have been integrated under "Good and Close Care." Each local care area is an economic unit led by a business manager. Primary Care is also responsible for the region's healthcare advice, youth clinic, and the local care ward Näva, all of which are grant-funded.

The Health Center and Local Care Ward (Näva)

The Health Center, with approximately 5,000 registered patients, has fresh and functional premises. Here, we offer both emergency and booked clinic visits. Adjacent to the health center is the Local Care Ward (Näva), which we operate together with the municipality. Those who work at the health center are constantly working to offer our patients the best care, with the patient's best interest at the forefront.

Do you want to be part of this development journey, contribute your skills, develop our health center, and become part of our wonderful team? We warmly welcome your application!

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

For this unique position, we are looking for you who are a Specialist in General Practice, where experience from working in home healthcare and special housing is advantageous.

The Local Care Ward, Näva, in Strömsund is located adjacent to Strömsund Health Center. Näva is a rural care ward with patients in both inpatient care and municipal short-term care, giving you a good overview of the entire care chain. Here, nurses and nursing assistants work together around the clock, along with rehab staff, doctors, unit manager, cleaners, and caretakers. Näva has a small work group that works closely together at a significantly slower pace compared to standard inpatient care.

At Näva, we treat patients, the majority of whom are elderly and often have multiple chronic conditions, requiring varying needs for nursing and medical interventions. We treat patients in all specialties except pediatrics. Common diagnoses include, for example, heart failure, cancer, various types of fractures, and infections.

In both forms of care, we treat people in need of palliative care in various stages. Palliative care is Näva's specialty, with collaboration with the Palliative Care Ward in Östersund and Storsjögläntan.

Responsibilities at Näva:

• Rounds Monday-Friday
• Patient admission and discharge
• Care planning

The position comprises approximately 40% work at Näva, where there are great opportunities for developing the operations. For example, further development of Good & Close Care, Digitalization, etc., medical leadership responsibilities, etc. We are open and flexible to test and introduce new ways of working.

The remaining 60% of the position is based at Strömsund Health Center. Here, there is an opportunity to tailor a position with tasks that suit you specifically. This could be, for example, 20% Child Health Center (BVC), 10% Maternity Health Center (MVC), 20-60% work as the responsible doctor for special housing, standard clinic work at the health center with your own patient list (e.g., working 60% at the clinic corresponds to 660 patients). Remote work opportunities are available.

Qualifications

We are looking for you with specialist competence in General Practice with a Swedish license and good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing. You have Swedish language skills equivalent to at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe's scale.

You enjoy working in a team with other professions, close to the patient, and would like to contribute to the development of the operations.

As a person, we see that you are positive, humble, have good initiative, and prefer to work in a solution-oriented manner. Furthermore, we would like you to have a structured, flexible working method and be open to changes within the area of operations. Furthermore, you appreciate and understand the value of collaboration, but also take responsibility and work independently when required.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability. For the position, a Category B driver's license is required.

Employment and Application

Employment type: Permanent employment.

Primary Care is a healthcare unit within the Region's Health and Medical Care Administration, where university education for the medical degree and research are conducted. This means that all applicants undergo a specialist review by the R&D manager before any potential employment. In light of this, the application must contain the following documents:

• A structured CV
• Certificate of medical degree from the university or universities where the doctor completed their basic education. This applies to doctors trained in other EU countries and non-EU countries as well.
• Licensure certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen).
• Specialist competence certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare.
• Documented supervisor training
• If applicable, current certificate of academic degree, e.g., Doctor of Medicine or Docent, as well as the date of defense and title of the dissertation.
• If applicable, a complete updated publication list.
• Certificate/documentation of teaching experience and possibly other pedagogical merits.
• Possibly additional documented merits regarding, for example, clinical knowledge/experience, clinical development work, leadership experience, and anything else the applicant wishes to highlight as advantageous for the sought position.

Verification of medical license and specialist certificate will be conducted via IVO and HOSP.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process in Region Jämtland Härjedalen and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or in paper format.

We have made our choice of recruitment agency and therefore kindly but firmly decline contact from advertising salespeople or other sellers of recruitment services.