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Are you interested in working with systematic patient safety work and quality development? Do you have experience in administrative work within healthcare? Then this might be the job for you!

The Patient Safety Unit consists of nine employees. We work with case handling, development work, risk and incident analyses, education, and strategic issues to strengthen patient safety at Skåne University Hospital (Sus).

The cross-administrative department of Strategic Healthcare Development and Safety is responsible for supporting Sus hospital management and operations in matters concerning the quality and safety of care. The department is divided into three units with several different areas of work. In addition to patient safety and healthcare development, we also work with general safety, crisis preparedness, and pharmaceutical issues. The work aims to contribute to good and safe care for patients and a secure workplace with safe routines for employees.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

You now have the opportunity to become part of our team as a Patient Safety Developer and contribute to safe and secure care.

As a Patient Safety Developer, you are part of the statutory investigation and reporting process in healthcare. We are obligated to investigate and report incidents that have resulted in serious patient injury or where there was a risk of such injury.

The main responsibilities include handling investigations regarding patient deviations, healthcare injuries, and complaints. The handling involves managing, coordinating, communicating, and monitoring that requested documents are received in investigation cases. The Chief Physician makes decisions on investigations and is responsible for the administration's reporting obligation according to Lex Maria. In the handling process, you work both independently and in close collaboration with colleagues and the Chief Physician. The case handler role also involves close contact with the hospital's operational areas and our supervisory authority, the Swedish Inspectorate of Care and Support (IVO).

In your role, you plan and participate together with the Chief Physician in patient safety dialogues with the operations and lead, together with other colleagues, a network for patient safety coordinators and corresponding responsible persons within the operations' patient safety work.

The unit plans and conducts training for operational managers and other key persons in various parts of systematic patient safety work, as well as performing risk and incident analyses. Risk analyses are usually conducted during changes to assess potential patient safety risks that may lead to deficiencies in the quality of operations. Incident analyses may take place during the investigation of serious deviations, patient cases, and complaints. Depending on experience and background knowledge, you may also participate in this work.

The location is Malmö, but since you work across the entire hospital, there will also be considerable travel to Lund.

The position is a fixed-term appointment (acting role) for approximately 12 months, with a possible extension.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who have a university education related to healthcare and currently work as, for example, a nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, medical secretary, or similar profession within healthcare. For licensed healthcare professions, language skills corresponding to at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages are required. You preferably have a few years of experience from inpatient care. Furthermore, we desire that you have administrative experience and an interest in case handling and deviation/case management. It is meritorious if you have previous experience or knowledge of patient safety work and the current laws and regulations of healthcare regarding patient safety, healthcare injuries, and complaints.

Since most of the work is digital, you need to have very good computer skills. In the role of case handler, you need to be good at communicating.

You have an easy time building relationships, both internally within the organization's different operations and externally. Since you will also meet patients and relatives via phone, letter, or personal meetings in your role, it is very important that you have a very good attitude and empathetic ability.

As a Patient Safety Developer, you handle many parallel cases and tasks simultaneously. Therefore, you need to be able to structure, prioritize, and plan your work well. Considering constant change work, you also need to be flexible and innovative. Furthermore, you are a person who can handle confidentiality and act with high integrity, and you have an easy time working both in a team and independently. Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

We may apply rolling selection in this process. We warmly welcome your application today!

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Employment type: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: Acting role for approximately 12–13 months, depending on start date. Desired start date is October 1, 2026, and the acting role is expected to last until November 1, 2027.
Start date is by agreement.

Region Skåne is responsible for healthcare, public transport, and sustainable development throughout Skåne. Our highest decision-making body is the Regional Council, which is directly elected by the inhabitants of Skåne. Region Skåne is a values-driven organization that works with the values welcoming, driving, caring, and respect in everything we do.

Skåne University Hospital (Sus) is located in Lund and Malmö and is the country's third-largest hospital. Sus is a knowledge hub for healthcare at all stages of life at a regional, national, and international level. Our 12,000 employees drive development within the university hospital's three mission areas: care, research, and education. Here, you get to work in a values-driven organization that develops healthcare together with patients and their relatives. Welcome!

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