The Oncology Clinic is part of the Center for Surgery, Orthopedics and Cancer Care, CKOC. Here we provide highly specialized care with a focus on treatment and follow-up of patients with various cancer diseases. Treatment is provided in the form of chemotherapy and immunotherapy at the clinic's outpatient unit, where the patient is at the center and care is characterized by high quality and continuity. The operations serve patients from both Östergötland and the southeastern healthcare region. Our Offer Forward for life. Region Östergötland has high ambitions and a responsible mission. It is about health and care, about our region's development and about those who live and stay here. We want to continue to be at the forefront, with care, research and education. This means daring to think new – and having the best employees. Therefore, we offer unique opportunities for further learning and invest in modern environments with efficient systems and tools. Many of us meet patients and loved ones, others create the conditions for vital efforts. With us, fantastic people work toward the same goal – to make a real difference, and forward for life. At the clinic, we strive for a warm and open work environment. The clinic is a university healthcare unit, which means that core activities include health and medical care as well as clinical research and education. Improvement and development work is part of our daily routine. Welcome to a workplace where you make a difference every day! Please read about your benefits with us; you will also find information about provisions regarding salary and compensation. Job Description With us, you will meet patients and loved ones in life-changing situations, where as a curator you have an important role in identifying, assessing and meeting the patient's psychosocial needs. You work in close collaboration with the clinic's multidisciplinary team and contribute to person-centered and holistic care. You work in both inpatient and outpatient care. Your work tasks include, among other things: Supportive and processing conversations Crisis conversations Support to loved ones Collaboration with care staff, authorities and other healthcare providers Advice and guidance on society-related issues Participation in development and quality and improvement work We actively work with digital solutions to develop and facilitate patient interactions and would be pleased if you have an interest in contributing to the continued development of digital working methods. We offer varied, meaningful and developmental work where you have the opportunity to combine patient-focused interventions with participation in operations development. We value competence development and offer individually adapted introductions based on your previous experience and needs. Work Group You will be part of the paramedical unit, which consists of four healthcare curators, three physiotherapists, two dietitians and one occupational therapist. In the role, you also work closely with other curators within the operations in the O-building as well as within CKOC through regular professional meetings and collegial exchange of experience. You are also an important part of multidisciplinary teams together with physicians, nurses and nursing assistants, where you collectively work to provide patients with safe, cohesive and quality care. You will serve the clinic's Treatment Clinic, Radiation Therapy, General Clinic, and Care Ward. The clinic also includes the Clinical Trial Unit (KPE), Follow-up Clinic for Adults who have had Childhood Cancer (UFM), Team Young for patients aged 18-30 undergoing cancer treatment, and the care administrative unit. About You We are looking for someone who is educated as a social worker, preferably licensed healthcare curator, with a few years of experience in the profession. You need to be able to work independently and be able to plan, organize and prioritize in your daily work. The work is varied and includes both planned and urgent interventions, which requires confidence in your professional role and the ability to be flexible in collaboration with different professional groups and in meeting patients and relatives. Since the work also takes place in multidisciplinary teams, the work also requires good ability to collaborate and communicate. We place great importance on personal suitability and look forward to getting to know you at the interview. Application and Employment We conduct ongoing selection, so submit your application today! Before employment in patient-focused work at Region Östergötland, you will be asked to complete a health declaration. Warmly welcome to submit your application! If you need help registering in the system, contact Customer Service Support and Service, 010-103 60 00, during office hours. To staffing, placement and recruitment companies and to you who are sales persons: We politely but firmly ask for no direct contact with staffing, placement and recruitment companies and other external actors and sellers of additional job ads. Region Östergötland has contracted agreements.
- City
- Linköping
- Address
- Universitetssjukhuset, Ingång 34, Plan 11
- GPS
- 58.4200361, 15.6226866
- Published
- 24. 8. 2026
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