Area Manager Outpatient Care, Orthopedic Operations

REGION SKÅNE · Full-time

Region Skåne, Malmö, Sweden

Make a difference. Every day. Do you want to lead one of Sweden's largest orthopedic operations into the future? Are you a strategic and engaging leader driven by developing operations, managers, and staff to create the best possible care for patients? The Orthopedic Operations area at Skåne University Hospital is one of the country's largest orthopedic operations with approximately 500 employees and a strong national and international reputation. We provide highly specialized and comprehensive orthopedic care within all subspecialties and combine clinical operations with research, education, and development. Each year we conduct approximately 69,000 outpatient visits, nearly 4,000 inpatient admissions, and around 7,500 surgeries at our facilities in Lund, Malmö, and Trelleborg. We are now seeking an Area Manager who wants to take a key role in developing the future of orthopedic outpatient care and help strengthen our position as a leading player in university healthcare, research, and education. Would you like to contribute through your leadership to Region Skåne's vision, confidence in the future, and quality of life for everyone living and working in Skåne? As a manager in Region Skåne, you are part of the public sector and the strength of leadership is found in collaboration with fellow managers and your direct supervisor. Together with your staff, you create engagement, achieve results, and drive development. You can read more about what it's like to work as a manager in Region Skåne here: https://www.skane.se/jobb-och-utbildning/jobba-hos-oss/utvecklas-med-region-skane/arbeta-som-chef-i-region-skane/ 1 position(s). RESPONSIBILITIES As a manager leading other managers, you are responsible for your entire operation's results. You create success in your assignment through your direct reporting managers, whose leadership you highly value and prioritize for further development. Together with your management group, you develop the operation. You translate strategy into action, coordinate flows, promote collaboration internally and externally, and lead development and change initiatives long-term with a focus on creating value for those we serve. As Area Manager for outpatient care, you have overall responsibility for clinics, physiotherapy, and secretariat and administration in Lund and Malmö. The assignment includes responsibility for operations, quality, accessibility, finances, work environment, workforce planning, and strategic development. We are facing continued development of our outpatient care with high ambitions for accessibility, production management, patient experience, and a sustainable work environment. As Area Manager, you lead the development of data-driven operations management and work to strengthen production management and optimize patient flows and resource utilization through modern tools and methods for capacity and production planning. An important part of the assignment is creating sustainable conditions for managers and staff to develop and thrive, as well as contributing to long-term sustainable workforce planning. You lead through others and are the direct manager for six unit managers as well as key personnel. You report to the Operations Manager and are also a member of the Operations area's management group, contributing actively to the development of the entire operations area. You work closely with the Operations Manager, Area Manager for inpatient care, section managers, and support functions, and collaborate with other operations within the hospital and with union representatives. You become part of a management group characterized by engagement, collaboration, and future focus. With us, you have the opportunity to lead a central part of an operation with high ambitions for care, research, and education. Skåne University Hospital works according to the Magnet Model, where person-centered care, professional development, and high quality are central. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with a college or university degree in healthcare or other education that the employer deems equivalent. You have several years of experience as a manager and leader, preferably from complex operations within healthcare. Experience leading managers and developing management organizations is particularly valuable, as is management training. We would like to see documented experience with change and development work with documented good results, as well as experience with operations involving large patient or production flows. You have strong analytical skills and an interest in operations management where data is used to support decisions regarding capacity, accessibility, and resource utilization. Experience developing operations through active work with work environment, workforce planning, and sustainable leadership is also valuable. You are a confident and courageous leader who builds trust through clarity, presence, and genuine engagement for both operations and people. You have strong strategic ability and can shift between long-term development work and the operation's daily needs. You are goal and results-oriented while recognizing the importance of participation and collaboration to achieve sustainable results. As a leader, you coach and develop your managers and create conditions for them to succeed in their assignments. You build good relationships, promote collaboration, and have the ability to unite people around common goals. Managers in Region Skåne are expected to lead by example by themselves implementing Region Skåne's values: welcoming, driving, consideration, and respect in practical action. This means that leadership should be characterized by trust, a holistic perspective, and continuous development. You are reliable, act with integrity and humility, promote dialogue and inclusion, and create conditions for engagement. In this recruitment, we may apply continuous selection. We warmly welcome your application today; we look forward to getting to know you! Employment form: Permanent employment. 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 on a regional, national, and international level. Our 12,000 employees drive development within the university hospital's three areas of responsibility: care, research, and education. With us, you get to work in a values-driven organization that develops healthcare together with patients and their loved ones. Welcome! At https://www.skane.se/ledigajobb you can see which stage Region Skåne's recruitments are at and how many have applied for the positions.