Area Manager Inpatient 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 deliver highly specialized and comprehensive orthopedic care across all subspecialties and combine clinical operations with research, education, and development. Each year we conduct approximately 69,000 outpatient visits, nearly 4,000 inpatient stays, and around 7,500 operations 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 inpatient care and contribute to strengthening our position as a leading actor in university hospital care, research, and education. Will you through your leadership contribute to Region Skåne's vision, future confidence, and quality of life for all who live and work in Skåne? As a manager in Region Skåne, you are part of the public sector and the power of leadership is found in collaboration with colleague managers and your direct manager. Together with your staff, you create engagement, achieve results, and drive development. Here you can read more about what it's like to work as a manager in Region Skåne: 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 mission through your direct reporting managers, whose leadership you highly value and prioritize to further develop. Together with your management team, you develop the operations. 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 inpatient care, you have overall responsibility for our three care units in Lund and Malmö as well as occupational therapy. The assignment includes responsibility for operations, quality, economics, work environment, competency supply, and strategic development. We are embarking on continued development of our inpatient care with high ambitions within nursing quality, patient safety, sustainable care flows, and a good work environment. As area manager, you have a central role in developing care beds, working methods, and patient processes to meet future needs. You drive the development of new working methods and care models and create conditions for person-centered and cohesive care with high quality. An important part of the assignment is to create sustainable conditions for managers and staff to develop and thrive as well as contribute to long-term sustainable competency supply. You lead through others and are the direct manager for seven unit managers as well as key personnel. You report to the operations manager and are also a member of the operations area's management team and actively contribute to the development of the entire operations area. You work closely with the operations manager, area manager for outpatient care, section managers, and support functions, as well as collaborate with other operations within the hospital and with union representatives. You become part of a management team characterized by engagement, collaboration, and future focus. With us, you get the opportunity to lead a central part of an operation with high ambitions within care, research, and education. Skåne University Hospital works according to the Magnet Model, where person-centered care, professional development, and high quality are at the center. QUALIFICATIONS We are seeking someone with higher education or university education within healthcare or other education that the employer deems equivalent. You have several years of experience as a manager and leader, preferably from complex healthcare operations. Experience managing managers and developing management organizations is particularly meritorious, as is leadership training. We would like to see that you have documented experience in change and development work with documented good results as well as experience developing complex patient flows. Experience managing operations with care beds and driving development of working methods, care processes, and teamwork is particularly meritorious. 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 switch between long-term development work and the operation's daily needs. You are goal- and results-oriented while seeing 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, care, and respect in practical action. This means that leadership should be characterized by trust, 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. You are warmly welcome to submit 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 at the regional, national, and international level. Our 12,000 employees drive development within the university hospital's three mission areas: 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! On https://www.skane.se/ledigajobb you can see which stage Region Skåne's recruitments are at and how many have applied for the positions.