The oncology business area provides specialized care and treatment for patients with diagnosed cancer in Region Gävleborg. We have outpatient clinics, a clinical trial unit, day care, radiation therapy, PICC-line clinic, inpatient ward, and a palliative care unit. In total, we have approximately 150 employees.
The palliative unit is led through shared and closely collaborative leadership, where two care unit managers jointly oversee the entire operation. We have an experienced care unit manager responsible for Gästrikland, and in this recruitment we are looking for you to take responsibility for Hälsingland. Together, you will create stability, direction, and favorable conditions for an operation where presence, collaboration, and warm professional care are essential.
The unit in Hälsingland consists of three teams in Hudiksvall, Bollnäs, and Söderhamn and offers specialized palliative care to patients with cancer, ALS, and other life-threatening conditions. The teams work interdisciplinarily with doctors, nurses, social workers, and representatives from the hospital church, and maintain close collaboration with municipal home care services. In total, the unit comprises approximately 11 employees in Hälsingland plus medical secretaries who are organizationally based in Gävle.
Do you want to be part of developing the future of palliative care together with dedicated colleagues in a leadership style built on dialogue, participation, and shared responsibility? If so, this role might be for you.
1 position(s).
DUTIES
As a care unit manager, you are responsible for the teams in Hudiksvall, Bollnäs, and Söderhamn and work in shared leadership together with the care unit manager for Gästrikland. Together, you oversee the entire palliative unit while maintaining clearly defined geographic areas of responsibility. The role requires presence in the operation and involves regular travel between locations. The majority of your working time will be based in Hudiksvall.
The assignment involves responsibility for personnel, operations, finances, work environment, production, and patient safety. You lead a dedicated and competent team in a care environment that is both complex and emotionally demanding.
You are part of the business area's management group and collaborate closely with both your fellow chief and other care unit managers. Cooperation with municipalities, primary care, and other internal and external stakeholders is an important part of the assignment.
As a care unit manager with us, you will, among other things
• be responsible for operations, personnel, work environment, and finances within your teams
• ensure high quality and patient safety in specialized palliative care
• drive development and improvement efforts together with employees
• create conditions for sustainable working relationships and good collaboration both internally and externally.
With us you will get
• work in shared leadership together with an experienced fellow manager with good conditions for support, dialogue, and shared responsibility
• lead dedicated and experienced employees who make a difference for patients and loved ones every day
• the opportunity to contribute to developing common working methods and collaborative forms
• varied and meaningful work where you can use all your competence as a manager and leader.
Read more about our benefits on Region Gävleborg's website: https://www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utbildning/region-gavleborg-som-arbetsgivare/Formaner/
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for you as a confident, experienced, and present leader who thrives in shared leadership and sees the value of collaboration. You have a good ability to create trust, structure, and stability in an operation where the work environment can sometimes be emotionally demanding.
You are clear in your communication, make well-founded decisions even in complex situations, and create engagement and participation in the group. You have the ability to handle change, build sustainable relationships, and contribute to a work environment where employees thrive and feel secure.
The role requires
• completed higher education in healthcare, preferably nursing
• documented management experience
• class B driver's license.
It is meritorious if you have experience in palliative care and/or oncology, as well as experience with change management.
We warmly welcome your application!
Employment form: Permanent employment.
Duration: Start date according to agreement.
Additional union contact information
Katarina Forsell, Ledarna, [email protected]
Region Gävleborg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. When setting salaries, factors such as assignment, responsibility, competence, experience, and results are taken into account.
With 7,500 employees, we are the region's largest employer. That gives us the strength to drive development forward for a vibrant Gävleborg. Our mission is exciting and complex. Regardless of what role you have with us, you help the residents of the region and make a difference in society. We are at the forefront of societal development and are committed to ensuring that you as an employee can grow and develop. With us, you get to use all your energy to create the Gävleborg of the future together with your colleagues.
The Health and Medical Care Administration's approximately 6,500 employees work together to provide the region's residents with the best conditions for an active life with increased quality of life. By providing good and accessible care throughout the region, we lay the foundation for a strong and healthy Gävleborg.
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The palliative unit is led through shared and closely collaborative leadership, where two care unit managers jointly oversee the entire operation. We have an experienced care unit manager responsible for Gästrikland, and in this recruitment we are looking for you to take responsibility…