Care Quality, Division of Medical Services
Do you want to lead and drive the development of safe healthcare in Region Sörmland? We are now seeking an engaged and driven unit manager for a new county-wide unit within the Quality & Operations Support function. If you are passionate about co-creating with patients, have clear inclusive leadership, and are driven by continuous learning, this could be the right role for you!
About Us
Healthcare is Region Sörmland's largest operational area with approximately 6,500 employees. We are undergoing comprehensive transformation with the goal of optimizing resource use, improving care flows, and creating a safer patient experience. The region's hospitals have been modernized, new technology has been implemented, and collaborations are being developed both within and outside the region to ensure high-quality care. Healthcare in Region Sörmland is organized into five divisions - surgery, medicine, medical services, primary care, and psychiatry and disability services.
The divisions operate throughout the county and primarily at the county's three acute hospitals; Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna (MSE), Nyköpings lasarett (NLN), and Kullbergska sjukhuset in Katrineholm (KSK), as well as at Region Sörmland's health centers. Each division is led by a division manager who reports directly to the healthcare director.
The Care Quality unit is part of Quality & Operations Support and belongs to the Division of Medical Services. Although the unit is new, parts of its operations have existed previously in other forms.
The Division of Medical Services encompasses ten different operations that all share the goal of supporting and contributing to the patient's journey through healthcare. Operations included are: 1177, Ambulance Services & Healthcare Emergency Center, Assistive Devices Center, Clinical Physiology, Clinical Chemistry (lab), Quality & Operations Support, Medical Physics & Technology, Radiology, and Rehabilitation Clinic. Our motto and shared direction is:
With diverse expertise, we shape the future of healthcare.
The Quality & Operations Support function comprises the units Care Quality, Clinical Competence & Education Center, and the Resource Unit. The shared mission of Quality & Operations Support is to support operations in their work with safe healthcare and contribute to improving care quality for people who need healthcare in Region Sörmland.
The Care Quality unit includes Patient Safety Coordinators, Synergy Managers, and Discharge Coordinators. The unit's shared mission is to support healthcare operations in their work with safe care. The competencies gathered within the unit have a unique opportunity to identify, understand, and act for safer care for our patients.
Your Responsibilities
As unit manager, you lead an organization with approximately 10 employees and are responsible for unit development, improvement initiatives, budget, personnel, and work environment. Since the unit has a healthcare-wide mandate to support operations, it involves many collaborative contacts. You lead the unit's work and closely collaborate with other managers and operations to ensure high-quality and efficient care. Since the unit is new in its composition, clear inclusive leadership is needed to create the best conditions. A central part of your work will be to continue developing collaboration with the various healthcare operations and contribute to developing new working methods that benefit our patients.
As unit manager, you spend half your time as a manager and leader in the unit. The other half of your time you work either as a patient safety coordinator or clinically in another operation.
You report directly to the manager of Quality & Operations Support and are part of the operation's management team together with the operation's other unit managers.
Your Qualifications
We are seeking an engaged and present leader. Your leadership should contribute to a positive work climate, good health, and a good work environment where influence, participation, and development are prerequisites for all employees. We are looking for someone who has:
- Healthcare licensure/credentials
- Documented management experience in healthcare
- Experience with operations development, change management, and strategic governance
- Good ability to plan, organize, and simultaneously be flexible and adapt to new conditions
- Ability to drive change initiatives that benefit healthcare operations and patients
- Leadership and management education is a merit
As a leader, you have the ability to manage strategic, tactical, and operational issues. You create engagement and participation through a communicative and collaboration-oriented leadership style. You have good ability to collaborate and work with complex issues and naturally see the whole picture. We place great importance on personal qualities.
Want to know more? Please feel free to contact us and we will tell you more about the role and what we can offer you.
Employment Type
Permanent employment with start date by agreement.
For More Information
Division Manager Katarina Meijers, 076-529 20 17, [email protected]
Trade union representatives can be reached via contact center, 0155-24 50 00.
We welcome your application, including CV, no later than August 23, 2026.
Interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis.
The position is filled on the condition that it does not need to be reserved for already employed personnel or that the conditions for recruitment change.
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Do you want to lead and drive the development of safe healthcare in Region Sörmland? We are now seeking an engaged and driven unit manager for a new county-wide unit within the Quality & Operations Support function. If you are passionate about co-creating with patients, have clear inclusive leadership, and are driven by continuous learning, this could be the right role for you!
About Us
Healthcare is Region Sörmland's largest operational area with approximately 6,500 employees. We are undergoing comprehensive transformation with the goal of…