Public Health and Healthcare
Do you want to make a real difference for patient safety throughout Region Jönköping? Here you'll combine your commitment to safe and secure healthcare with an exciting leadership role. As Chief Physician and Section Manager, you'll lead a highly skilled team and have significant opportunities to influence, develop, and drive patient safety initiatives forward. We're looking for someone who can contribute expertise, innovative thinking, and clear leadership to an organization with high ambitions.
The Chief Physician and Section Manager Role
In this role, you'll serve as manager of Region Jönköping's patient safety unit, the Chief Physician and Patient Safety section, with responsibility for coordinating, developing, and supporting patient safety work across all Region Jönköping operations. As a manager, you'll lead a section characterized by high expertise, strong commitment, and a positive work environment. The section has 13 employees working as chief physicians, chief nurses, patient safety strategists, and patient safety coordinators.
Chief Physician and Patient Safety is a section within the Public Health and Healthcare department. Your direct supervisor is the Director of Health and Medical Services, and you'll be part of the management group for Public Health and Healthcare within the regional management office.
This is a permanent full-time position with a start date to be agreed upon.
Your Future Workplace
At Public Health and Healthcare, we work closely with regional leadership with the main mission of providing direction and support to the county's healthcare system. We also work to ensure good public health. The department consists of a staff unit and seven sections responsible for, among other areas:
- Primary care and rehabilitation
- e-health
- Infection control and hygiene
- Dental care assessment
- Public health
- Chief Physician and Patient Safety
- Futurum
Your Profile
We're looking for a licensed physician with a strong interest in patient safety work who wants to lead patient safety initiatives in Region Jönköping.
You are an experienced physician. Previous experience as a chief physician is a merit, as is experience as a manager with responsibility for personnel, operations, and budgets.
As Chief Physician and Section Manager, excellent collaboration skills are essential. You must express yourself clearly and well both verbally and in writing in Swedish. You have strong communication abilities and ensure that messages reach their audience and expectations are clear. You demonstrate great commitment and a comprehensive perspective for Region Jönköping with the ability to see the long-term significance of matters. You are stable and inspire confidence and trust. You also need to be receptive, solution-oriented, and flexible. Personal suitability is given considerable weight.
A valid driver's license is required due to work-related travel.
What We Offer You
We offer you exciting and developmental work where you'll engage with patient safety issues across Region Jönköping. You'll lead and support patient safety development in close collaboration with healthcare operations.
As an employee with Region Jönköping, you'll have access to our employment benefits. Some increase your basic security, while others add a touch of gold to your everyday life. Learn more about our benefits here: Benefits, Region Jönköping (http://www.rjl.se/jobb-och-karriar/Jobba-hos-oss/Formaner/)
Questions About the Position?
For more information about the position, you're welcome to contact Director of Health and Medical Services Mats Bojestig at 010-242 41 92 and Section Manager Chief Physician and Patient Safety Elin Fröding Saric, [email protected].
We welcome calls from interested candidates but decline contact from those selling ads and recruitment services.
Our Recruitment Process
The application deadline is September 20, 2026. Screening and interviews may take place on a rolling basis. We welcome your application.
Learn more about Region Jönköping's recruitment process on our website: https://www.rjl.se/jobb-och-karriar/Lediga-jobb/Var-rekryteringsprocess/