Assistant Chief Physician / Chief Physician in Neonatology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

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 With just over 30,000 births per year in the region and 82 care places, the neonatal care unit at Karolinska University Hospital is northern Europe's largest regional center. We conduct highly specialized intensive care and neonatal care. We are responsible for the county's prematurity care for children born before 28 weeks of pregnancy, all respirator care and cold treatment. We are a national resource in neonatal pediatric surgery, pediatric cardiology, nephrology, hepatology, metabolic diseases, neonatal neurology, and neurosurgery.

The Medical Unit Neonatology consists of three sections located in Danderyd, Solna and Huddinge, all in the Stockholm area. We work closely with the ECMO center, the pediatric intensive care unit (BIVA) and the national health service for invasive fetal therapy. Our emergency neonatal transport service (ANTS) is available 24 hours a day for intensive care cases and transports children both within and outside the country.

In addition to intensive care, we handle basic neonatology in our departments. Our care philosophy is family-centered developmentally supportive care. Karolinska NIDCAP Training Center is also with us. We have newly built modern wards with the opportunity for care of mothers as well as their children. We have a strong and stimulating development in medical care, nursing, and experimental, epidemiological, and clinical research.

We are now looking for an assistant chief physician / chief physician for our neonatal operations.

About the position

You are expected to be able to work at all of our three units, in Huddinge, Solna and Danderyd. In ME neonatology, all doctors have a base unit (Solna, Danderyd or Huddinge) where they are mainly located (2/3 of the year) and a unit where they are located at other times (1/3 of the year).

As a doctor in ME neonatology, you will lead and supervise doctors during specialist training, students, and nursing staff. Research, development, and education are natural parts of the work. Your role includes contributing to all professional groups and working interprofessional, in teams and with a multidisciplinary care of our patients.

Within our family-centered work model, the children's guardians are always involved in the care and treatment.

We are looking for

Are you knowledgeable and competent, committed, and responsive then it is you we are looking for? You are interested in teamwork, have a pronounced patient commitment and a well-developed ability to work with others. You are direct in your role as a doctor and leader, you have a holistic view and the ability to make decisions and show the way forward in a changing organization.A strong interest in research, development and education is a requirement for all doctors in ME neonatology.

Qualifications

Requirements: Specialist certificate in Neonatology and Pediatrics.
- EU/EEA license as Doctor of Medicine
- EU/EEA citizenship (to be eligible for TMS)
- Good English communication skills
-Highly motivated to start learning Swedish before arrival in Sweden.
-Level C1 is required to receive a Swedish license as Doctor of Medicine
- English, minimum level B
Merit: Dissertation, research activity, professional experience as a specialist in neonatology.

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