About this role
Region Västerbotten works to strengthen good health and sustainable development. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and ensuring that research and innovation yield results.
The Psychiatric Clinic at Norrland University Hospital in Umeå is the largest psychiatric clinic in Norrland with over 400 employees. We have three general psychiatric care units, forensic psychiatric services, and several specialized outpatient and treatment units.
The Anxiety and ASTA Clinic is an outpatient clinic with a profile assignment focused on method development, diagnostics, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with anxiety disorders and trauma-related consequences of sexual abuse and exposure to violence. The clinic serves individuals between 18-60 years old who require specialized psychiatric care.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
As a medical secretary with us, you provide crucial service and enable interventions that impact many.
Your work includes tasks such as transcribing dictations, journal copying, scanning, scheduling appointment books, managing waiting lists, booking/calling patients for the clinic's physicians, and handling cancellations. The role also involves providing excellent service to colleagues and patients directly, via 1177, or by phone. Depending on your competency profile and interests, other assignments may be allocated to support the continued development of the clinic's operations.
We offer a fun, independent, and varied work environment. Medical secretaries are part of the clinic's core staffing alongside other professionals - a mix of experienced and newer colleagues with various roles in patient care flow. All employees are actively encouraged to contribute to developing the operations with new thoughts and ideas.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are seeking candidates who:
• Are trained medical secretaries or healthcare administrators
• Are service-oriented and helpful even in challenging situations
• Can work independently and drive their work forward
• Understand the importance of communicating and collaborating with different professionals and patients seeking contact with the clinic
• Can work at varying paces
• Enjoy learning new things
We particularly appreciate professional experience, preferably in healthcare administration and familiarity with the Cosmic system. However, personal suitability is most important.
If this role sounds interesting and you recognize yourself in the description above, we look forward to receiving your application.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Learn more about our benefits at:
https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss/formaner
We strive for gender balance and view diversity as a strength, therefore welcoming applicants from various backgrounds.
We have carefully considered recruitment channels and marketing. We kindly request no contact from media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.
If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the recruiting manager and submit your application documents via postal mail.
A criminal record check will be requested prior to employment.