{"data":{"id":160541,"slug":"bitradande-avdelningschef-till-smadjursavdelningen","type":"job","title":"Assistant Department Head for Small Animal Department","description":"Department of Clinical Sciences\nThe Small Animal Department is seeking an assistant head for clinical operations, UDS. Are you a veterinarian or veterinary technician with experience leading and developing clinical operations? We welcome your application!\n\nAbout the Job\nWe are looking for someone who wants to work closely with the department head of the small animal department. As assistant department head, you will share the responsibilities of the department head, such as 24\/7 operational responsibility, business planning, personnel responsibility for unit heads, budget work, and budget monitoring. Operations and leadership are characterized by adapting operations to the clinic's capacity to balance the work environment for employees. We are committed to operations where everyone feels they can contribute based on their conditions and receive support for development aligned with operational needs. Work is conducted in collaboration with unit heads and in close cooperation with academic staff within the department. We expect you to participate in clinical work and also work at inconvenient times with shared responsibility for operations, staffing planning, and clinical activities with the other management group.\n\nTogether with other managers and staff within the small animal department, you contribute to creating a good work environment and a good social, study, and educational environment for staff and students, where continuous development and improvement is a given. Since animal hospital operations are conducted in a university setting, which includes research and basic training of veterinary and veterinary technician students, it is important that you can view operations from multiple perspectives. Specialist training at both Swedish and European levels is also conducted at UDS. Animal healthcare must be conducted economically sustainably and is a basic prerequisite for clinical teaching and research.\n\nAt UDS you will encounter a dynamic environment with clinical challenges at the forefront of veterinary medicine. Currently, development work is underway to integrate the animal hospital with the department's basic education and research mission. We are reviewing the animal hospital's organization and workflows to be able to accept more students, maintain balanced economics, and ensure high-quality care for our patients. You will work to create the future of animal healthcare and educate the veterinarians and veterinary technicians of tomorrow.\n\nYour Background\nWe are looking for someone who is a licensed veterinarian or licensed veterinary technician with experience in animal healthcare. You have documented leadership experience and previous experience leading and developing clinical operations.\n\nSince UDS is a university animal hospital and clinical animal healthcare is a basic prerequisite for clinical training of veterinary and veterinary technician students, specialist training, and research, experience in education and research is meritorious. Experience in change management is also meritorious.\n\nTo succeed and thrive in the role of assistant department head, we are looking for someone who practices trust-based leadership with the ability to create security, engagement, and confidence among employees. As a person, you are secure in yourself, stable, and have self-awareness.\n\nYou are a solution-oriented leader who sees development opportunities instead of obstacles and has the ability to remain motivated and effective amid changing circumstances. You want to understand others' needs and perspectives and share your knowledge because you see that it creates the best conditions for operations. Your ability and willingness to develop and maintain cooperation with relevant parties is an important factor. It is also important that you can view operations from a commercial perspective and are customer-oriented.\n\nWe will place great emphasis on your personal qualities.\n\nAbout Us\nAt SLU University Animal Hospital (UDS), education, research, and advanced animal healthcare go hand in hand. We educate tomorrow's veterinarians and veterinary technicians and provide first-class care to companion animals, competition animals, and production animals. We also disseminate knowledge to the public. By combining established knowledge with the latest research results, we develop the future of animal healthcare.\n\nUnder one roof, we offer healthcare for horses, dogs, cats, and other small animals. In addition to modern operationally adapted facilities, we have access to advanced diagnostic imaging and a veterinary medical specialist laboratory. UDS operations also include an ambulatory clinic that travels to stables and farms to examine and treat horses and farm animals.\n\nThe Small Animal Department handles many interesting and exciting cases and provides evidence-based care. We conduct individual competence development, both internally and externally. We have generally high competence among our staff with various European specialists. For us, collaboration is a given and we exchange ideas, support, and help each other\u2014both colleagues and students. We are proud to see ourselves as a group of professional and serious staff who view teamwork, professionalism, laughter, and joy as a success recipe in the workplace.\n\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work at SLU at https:\/\/www.slu.se\/om-slu\/jobba-pa-slu\/\n\nLocation:\nUppsala\n\nEmployment Type:\nPermanent position. We apply a 6-month probationary period.\n\nScope:\n100%\n\nStart Date:\nBy agreement.\n\nApplication:\nWelcome to submit your application via the application button below by September 17, 2026.\n\nThe application should include CV, cover letter, degree certificate, and relevant certificates for the position.\n\nTrade Union Contact Persons:\nhttps:\/\/internt.slu.se\/min-anstallning\/facket\/kontaktpersoner\/\n\n\nSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has a key role in the development of sustainable living, founded on science and education. Through our focus on the interactions between humans, animals, and ecosystems and responsible use of natural resources, we contribute to sustainable societal development and good living conditions on our planet. Main campuses are located in Alnarp, Ume\u00e5, and Uppsala, but operations are also conducted at research stations, experimental farms, and educational locations throughout the country. SLU has over 4,000 employees, 6,000 students and doctoral students, and a turnover of over 4.5 billion kronor. The university invests in attractive environments on its campus areas. We work for an equal and inclusive work environment where open dialogue between people with different experiences forms the foundation for scientific rigor, creativity, and development. We therefore welcome people with different backgrounds and perspectives to apply for the current position.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Bitr\u00e4dande avdelningschef till sm\u00e5djursavdelningen","description_original":"Institutionen f\u00f6r kliniska vetenskaper\nSm\u00e5djursavdelningen s\u00f6ker bitr\u00e4dande chef f\u00f6r den kliniska verksamheten, UDS.\u00a0 \u00c4r du veterin\u00e4r eller djursjuksk\u00f6tare med erfarenhet av att leda och utveckla en klinisk verksamhet? V\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan!\nOm jobbet\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som vill jobba n\u00e4ra avdelningschefen p\u00e5 sm\u00e5djursavdelningen. Som bitr\u00e4dande avdelningschef kommer du att dela de ansvar som avdelningschefen har, t ex driftansvar 24\/7, verksamhetsplanering, personalansvar f\u00f6r enhetschefer, budgetarbete och budgetuppf\u00f6ljning. Verksamheten och ledarskapet k\u00e4nnetecknas av att anpassa driften till klinikens kapacitet f\u00f6r att balansera arbetsmilj\u00f6n f\u00f6r medarbetarna. Vi \u00e4r m\u00e5na om en verksamhet d\u00e4r alla k\u00e4nner att de kan bidra utifr\u00e5n sina f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar och f\u00e5r utveckling till st\u00f6d f\u00f6r verksamhetens behov.\u00a0 Arbetet sker i samarbete med enhetschefer och i n\u00e4ra samverkan med den akademiska personalen inom institutionen.\u00a0Vi f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntar oss att du kan delta i det kliniska arbetet och ocks\u00e5 arbeta p\u00e5 obekv\u00e4m tid med delat ansvar f\u00f6r drift, bemanningsplanering och klinisk verksamhet med \u00f6vriga chefsgruppen.\u00a0\nTillsammans med \u00f6vriga chefer och medarbetare inom sm\u00e5djursavdelningen bidrar du till att skapa en god arbetsmilj\u00f6 och en god studiesocial- och pedagogisk milj\u00f6 f\u00f6r medarbetare och studenter, d\u00e4r st\u00e4ndig utveckling och f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttring \u00e4r en sj\u00e4lvklarhet. Eftersom djursjukhusverksamheten bedrivs i en universitetsmilj\u00f6, vilken omfattar forskning samt grundutbildning av veterin\u00e4r- och djursjuksk\u00f6tarstudenter, \u00e4r det viktigt att du kan se p\u00e5 verksamheten ur flera perspektiv. \u00c4ven specialistutbildning, p\u00e5 b\u00e5de svensk -och europeisk niv\u00e5, bedrivs p\u00e5 UDS. Djursjukv\u00e5rden ska bedrivas ekonomiskt h\u00e5llbart och den \u00e4r en grundf\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r klinisk undervisning och forskning.\nP\u00e5 UDS kommer du att m\u00f6ta en dynamisk milj\u00f6 med kliniska utmaningar i veterin\u00e4rmedicinens framkant. Just nu p\u00e5g\u00e5r ett utvecklingsarbete f\u00f6r att integrera djursjukhuset med institutionens grundutbildnings- och forskningsuppdrag. Vi ser \u00f6ver djursjukhusets organisation och fl\u00f6den f\u00f6r att kunna ta emot fler studenter, bibeh\u00e5lla en ekonomi i balans och s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla h\u00f6gklassig v\u00e5rd till v\u00e5ra patienter. Du kommer att arbeta f\u00f6r att skapa framtidens djursjukv\u00e5rd och utbilda framtidens veterin\u00e4rer och djursjuksk\u00f6tare.\nDin bakgrund\u00a0\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som \u00e4r legitimerad veterin\u00e4r eller legitimerad djursjuksk\u00f6tare med erfarenhet fr\u00e5n djursjukv\u00e5rd. Du har dokumenterad ledarerfarenhet och tidigare erfarenhet av att leda och utveckla en klinisk verksamhet.\u00a0\nD\u00e5 UDS \u00e4r ett universitetsdjursjukhus, och den kliniska djursjukv\u00e5rden \u00e4r en grundf\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r den kliniska utbildningen av veterin\u00e4r- och djursjuksk\u00f6tarstudenter, specialistutbildning och forskning, \u00e4r erfarenhet av utbildning och forskning meriterande. Det \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 meriterande med erfarenhet av f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringsledning.\nF\u00f6r att lyckas och trivas i rollen som bitr\u00e4dande avdelningschef s\u00f6ker vi dig som har ett tillitsbaserat ledarskap med en f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att skapa trygghet, engagemang och f\u00f6rtroende hos medarbetare.\u00a0 Som person \u00e4r du trygg i dig sj\u00e4lv, stabil och har sj\u00e4lvinsikt.\nDu \u00e4r en l\u00f6sningsorienterad ledare som ser utvecklingsm\u00f6jligheter ist\u00e4llet f\u00f6r hinder och har en f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att forts\u00e4tta vara motiverad och effektiv vid f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrade omst\u00e4ndigheter. Du vill f\u00f6rst\u00e5 andras behov och perspektiv och delar med dig av din kunskap f\u00f6r att du ser att det skapar b\u00e4st f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar f\u00f6r verksamheten. Din f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och vilja till att utveckla och uppr\u00e4tth\u00e5lla samverkan med ber\u00f6rda parter \u00e4r en betydelsefull faktor. Det \u00e4r \u00e4ven viktigt att du kan se p\u00e5 verksamheten fr\u00e5n ett kommersiellt perspektiv och \u00e4r kundorienterad.\nVi kommer l\u00e4gga stor vikt vid dina personliga f\u00f6rm\u00e5gor.\nOm oss\nP\u00e5 SLU Universitetsdjursjukhuset (UDS) g\u00e5r utbildning, forskning och avancerad djursjukv\u00e5rd hand i hand. Vi utbildar morgondagens veterin\u00e4rer och djursjuksk\u00f6tare och ger f\u00f6rstklassig v\u00e5rd till s\u00e4llskapsdjur, t\u00e4vlingsdjur och produktionsdjur. Vi sprider \u00e4ven kunskap till allm\u00e4nheten. Genom att kombinera etablerad kunskap med de senaste forskningsresultaten utvecklar vi framtidens djursjukv\u00e5rd.\nUnder ett och samma tak erbjuds sjukv\u00e5rd f\u00f6r h\u00e4st, hund, katt och \u00f6vriga sm\u00e5djur. Ut\u00f6ver moderna verksamhetsanpassade lokaler har vi tillg\u00e5ng till avancerad bilddiagnostik och ett veterin\u00e4rmedicinskt specialistlaboratorium. I UDS verksamhet ing\u00e5r dessutom en ambulatorisk klinik som \u00e5ker ut till stall och g\u00e5rdar f\u00f6r att unders\u00f6ka och behandla h\u00e4star och lantbruksdjur.\nSma\u030adjursavdelningen har ma\u030anga intressanta och spa\u0308nnande fall och bedriver evidensbaserad va\u030ard. Vi bedriver en individuell kompetensutveckling, ba\u030ade internt och externt. Vi har en allma\u0308nt ho\u0308g kompetens bland va\u030ara medarbetare med olika europeiska \u00e4mnesspecialister. Fo\u0308r oss a\u0308r samarbete en sja\u0308lvklarhet och vi utbyter tankar, sto\u0308ttar och hja\u0308lper varandra - ba\u030ade kollegor och studenter. Vi a\u0308r stolta o\u0308ver att se oss som ett ga\u0308ng professionella och serio\u0308sa medarbetare som ser teamwork, seriositet, skratt och gla\u0308dje som ett framga\u030angsrecept pa\u030a arbetsplatsen.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att jobba vid SLU p\u00e5 https:\/\/www.slu.se\/om-slu\/jobba-pa-slu\/\nPlacering:\nUppsala\nAnst\u00e4llningsform:\nTillsvidareanst\u00e4llning. Vi till\u00e4mpar 6 m\u00e5naders provanst\u00e4llning.\nOmfattning:\n100%\nTilltr\u00e4de:\nEnligt \u00f6verenskommelse.\nAns\u00f6kan:\nV\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan via ans\u00f6kningsknappen nedan senast 2026-09-17.\nI ans\u00f6kan bifogas CV, personligt brev, examensbevis och f\u00f6r tj\u00e4nsten relevanta intyg.\nFackliga kontaktpersoner:\nhttps:\/\/internt.slu.se\/min-anstallning\/facket\/kontaktpersoner\/\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nSveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) har en nyckelroll i utvecklingen f\u00f6r h\u00e5llbart liv, grundad i vetenskap och utbildning. Genom v\u00e5rt fokus p\u00e5 samspelen mellan m\u00e4nniska, djur och ekosystem och ett ansvarsfullt brukande av naturresurserna bidrar vi till en h\u00e5llbar samh\u00e4llsutveckling och goda livsvillkor p\u00e5 v\u00e5r planet. Huvudorter \u00e4r Alnarp, Ume\u00e5 och Uppsala, men verksamhet bedrivs ocks\u00e5 p\u00e5 forskningsstationer, f\u00f6rs\u00f6ksparker och utbildningsorter i hela landet. SLU har drygt 4000 medarbetare, 6000 studenter och forskarstuderande och en oms\u00e4ttning p\u00e5 \u00f6ver 4,5 miljarder kronor. Universitetet satsar p\u00e5 attraktiva milj\u00f6er p\u00e5 sina campusomr\u00e5den. Vi arbetar f\u00f6r en j\u00e4mst\u00e4lld och inkluderande arbetsmilj\u00f6 d\u00e4r \u00f6ppna samtal mellan m\u00e4nniskor med olika erfarenheter l\u00e4gger grunden f\u00f6r vetenskaplighet, kreativitet och utveckling. 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