Specialist (W/m/d) in Ophthalmology

**Specialist (w/m/d) in Ophthalmology****:

- Sweden**

**Place of work**
First of all, Skövde, but there is also a need for ophthalmologist in Falköping, Lidköping and Mariestad. Personal preferences for placement will be considered by the chief of doctors.

**Requirements for education**
Specialist in Ophthalmology

**Qualification**
Wide general competence in the speciality.

**Brief description of the service**
Work in Ophthalmology with on-call duty. Supervision of junior colleagues is included in the position. We offer a wide range of reception services as well as surgical services that include, among other things, cataract, glaucoma, strabismus and eye plastic surgery.
Working hours: 40h/w, 08-17 Mon-Fri.
On-call time: preparedness at home approx. 1 night every other week + 1 weekend with
physical attendance in the clinic every other month
Patients: includes assessment, investigation and treatment of children and adult patients in
need of eye care at a specialist level.
Research: at the clinic, space is given to influence one's own clinical activities, and for those interested in research there is the opportunity to do this. We conduct active research primarily in glaucoma.

**Salary for staff with Swedish legitimation**
Individual and differentiated salary setting based on the person's experience and competence.

Otherwise divided into three levels:

- Once one has reached B2-level, she / he move to Gothenburg and start a trial period as

an assistant doctor with 50% language training and 50% clinical introduction until C1
- level is reached and legitimation is obtained. Salary during this time and while we wait

for Swedish licence to practice is SEK 44,000-47.000 / month.
- New salary directly as a Swedish license for the speciality has been issued approx.

65,000 SEK
- For experienced head-doctor, the salary is set slightly higher, at approximately SEK

77,000-80,000 which later will be gradually higher.

**Planned date of employment**
By common agreement, after completing Swedish language course on B2-level.

**Description of the goal of activity**

The goal of the business is to offer high quality, good and safe eye care for our residents.

**Description of the clinic**

The Ophthalmology Clinic at Skaraborg Hospital has a catchment area of 250,000 inhabitants, which makes us a large county hospital clinic. Broad reception activities as well as surgical operations that include, among other things, cataracts, glaucoma, strabismus and eye plastic surgery. The clinic is located in four hospital locations in the county, where the nursing department and most of the operational activities are located in Skövde. For some time now, we have moved into completely newly built premises that support our development opportunities.
The Ophthalmology Clinic is part of a business area that includes the eye and ear clinic, speech therapy and jaw surgery. We have approximately 200 employees who work preventively with the patient in the centre and are responsible for specialist care of patients of all ages with acute and chronic diseases.

**Services offered by the employer**
- During the personal visit which is part of the interview process, the cost of travel and accommodation is financed
- 5 months long, free Swedish course on B2-level, financial support during the course (the amount is topic of negotiation)
- Assistance in finding a flat or house for the applicant
- Assistance in finding school/kindergarten for the children
- Assistance in the first steps to be able to settle down in Sweden
- Professional English CV in which your experience (number of completed examinations/surgeries, with differentiation between pre-and post-specialization experience) are detailed
- Cover letter
- scanned version of medical and specialist certificates with English translation (no official needed)

If you are interested, please send us detailed CV in English.