Hospital Physicist Job at Sairaala Nova in Jyväskylä

Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialue is seeking a Hospital Physicist for Sairaala Nova in Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland. The permanent post is centred on clinical neurophysiology within the Hospital Physics Unit and suits a hospital physicist able to provide medical-physics expertise across specialist investigations. A physicist approaching the final stage of specialist training may also be considered. The published role combines specialist medical-physics work with multidisciplinary clinical practice.

At Sairaala Nova, the Hospital Physicist will contribute to patient work, technical expertise and the continued development of examination methods in clinical neurophysiology. The vacancy is particularly relevant to applicants with broad and deep knowledge of the specialty, together with initiative, practical problem-solving ability and effective workplace collaboration. It offers a defined public-healthcare role in which expertise spans investigation methods, treatment technology, staff learning and multidisciplinary coordination.

Opportunity Details

Overview of the Vacancy

Location, Sector, and Role Context

This Hospital Physicist position is based in the Hospital Physics Unit, primarily serving the Clinical Neurophysiology specialty within the Hospital Physiology unit at Sairaala Nova. The postholder will act as the responsible physicist in the specialty and supply medical-physics knowledge for EEG, ENMG, evoked-potential, actigraphy, and sleep and wake investigations. Those investigations include PSG, Pol-Amb and MWT. Alongside this specialist work, the role involves developing the methods and operations used in the assigned area, supporting colleagues through training, and contributing expert input to projects and procurements. The permanent post is placed in the Hospital Physiology operating site, with clinical neurophysiology as its primary focus.

Clinical neurophysiology is the main focus, while the remit also extends to rTMS patient work and technical expertise concerning equipment and treatment. The postholder will participate in the hospital's readiness for spinal-orthopaedic intraoperative monitoring and will collaborate with a multidisciplinary clinical-neurophysiology team. Cover arrangements form another defined part of the position: the Hospital Physicist deputises for the senior physicist in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine, including STV, STA and LFA responsibilities. A hospital physicist qualification is required, although final-stage specialist trainees may be considered. The published service context includes two permanent clinical-neurophysiology specialists, a resident physician and skilled, active nurses.

About the Employer: Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialue (Wellbeing Services County of Central Finland) – Sairaala Nova

Organization and Relevant Services

Verified Employer Overview

Keski-Suomen hyvinvointialue operates in public healthcare and social, health and rescue services in Central Finland. It is responsible for these services for approximately 273,000 residents in the region. The wellbeing services county states that it seeks to be people-centred and to support residents' good everyday life. Its published employer information describes it as Central Finland's largest employer, with approximately 12,500 professionals in its roles. This vacancy places a hospital-physics specialist within that public-service setting in Jyväskylä. The advertised position contributes to the healthcare element of this regional public-service responsibility.

Sairaala Nova is the location for this Hospital Physicist post in Jyväskylä. The official vacancy describes Sairaala Nova as Finland's largest central hospital. Its equipment base has been actively modernised, providing the site context for work involving clinical neurophysiology investigations, rTMS technology and readiness for intraoperative monitoring. For this role, Sairaala Nova is not simply a location name: it is the hospital environment in which the physicist's clinical, technical, developmental and training responsibilities are carried out. The Hospital Physics Unit itself is located at Hoitajantie 3, 40620 Jyväskylä. This is the site setting stated for the advertised specialist post.

Professional Setting and Role Context

Work Environment, Operations, and Facilities

Within Sairaala Nova, the Hospital Physics Unit includes nine hospital physicists. The unit's expert work covers radiotherapy, imaging, clinical physiology and nuclear medicine, clinical neurophysiology, and operating theatres. This range gives context to a post whose primary responsibility lies in clinical neurophysiology while also requiring cover for a senior physicist in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine. The advertised role therefore sits in a specialist hospital-physics environment with defined work across investigations, treatment-related technology and clinical collaboration. Clinical neurophysiology is one of the published hospital-physics areas, alongside the specialties and settings named in the unit's description.

The Hospital Physics Unit contributes to the development of imaging, treatment and measurement methods, quality control, equipment procurement and scientific research. Its work also includes responsibility and expertise for radiation safety, as well as supervision and training connected with the safe use of radiation. These published activities align with elements of this vacancy that involve method development, staff training and expert participation in projects and procurements. The Hospital Physicist will undertake the role with a primary concentration on the clinical-neurophysiology service at Sairaala Nova. Scientific research is also identified as part of the unit's published activity.

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Open Positions

1. Hospital Physicist

Official title: Sairaalafyysikko (sairaalafysiikan yksikkö, Sairaala Nova, Jyväskylä) — Hospital Physicist

Location: Sairaala Nova, Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland | Employment information: Permanent post under the SOTE collective agreement; working-time arrangement not stated

The role combines accountable clinical-neurophysiology physics with broader specialist support inside the Hospital Physics Unit. As the responsible physicist, the postholder provides expertise across named neurophysiological investigations and takes an active patient-facing and technical role in rTMS. Development of examinations and local operations is an integral responsibility rather than a separate activity. The remit also includes training, project and procurement work, multidisciplinary cooperation, intraoperative-monitoring readiness and defined deputy duties in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine. The position is permanently placed in the Hospital Physiology operating site at Sairaala Nova.

Responsibilities

• Act as the responsible physicist for clinical neurophysiology within the Hospital Physics Unit and provide the associated medical-physics expertise.
• Provide specialist support for EEG, ENMG and evoked-potential investigations within the Sairaala Nova clinical-neurophysiology service.
• Contribute expertise to actigraphy and sleep and wake investigations, including the named PSG, Pol-Amb and MWT studies.
• Undertake an active role in rTMS patient work and serve as an expert in its equipment and treatment technology.
• Participate in Sairaala Nova's readiness for spinal-orthopaedic intraoperative monitoring.
• Improve examination methods and operational practices in the assigned clinical-neurophysiology responsibility area.
• Train staff and contribute specialist knowledge to projects and equipment procurements within the published remit.
• Stand in for the senior physicist in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine, including STV, STA and LFA responsibilities.
• Work in close cooperation with the multidisciplinary clinical-neurophysiology team at Sairaala Nova.

Qualifications

• Applicants need a hospital physicist qualification for this permanent Hospital Physics Unit post.
• A physicist in the final phase of specialist training may also be considered by the employer for the post.
• Suitability under Section 48 of the Communicable Diseases Act, including protection against varicella and measles, is required for the hospital role.
• The role is subject to the employer's assessment of the need for influenza and pertussis vaccination in this setting.
• No Finnish, Swedish or English language requirement is stated in the vacancy for this Hospital Physicist position.
• Preferred: Broad and deep knowledge of clinical neurophysiology is valued for the role's primary specialty focus.
• Preferred: Strong workplace-community and collaborative working skills are valued for multidisciplinary clinical-neurophysiology practice.
• Preferred: Initiative is valued in the published candidate profile for this specialist post.
• Preferred: Problem-solving ability is valued in the published candidate profile for the defined technical and clinical remit.

Skills and Competencies

• Medical-physics expertise is applied as the responsible physicist in the role's primary clinical-neurophysiology focus.
• EEG knowledge supports the specialist investigation work assigned within the Sairaala Nova service.
• ENMG expertise is used within the clinical-neurophysiology investigation remit of the permanent post.
• Competence in evoked potentials supports the listed investigation responsibilities for the Hospital Physicist.
• Actigraphy knowledge is relevant to the named sleep and wake investigation work in clinical neurophysiology.
• Experience of PSG, Pol-Amb and MWT relates directly to the stated sleep and wake studies.
• rTMS equipment and treatment-technology expertise supports the role's active patient and technical work.
• Method and service-development capability supports examination and operational improvement in the assigned area.
• Training, project, procurement and multidisciplinary collaboration skills support the Hospital Physics Unit's defined work.

Benefits and Employment Information

• Public-sector employment terms for this hospital-physics post include annual-leave accrual that is based on work experience.
• A structured induction plan for the Hospital Physicist is tailored to the appointee's previous skills and work history.
• The employer identifies strong managerial support and induction support from an experienced clinical-neurophysiology physicist colleague for this post.
• Support from experienced and skilled colleagues is included in the published employment information for the Hospital Physics Unit role.
• A probationary period applies to this permanent Hospital Physicist vacancy.
• The Hospital Physicist role is a Permanent post under the SOTE collective agreement; working-time arrangement not stated. The employer publishes pay of EUR 5,585.87 per month, plus possible experience-related supplements; 3% after 5 years and 8% after 10 years.

Application Guidance

Prepare a Focused Application

CV, Evidence, Documents, and Interview Preparation

As general preparation guidance, applicants can use their CV to present hospital-physics qualification status and clearly distinguish clinical-neurophysiology experience from broader medical-physics work. Relevant examples may cover work with EEG, ENMG, evoked potentials, actigraphy, or sleep and wake investigations such as PSG, Pol-Amb and MWT. A concise record of contributions to examination-method development, staff teaching, projects or procurement can help organise an application. This guidance is not an additional employer requirement; it is a practical way to describe experience related to the published remit. Candidates can also make their examples concise enough to show the specific contribution, the investigation or task involved, and their own role.

For general interview preparation, candidates may reflect on examples that show collaboration with a multidisciplinary clinical-neurophysiology team, structured problem solving and initiative. They can also prepare to discuss their approach to rTMS equipment and treatment technology, or to specialist cover duties in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine where relevant to their background. It may be useful to review how clinical investigation methods are developed and how training is planned for colleagues. Such preparation guidance does not state selection criteria beyond the vacancy's published requirements and preferences. Candidates may frame these examples around the published responsibilities rather than presenting them as unstated requirements.

• Prepare an English CV that states hospital-physicist qualification status or final-stage specialist-training status relevant to this vacancy.
• Organise concise examples of clinical-neurophysiology work involving EEG, ENMG, evoked potentials, actigraphy, or sleep and wake studies.
• Identify examples of rTMS patient work or technical expertise that can be described accurately if relevant to personal experience.
• Outline previous contributions to examination-method development, staff training, projects or equipment procurement where applicable to personal experience.
• Review examples of multidisciplinary cooperation, initiative and problem solving before using the official portal for this Hospital Physicist post.

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How to Apply

Submit Your Application Through the Verified Route

Apply Through the Official Employer Portal

Prepare an English CV and use the official employer application portal opened by the button below these instructions for the Hospital Physicist role at Sairaala Nova. A short 10-second countdown precedes the final portal link. The vacancy does not identify other documents to prepare, so applicants can use the portal route to provide the information they choose to include about relevant qualifications and experience.