Do you want to contribute to a better everyday life for children and adolescents with eating disorders?

Do you enjoy working in a team? Then we believe you could thrive with us.

We offer an exciting workplace with an important mission, colleagues who have a genuine interest and many years of experience in child psychiatric specialist care. Welcome with your application!

Our Offer

For life ahead. Region Östergötland has high ambitions and a responsible mission. It is about health and care, about the development of our region and about those who live and stay here. We want to continue to be at the forefront, with care, research, and education. This means daring to think anew – and having the best employees. Therefore, we offer unique opportunities for further learning and invest in modern environments with effective systems and tools. Many of us meet patients and relatives, while others create the conditions for life-saving interventions. With us, fantastic people work towards the same goal – to make a real difference, and for life ahead.

At the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic in Linköping, qualified psychiatric assessment and treatment work is carried out. We are about 150 employees who together shape the future of child psychiatry. The core activities consist of outpatient, inpatient, and intermediate care, as well as several subspecialized units and teams such as the eating disorder unit, trauma unit, and gender identity unit (KIM). At the clinic, we work for a good working environment and have a warm and open workplace climate with high ceilings. We view the willingness and power of professional development positively, which is why we offer good educational opportunities. Improvement and development work is part of our everyday life, and we also conduct teaching and research.

Here you can read about our career ladder for nurses and also about your benefits with us.

Job Description

As a nurse in the BUP clinic's eating disorder unit, you will work in a team with your colleagues and also independently with your own patient visits and assessments with support and guidance. You will have close collaboration with the responsible physician and with other professionals. The position involves tasks such as conducting somatic examinations and medical assessments, as well as having psychoeducational and supportive conversations. The work includes collaboration with relatives, authorities, and care neighbors. The work is varied, developing, and suits you who want to take a lot of personal responsibility. Patient education and person-centered care permeate our entire way of working. At the clinic, we work in a learning manner in various forums. Your introduction will be tailored based on your knowledge, skills, and previous experiences. We have a strong focus on education and development. We are keen to create conditions for you to feel welcome and safe in your role. During the introduction, you will have a mentor.

We are looking for someone for the eating disorder unit, but we also appreciate your interest in learning about our operations and willingness to try working in both outpatient and inpatient care.

Work Group

The work takes place in a cross-professional team that includes nurses, specialist doctors, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, dietitians, and physiotherapists. At the BUP clinic, you as a nurse are offered regular supervision, an introduction program, and a mentor. Improvement and development work is part of our everyday life, and we also conduct teaching and research within the clinic.

About You

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse, preferably with relevant specialist education, such as in child and adolescent or psychiatric care. We prefer that you have a few years of professional experience working with psychiatry and/or children and adolescents. It is also meritorious if you have experience working in eating disorder care. Experience in eating disorder care is advantageous.

As you work in constant dialogue with patients and colleagues, it is a requirement that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.

Great importance will be placed on personal suitability such as responsibility, good collaboration skills, stability and flexibility, curiosity to learn, willingness to try new things, and the ability to work both independently and in a team.

Application and Employment

We work with ongoing selection, so please submit your application as soon as possible. Before employment in a patient-related job within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out a link (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

Warm welcome with your application! If you need help registering in the system, please contact customer service Support and Service, 010-103 60 00, during office hours.

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