Registered Nurse for Ward 57

NU Healthcare is part of the Västra Götaland region and is one of Sweden's larger county hospitals. We are located at NÄL (Norra Älvsborg County Hospital) in Trollhättan and Uddevalla Hospital. The hospital's catchment area includes 280,000 inhabitants. Together, we are about 5,000 employees who work every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare. We are located on the west coast, and our area offers varied nature with both sea, mountains, forests, and lakes.

Are you a licensed nurse with an interest in adult psychiatric inpatient care? Then you are warmly welcome to apply!

About Ward 57

Ward 57 is a general psychiatric emergency care ward with a focus on acute crises and is part of the adult psychiatric inpatient care, located at NÄL in Trollhättan.

We have a total of 14 beds and care for patients according to the Health and Medical Services Act (HSL) or the Act on Psychiatric Coercion (LPT).

We investigate, diagnose, and treat patients with acute psychiatric conditions and illnesses, where the conditions require inpatient specialist care. The ward specializes in personality disorders and also works with the concept of BI – User-Controlled Admission. The goal of the care is to provide the patient with an optimal daily life.

The workgroup consists of specialist doctors, specialist nurses, nurses, social pedagogues, and nursing assistants. In our ward, we prioritize the work environment and care environment. We work systematically on daily management and business development, which in turn enables continuous development of care quality and patient safety.

What Ward 57 can offer you:

• A fun and varied nursing job where you encounter both somatic and psychiatric conditions
• Various types of internal training for specific tasks and areas of responsibility.
• Opportunity for paid training to become a specialist nurse in psychiatry.
• Supervision/training tailored to you.

Job Responsibilities

The treatment work consists of standard nursing tasks – ward rounds, medication management, sampling, wound care, injection administration, EKG, observations, and assessments. Assessments and actions for acute and non-acute somatic and psychiatric conditions. Leadership in varying degrees. Nursing responsible and contact person for our patients together with colleagues. The contact persons are responsible for everything concerning their patients' care and for planning interventions together with the patient and the rest of the team. We have scheduled working hours every other weekend.

Qualifications

• Licensed nurse.
• You are open to changes and willing to contribute to the development of the business.
• We value personal suitability where qualities such as flexibility and good social skills with humor and a positive mindset are in focus.
• Previous experience in psychiatry is an advantage but not a requirement.

Clinical Foundation Year

As a newly graduated nurse, you will be part of the Clinical Foundation Year with regular mentoring conversations in the ward. Read more about the clinical foundation year here.

Other

Interviews may be conducted continuously during the application period. When filling a position in psychiatry, we always request an extract from the suspicion and criminal record. This request is handled by the employer.

About Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good health and medical care for all. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland. The Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you bring basic skills and can use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things. The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a crisis position.

If you want to know more about the Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction to new employees at the link here (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation here (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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