Expanding Our Nursing Staffing

We are now expanding our nursing staffing for the forensic psychiatric care units at Helix and Huddinge hospitals.

Forensic Psychiatry Care Stockholm provides forensic psychiatric care for patients from all over Stockholm County and has approximately 550 employees distributed across two sections.

The clinic has 15 care units and 2 outpatient clinics. The operations are spread across three facilities located at Helix (behind Huddinge hospital), Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, and Löwenströmska Hospital in Upplands Väsby.

Forensic Psychiatry Care Stockholm is now making a significant investment to increase the number of nursing positions to ensure a good and sustainable working environment, maintain high quality in care, patient safety, and security work. We are expanding by a total of 6 nursing positions distributed across 3 units, which will provide excellent conditions for a sustainable and developing work climate.

We are looking for nurses for our care units in security classes 2 and 3. The position as a nurse involves working on a schedule that includes day, evening, and weekend shifts. The units consist of two departments located at Helix and Huddinge hospitals, with 14 to 15 patients in each department.

Our departments primarily receive patients who have been referred for care according to the Forensic Psychiatric Care Act (LRV). Many of the patients we care for have severe mental health issues. A significant proportion of the patients also have substance abuse problems.

The goal of forensic psychiatric care is to habilitate and rehabilitate patients to a life in society with increased psychosocial function and reduced risk of reoffending. We aim to contribute to a safe and sustainable discharge to minimize the risk of relapse.

Working in a care unit provides the opportunity to work long-term with patients alongside a professional team of caregivers and nursing colleagues. In addition to nurses and nursing assistants, a unit manager and an assistant unit manager work closely with the operations. One or more senior physicians are linked to the unit, responsible for the patients. Social workers, psychologists, and occupational therapists are also important resources in the work. All healthcare staff actively participate in the care work performed.

Job Responsibilities

As a nurse, you have a clear leadership role in the department with primary responsibility for care planning together with caregivers/nursing assistants.

Department staff have lunch breaks in peace, breaks with colleagues to exchange thoughts and ideas, regular training initiatives, etc. We have allocated time for meetings such as nursing meetings, staff meetings, and departmental meetings.

More nurses in the departments provide more time to develop the quality of care together with others, both within the unit and within the clinic. Some clinic assignments may be included in the nurse's position.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse. Specialist training in psychiatry, previous experience in psychiatric care, addiction treatment, and/or correctional care is an advantage.

In your interactions with patients, you are always professional, attentive, and free from prejudice. You are helpful but can also be clear and set boundaries when necessary. You have excellent collaboration skills and enjoy working in a team while also having the ability to work independently and lead others.

Other

As an employee with us, you will have opportunities to develop in your role as a nurse while also gaining access to benefits such as wellness grants up to 5000 SEK/year, free health care, and flexible working hours.

Healthcare is based on respect for human dignity. All people have equal value and the same rights regardless of personal characteristics and functions in society. We expect you as an employee with us to share these values.

We apply drug testing and background checks in connection with employment. A probationary period may be applied. The position is filled under the condition that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

In patient-related work within Stockholm County's healthcare area:

• background checks are applied before the employment decision according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during employment.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment medical examination, according to current directives, which is done through occupational health services before employment.
• in addition to Swedish professional licensing, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements apply to non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County's healthcare area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer healthcare in the Region Stockholm's management in psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, habilitation and health, and assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. Read more here (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/).

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