Psychiatric Clinic Mälarsjukhuset, Eskilstuna

About Us

The psychiatric emergency department belongs to the psychiatric clinic at Mälarsjukhuset and collaborates with the clinic's inpatient departments, outpatient clinics, the psychosis unit, and other external authorities, etc. The psychiatric emergency department employs licensed nurses, mental health workers, and medical secretaries. The workgroup has a broad and long professional experience.

Your Responsibilities

• Telephone counseling, which includes assessing acute psychiatric cases.
• You will collaborate with our backup and primary care doctors and attend medical visits at the clinic.
• General tasks in an emergency department are also included, such as sample collection, etc.
• You will also be part of our mobile team that provides support to psychiatric patients and their relatives at home, follows up on previous treatment contacts, and alleviates temporary crises related to mental illness, etc.
• The mobile team assesses conditions during home visits in cases that are difficult to assess via telephone or are considered to be of acute serious psychiatric nature.
• The department's on-call assignments also include child and adolescent psychiatric cases for young people with more severe mental health issues during on-call hours.
• The work requires good organizational skills.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for a licensed nurse with further education in psychiatry or experience in counseling work. Great emphasis is placed on personal qualities such as the ability to take initiative, work independently, and have good collaboration skills.

Employment Type

Permanent employment with start date according to agreement. Working hours are scheduled day and evening shifts and every other weekend.

Information about the Position

Information can be obtained from the head of the psychiatric emergency department, Sigvard Petersson, 072-143 35 19. Union representatives can be reached via the contact center, 0155-24 50 00.

Come Work with Us at the Psychiatric Emergency Department!

Welcome with your application, including CV, no later than 2026-01-11. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

The position will be filled provided that it is not needed by already employed staff or that the conditions for recruitment change.

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