Department of Psychiatry

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Summer Temporary Position for Junior Doctor – Affective Disorders

We are now looking for engaged colleagues who want to work as junior doctors in summer temporary positions within both outpatient and inpatient care at the Section for Affective Disorders. This is an opportunity for you to make a real difference for our patients and develop in a dynamic work environment alongside knowledgeable colleagues. With us, you will work in a team where collaboration, respect, and joy at work are central. Here, we help each other and learn from one another every day.

Our Operations

The Department of Psychiatry at Akademiska sjukhuset is divided into four sections, with the Section for Affective Disorders being one of them. The section offers both inpatient care and several outpatient clinics and is responsible for specialized psychiatric care for adults in Uppsala County. The work is conducted in interdisciplinary teams around the patients.

In outpatient care, patients with bipolar disorder, depression, and severe personality and anxiety disorders are assessed and treated. The section also includes a gender identity clinic and an eating disorder unit for adults. In inpatient care, more severely or acutely ill patients are treated.

The medical team consists of senior physicians, specialist physicians, residents, and junior doctors. The collaborative climate is very positive; discussions about patient cases and medical questions are welcomed. Here, you will have good opportunities for personal and professional development through stimulating meetings with patients, relatives, and colleagues within both your own and other sections, areas of operation, universities, and among students. Our clinics are characterized by a solution-focused and pleasant culture with good collaboration across professional boundaries. This is evident both in everyday life and during our joint meetings, and we are happy to now welcome several new colleagues to us.

Your Mission

As a junior doctor in affective outpatient care, your tasks include patient consultations for assessment and diagnosis, medication follow-ups, prescription writing, and certificate writing. You will collaborate systematically with colleagues and other professionals in the team and will receive regular supervision from specialist physicians, which is appreciated by many in the role. In the position of junior doctor in affective inpatient care, you will work closely with both specialist physicians and other staff on the ward, where the usual medical work includes patient consultations for assessment and treatment of inpatients, in addition to medication follow-ups, prescription writing, and certificate writing.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has completed at least the ninth semester of the medical program and has a genuine interest in psychiatry. Regarding personal abilities, we seek someone who is stable, structured, has good collaborative skills, and sound judgment. Previous experience in psychiatry is an advantage. If you recognize yourself in this description, this may be the right challenge for you!

We Offer

We offer temporary positions during the summer, with the possibility of extension. The working hours are full-time, and the start date is according to agreement. Before employment, a background check and a health declaration will be completed. Selection and interviews are ongoing, which means that the position may be filled during the application period. Therefore, do not wait to submit your application!

With us, you will receive benefits that make a difference; read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/).

Want to Know More?

Chief Physician Isak Sundberg 018 – 611 25 36
Section Administrator Ellinor Rijnen Wester 018 - 611 21 23
Union contact person can be reached via Uppland's General Medical Association, office 018-611 34 95.

Want to Work with Us?

Welcome with your application via the link below. It is important that you attach documents that support your qualifications. Selection, interviews, and appointments are ongoing.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to the organization and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala places all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This means that for the individual employee, there are no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a decision on employment, a check of the background and criminal record will be conducted for all applicants who may work in psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or involuntary care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to anyone who will work closely with patients, even if the tasks are not currently intended to mainly involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is entirely conducted by Region Uppsala, and we kindly ask recruitment companies and ad sellers not to call us.