Engaged Nurses Wanted for Our New Forensic Psychiatry Department

Do you want to be part of a person-centered organization? The Psychiatric Clinic offers rewarding and exciting clinical work, broadening and deepening of skills, as well as a variety of development paths for all professional groups.

Our Offer

For a better future. Region Östergötland has high ambitions and a responsible mission. It’s about health and care, the development of our region, and 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 their 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 a better future.

The Psychiatric Clinic in Linköping is a university clinic with many different operations. The clinic has expanded this spring with a forensic psychiatric inpatient department with eight care places for class three patients. In addition to the new unit, the clinic consists of outpatient and inpatient care as well as an emergency unit. Furthermore, we have two mobile operations: a mobile outpatient team and our prehospital acute psychiatric mobility unit (psychiatry ambulance). You will find our operations in the Tinnerbäcks house on the hospital grounds, but we also have parts of our reception operations in the garrison area.

We are now looking for engaged nurses who want to work in our forensic psychiatric department. We are looking for you who want to work as a nurse in forensic psychiatry, where you will have the opportunity to support and help patients with mental health issues in a safe and professional environment. You are an important part of the team; you observe, assess, prioritize, treat, and document the physical and mental conditions of the patient. You work closely with your immediate colleagues, where you have a clear leadership role, and collaboration provides great conditions for a strong sense of community.

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

Job Description

We offer a varied job within psychiatric care. You will work with different diagnoses and functions in the care chain from intake to discharge. In our operations, we take a holistic perspective where we work closely with the patient in multiprofessional teams. Forensic psychiatric care often involves long treatment times, which gives us the opportunity to follow patients' development over a longer period, support their recovery, and help them cope with life in society.

Work Group

We offer an exciting workplace. Competence development through training and supervision in forensic psychiatry. Good development opportunities and career paths within our organization. Wellness grants to support your health and well-being. Clear safety routines and support from colleagues.

About You

You are a licensed nurse with valid Swedish authorization. You have a strong interest in psychiatry and/or forensic psychiatry. Experience in psychiatry or forensic psychiatry is an advantage, but the most important thing is that you are engaged, motivated, and want to contribute to a safe care environment.

You have a good ability to meet patients in complex situations and act calmly in pressured situations. You are empathetic, communicative, and can collaborate well in a team. Proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written. In this recruitment, we place great importance on personal suitability.

Application and Employment

We offer present leadership, and you will have support from your immediate manager who is easily accessible on each department. As an employee, you will be offered both internal and external training. For example, all nurses go through a 4-day training in patient interaction and have the opportunity to receive paid further education to become a specialist nurse in psychiatry through the employer, with an additional salary increase of 4,000 SEK after completing the training.

Starting from the spring semester of 2023, we are offering for the first time the opportunity to take the independent university course “Nursing in Psychiatric Care” during working hours through Luleå University. The course, which is worth 7.5 higher education credits, spans a semester at 25% and is aimed at licensed nurses who want to deepen their knowledge in psychiatric nursing. The focus is on the nurse's responsibility for a nursing practice that emphasizes the importance of relationships and reflection and supports recovery.

The working hours are mainly daytime from 07:30 to 16:00. We work with ongoing selection, and interviews will also be conducted continuously, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

If you have questions about the position, you can contact our unit manager Anders Gustafsson, see contact details below. Prior to employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out a form (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

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

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