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Specialist Nurse in Psychiatry

REGION UPPSALA

Uppsala län, Uppsala

Previous experience is desired

20 days left
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Field of Activity: Psychiatry

We are Uppsala University Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. In addition to our role as a regional hospital, we provide highly specialized care to two million people in Central Sweden. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is celebrated as a hero of life. We believe that honesty lasts the longest, and it is no secret that we need to grow our team. As a colleague with us, you will experience much. Tough challenges but also fantastic events, strong community, and support from colleagues and fellow human beings. To see parts of our reality, visit our photo exhibition at akademiskafotoutstallning.se (http://akademiskafotoutstallning.se).

Welcome with your application and become a part of us.

Our Operations

The Psychiatry Department 3B provides specialized psychiatric inpatient care for patients with affective disorders such as severe depression, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, and severe anxiety disorders.

We belong to the section for affective disorders, which is a specialized psychiatric operation within the field of psychiatry, consisting of both inpatient care and several outpatient clinics. We are located in modern facilities where inpatient care, outpatient care, and emergency psychiatric care are all under one roof.

To ensure the quality of care, we actively work to develop a good and attractive working environment for nurses. This means that we value and protect the nurse's autonomous professional practice, have high nursing competence at all management levels within the organization, and have ongoing research and development work in nursing. We welcome your interest in research and teaching in collaboration with Uppsala University. Nursing plays a central role in our operations, and we continuously work to develop the role of the specialist nurse. Enabling recovery and health are important parts of nursing work in a psychiatric department. A clear focus on person-centered care allows individuals' own stories to shape the care.

Together, we establish a care plan with current and planned interventions, which are continuously evaluated. The department has a close and well-functioning collaboration with outpatient care, ensuring safe discharge with good follow-up and treatment even after discharge.

In the department, we work in two care teams where one nurse together with two nursing assistants is responsible for half of the patients in the department. As the leading nurse, you will lead the daily nursing work.

At the end of each shift, we have reflection sessions in the workgroup. We also have nursing rounds every week and regular supervision for the nursing group.

Your Mission

As a specialist nurse, you will be responsible, together with other specialist nurses, for leading and developing psychiatric nursing, both patient-centered and at the unit level. You will contribute a nursing perspective in the interprofessional team and provide collegial supervision to new colleagues.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for colleagues who are specialist nurses with a focus on psychiatric care and have at least a master's degree in nursing and/or health sciences. Experience and knowledge of leadership at a comprehensive level, organization of supervision for students, and experience in quality and development work within psychiatric care are desirable and meritorious.

Your Competence

You are interested in developing in the role of a leader. You are firmly grounded in the professional ethical code and do not hesitate to translate this into practical action in relation to both patients and colleagues. You take pride in your profession, have good analytical and reflective abilities, and contribute your nursing expertise to improve and develop care. You dare to question and criticize.

We Offer

We offer a permanent position at 100%. You will receive an individually tailored professional development plan and generous conditions for further education. We see professional networking and knowledge exchange as a natural part of your employment and encourage participation in national and international conferences.

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/ (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/)).

Selection is ongoing, and the position may be filled before the application deadline.

Want to Know More?

Department Manager Anna Wallin 018–611 23 35
Deputy Department Manager Naiole Martins, 072–236 39 41
Union representatives can be reached via the switchboard, 018–6110000

Do You Want to Work with Us?

Welcome with your application via the link below.

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

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

Checks against suspicion and criminal records will be conducted for all individuals whom the employer intends to hire or engage for patient-related work, as they may work in psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and adolescents, or involuntary care of substance abusers, areas that are subject to optional record extracts. This applies to everyone who will work closely with patients, even if the tasks are not currently intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala. We therefore decline phone calls from recruitment companies and ad sellers.

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