Vacant job

Psychiatry South Stockholm strives to be a leading role model in Swedish psychiatry.

We do this by working person-centered, offering the right competence for the patient's needs, emphasizing the application of evidence-based guidelines and care programs. We continue to invest in development work in the areas of patient safety, care processes, and our most important resource, our employees. We are over 1000 dedicated employees who provide patients with good, safe, and equitable care.

Do you want to help shape the future of psychiatry? We are looking for a psychiatric nurse specialist with a passion for patient safety who wants to make a difference in a rapidly developing organization.

About the organization

Psychiatry South Stockholm is in an exciting phase of development. In 2025, the organization expanded with 7,500 new patients and three new clinics.

From 2026, our organization will consist of 9 inpatient wards with a total of 150 beds and 12 outpatient clinics, as well as an intensive outpatient care team.

About the position

The position is a permanent employment at 100%. The role of the patient safety coordinator involves initiating, driving, and supporting activities that contribute to the organization achieving its goal of being a role model in Swedish psychiatry.

As a patient safety coordinator, you will work professionally and independently with administrative handling of authority matters within the area of patient safety. You will also have direct contact with patients, relatives, and employees who have feedback on the care. The work also includes compiling and analyzing patient cases as an important part of the work with quality and patient safety issues.

Examples of daily tasks include:

• Managing the preparation process of cases for the manager and chief physician.
• Working to increase contact with the operations to support and educate on issues within the area of patient safety.
• Handling cases from authorities and complaints from individuals.
• Identifying serious care injuries or risks of serious care injuries within patient cases in consultation with the Chief Physician through continuous dialogue about incoming cases.
• Supporting the operations regarding patient cases, care injury investigations, and Lex Maria cases.
• Assessing and managing deviations.
• Guiding patients and relatives who wish to file complaints.
• Assisting with statements.

The work requires great flexibility and sensitivity to the needs and conditions of patients and the organization.

Our Patient Safety Team is part of the operational support of Psychiatry South Stockholm, located in newly built premises in Hammarby Sjöstad.

We are looking for someone who is a psychiatric nurse specialist and has previous experience working with patient/relative feedback, deviations, statements, and authority matters within healthcare. Furthermore, the work requires good administrative skills and proficiency in the Office suite.

Our expectations of you

As a person, you are self-driven, responsible, structured, and analytical. You have a good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing.

You are confident and can handle difficult conversations with calm and trust. You can perform well even in time-pressured situations and act with a holistic view. You enjoy working in a team and are service-oriented, and you are happy to take the initiative for improvements. You have good communication skills and contribute to good collaboration in the workplace.

We will take great consideration of personal qualities in this recruitment. Clinical experience in modern psychiatry and training in patient safety are advantageous.

What we offer you

A pleasant workplace characterized by collaboration, trust, and that allows for personal and professional development. As an employer, we care about our employees' health and well-being and offer, among other things, flexible working hours, the possibility of remote work if the job allows, wellness hours, and a wellness allowance of 5,000 SEK. Please read more at Psychiatry South Stockholm (https://www.psykiatri.regionstockholm.se/jobb-och-praktik/formaner/).

We hope you find this interesting and exciting.

You apply for the position with a CV, cover letter, and certificates. We apply rolling interviews in this recruitment process.

Warm welcome to Psychiatry South Stockholm. The position will be filled under the condition that it does not need to be allocated for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

In patient-related work within the Stockholm County Council healthcare area:

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

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

Applying for a job in Region Stockholm

We strive for equality and equity in our workplace and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and circumstances.

We only accept applications via this system. Apply by clicking the “Apply” button. Applications by mail or email will not be considered. We kindly ask for no direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of additional job advertisements.

Our recruitment system cannot handle anonymous applications or applicants with protected personal information. If you have protected personal information, please contact the contact person specified in the advertisement. Your application will then be handled outside the recruitment system. You should also be careful about what information you provide in your application and only include information that is relevant to the current position.

Region Stockholm is responsible for healthcare, public transport, regional development, and contributes to cultural life. Every day, around the clock. In the country's fastest-growing region. Together, we create Europe's most attractive metropolitan region.

Read more about applying for a job in Region Stockholm (https://www.regionstockholm.se/jobb)