Social Worker at Karolinska University Hospital

Are you a social worker driven to support patients and their relatives during life's toughest moments? Do you have experience in crisis support and want to contribute to an organization that works with both acute trauma and intensive care? Then you might be the one we are looking for!

You will be offered

• close collaboration with other professionals within the hospital to provide the best psychosocial support to patients
• experience in working with broad crisis support and treatment of acute trauma, concerning patients, relatives, and loved ones
• an exciting and varied job where no day is the same and where you have an important role within Karolinska's emergency, trauma, and intensive care
• experienced colleagues and a workgroup with a strong focus on collegial support
• a two-week introduction program, continuous supervision, and structured professional development.

Of course, you will also benefit from our general benefits offered by Karolinska University Hospital.

About the position

As a social worker with us, you will work with patients cared for in emergency, trauma surgical, and intensive care departments and their relatives. Among other things, you may work with patients who have been seriously injured in accidents or who need intensive care due to serious medical complications.

Examples of job tasks:

• crisis and support conversations with patients, relatives, and loved ones
• bereavement conversations with relatives and loved ones
• work in a medical team around the patient where the social worker is expected to take an active part
• advice on social issues
• contacts with authorities
• collaboration with other healthcare providers and voluntary organizations

Research, education, and development are seen as core activities equivalent to the university hospital's care mission. As an employee with us, it is a natural part of your job to contribute to and participate in current development projects and research.

This advertisement concerns a temporary position lasting until December 31, 2026.

We are looking for someone who

• takes responsibility for their own work. You do what is required and seek the information needed for a good outcome. You are responsible enough to ask for help when needed
• has the ability to make decisions and act on them, despite limited information or difficult circumstances. You show judgment even under pressure
• is confident in yourself; adapts to a changing everyday life and is able to adjust to what the environment requires. You reflect on and structure your work while maintaining calm
• is calm, attentive, and accommodating in your approach. You have the interest, will, and ability to help others and strive to deliver solutions
• handles stress constructively, maintains a good mood under pressure and setbacks. You enjoy a varied job where no day is the same and where periods of higher workload are balanced with quieter days

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability for the position.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Degree in Social Work
• Experience in social work
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written

Meritorious:

• Licensed healthcare social worker
• Experience in healthcare, intensive care, and/or emergency flow operations.

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

When applying, you need to attach your CV. Instead of a personal letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly explain why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

Warm welcome to your application - Together we are Karolinska!

Before filling a position that involves caring for children and youth, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and criminal record register. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekrytering-pa-karolinska/).

As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be assigned to military service. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/var-arbetsplats/totalforsvarsplikt-allman-tjansteplikt-och-krigsplaceringar-pa-karolinska-universitetssjukhuset/).

If you are or have previously been employed in Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or previous manager if you become a candidate for employment.

For permanent positions, a probationary period may be applied.

About Karolinska University Hospital

At Karolinska University Hospital, we are proud to be one of the world's leading university hospitals. In addition to our special responsibility for highly specialized care in the Stockholm region, our main mission is to educate the future healthcare workforce together with Karolinska Institute and conduct world-leading research while continuing our work to develop care for the best interest of the patient. We work in a variety of areas and professions.

Our vision - We will cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

Feel free to learn more about us at www.karolinska.se (https://www.karolinska.se/) and follow us on social media!

Women's Health and Health Professions Theme

Women's health encompasses all activities within reproductive medicine, benign gynecological care, pregnancy, childbirth, and fetal medicine care in both Huddinge and Solna. We also have a nationally highly specialized mission within fetal medicine. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/om-oss/teman-och-funktioner/tema-kvinnohalsa-och-halsoprofessioner/).

Health professionals; physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians, speech therapists, and psychologists meet patients' needs and create added value in collaboration with other professions within all themes and functions of the hospital.