Temporary Position as Deputy Unit Manager in Inpatient Care

Our deputy unit manager will be on parental leave starting June 2026.

Therefore, we are now looking for a nurse with previous or current experience as a deputy unit manager in inpatient care. Are you curious and interested in leading our adult inpatient care unit as a temporary deputy unit manager for 1 year? Then this position is for you!

The Stockholm Center for Eating Disorders (SCÄ) is one of the largest specialist clinics in the world for patients with eating disorders and receives patients of all ages. We have a well-developed operation with digital care, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, day care, inpatient care, and nationally specialized care for both adults, children, and adolescents. Today we have nearly 280 employees. Our outpatient and day care services are located in Södermalm, and our inpatient care is at Danderyd Hospital.

Read more about our operations here (#).

The adult inpatient care unit has space for 14 patients (including two self-selected places) and treats patients over 18 years old. The clinic also has two additional units that care for children and adolescents. We also have a mission for Nationally Specialized Inpatient Care (NHV) for adults with eating disorders. The focus of NHV is to customize the treatment plan and, in addition to focusing on the eating disorder, also consider psychiatric comorbidity.

Job Responsibilities:

As a deputy unit manager, you will work closely with the unit manager and the staff on the care unit. Together with the nurse responsible for the day and other staff, you will develop care based on the needs of the patient group, current guidelines, and evidence base. You will share management responsibilities with the unit manager for the staff working in the unit and take on the unit manager's duties in their absence. The position is divided between administrative and clinical work (approximately 50/50).

Your responsibilities include, for example:

patient administrative tasks
leading and planning operations
leading development and improvement work
monitoring and assisting with patient safety, deviations, and environmental work
in consultation with the staffing manager, assisting with staffing, onboarding, and recruitment.

Qualifications:

We are looking for a licensed nurse, preferably with further education in psychiatry. Previous experience in the role of deputy unit manager is a requirement, as is experience in inpatient care. If you have previously worked with eating disorder care or psychiatric inpatient care, worked in the Take Care journal system, and completed Bergen training, we consider this an advantage.

Personal Qualities:

You have good leadership qualities and can stimulate continued development in Adult Inpatient Care. You are responsible, well-organized, and able to create an open work climate with employees where participation, engagement, and job satisfaction are included. As a person, you are structured, communicative, flexible, and solution-focused. You have the ability to understand and solve complex problems and have an interest in promoting a good work environment. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability and the ability to take initiative.

Employment Type:

Temporary position for 1 year. Full-time 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday. After the temporary position, there are good opportunities to apply for other interesting positions at SCÄ or continue with a permanent employment as a nurse in the unit.

Our Benefits:

SLSO creates good conditions for you as an employee to develop and become really good in your profession. As an employee, you have benefits such as free healthcare up to the high-cost protection, extra compensation during parental leave, contractual pension, and insurance. We also apply flexible working hours, wellness hours, and 5000 SEK in wellness allowance per calendar year.

Read more about what it is like to work at SLSO here (#).

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period. Welcome with your application today! Please attach your nursing license to your application. The position will be filled on the condition that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

For patient-related work within the Stockholm County Healthcare Area:

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

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

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