Training Position for Specialist Nurse in Psychiatry

To succeed in the long-term skills supply within healthcare, we want to offer you as a nurse the opportunity to further educate yourself to become a specialist nurse – with maintained base salary throughout the entire training period.

Seize the chance and train to become a specialist nurse in psychiatry!

Our Offer

Region Östergötland operates throughout Östergötland. To continue to be at the forefront of care, research, and education, you as a nurse now have the opportunity to apply for training positions with us in areas of specialist competence that are in demand. This means that you study with a maintained base salary and then receive a permanent position as a specialist in the region.

During your studies, you will have an introduction plan and regular contact with the manager at your future workplace. Once you have received your degree, the training position will transition into a permanent employment as a specialist nurse in psychiatry, where you will have more qualified tasks where specialist competence is deemed necessary for good and safe patient care. You will also receive a salary increase of 4000 SEK after completing your training.

Feel free to read about Johanna who shares her experience of studying to become a specialist nurse and Isabel who is studying to become a midwife. Also, read about your benefits with us.

Focus Area

As a specialist nurse in psychiatric care, you work with people of different age groups and in various contexts. You lead the nursing work, guide other healthcare staff in psychiatric nursing, and contribute to the development of care. You develop strategies for support and interaction with people with mental health issues and initiate and participate in health-promoting measures.

The work is characterized by alternating between working independently, with your own nursing responsibility, and working in multiprofessional teams. Together with other professional groups, you focus on providing the patient with individually tailored care and support to manage their daily life.

The psychiatric nurse can work both in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care and often in close collaboration with relatives and care neighbors. With your holistic view of the individual and their needs, you will, after completing your training, have the ability to make complex assessments based on scientific, societal, and ethical aspects in a broad field.

For this focus area, Region Östergötland offers training positions at the adult psychiatric clinic in Motala-Mjölby and Norrköping, as well as at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic in Linköping.

About You

To be eligible for the training position, you need to:

• Be a licensed nurse
• Be accepted into the specialist training program in the fall of 2026
• Not have previously received study salary/paid specialist/further education from Region Östergötland

We prefer that you have worked several years as a nurse. You do not need to be employed by Region Östergötland when applying for a training position as a nurse.

We are looking for someone who works well with others and takes responsibility for their tasks. You are quality-conscious and can be flexible in response to changing circumstances. You value your specialist knowledge, are a knowledge resource for others, and adapt your way of conveying knowledge to the recipient.

Application and Employment

To be eligible for a training position, you must also be accepted into the specialist nursing program. You are responsible for applying to the training at www.antagning.se (https://www.antagning.se) between February 16 and March 16. You apply for the position now and then complete your application in the recruitment system with proof of admission once you have received it.

If the conditions for the training position are met, a first selection will take place where those deemed most suitable will be called for an interview and reference checks will be conducted. Notification of whether the training position is granted or not will be communicated to each applicant by the end of June.

Each introduction is individual and is done together with the nearest manager. Before employment, you will also make a written agreement about what applies during your training period. During study breaks, for example in the summer, you will work at the unit where your employment for the training position is located, unless otherwise agreed.

Submit your application for the training position HERE and remember to also apply for the training via antagning.se by March 16.

Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out a document (https://ledsys.lio.se/Document/Document?DocumentNumber=54500).

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

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job advertisements. Region Östergötland has contracted agreements.