Psychiatric Nurse for Affective Psychiatry Clinic

NU Health Care is part of the Västra Götaland Region and is one of Sweden's larger county hospitals. We are located at NÄL (Northern Älvsborg County Hospital) in Trollhättan and Uddevalla Hospital. The hospital's catchment area includes 280,000 residents. Together, we are about 5,000 employees who work every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare. We are located on the west coast, and our area offers varied nature with both sea, mountains, forests, and lakes.

Our ambition is to offer and create conditions for stimulating, exciting, and interesting work with good development opportunities!

Affective Psychiatry Clinic

The target group primarily consists of individuals in need of psychiatric specialist care for conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, PTSD, anxiety disorders, comorbidity, meaning mental disorders/diseases alongside substance abuse/dependence, and treatment of neuropsychiatric diagnoses.

You will join a well-established team with good camaraderie. We are about 17 employees, including doctors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and medical secretaries.

Job Responsibilities

Your job responsibilities will include standard nursing tasks such as care and treatment work in the form of medication follow-up, assessment interviews, and telephone counseling, as well as other tasks that may arise at a psychiatric outpatient clinic.

The work is on-site and is a one-year temporary position, with the possibility of extension.

Qualifications

Licensed nurse. Specialist training and experience in psychiatric care are meritorious.

The job requires personal maturity, the ability to work independently, and the capacity to make quick decisions. You should be able to handle stress and maintain a high work pace. We expect you to be structured, clear, orderly, and flexible, with a willingness and interest in working as part of a team.

We place great importance on personal suitability and value qualities such as flexibility and good social skills, where humor, initiative, and positive thinking are clear assets.

Other Information

We conduct interviews continuously throughout the application period.

When filling a position in psychiatry, we always request a background check from the criminal record and misconduct register. This request is handled by the employer.

Welcome with your application!

About Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

The Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more work methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should possess basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in reserve for emergencies.

If you want to know more about the Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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