Do you want to make a difference for children and adolescents?

At the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic at the University Hospital, you have the chance to influence the future every day.

We offer a workplace where professional competence meets care, and where you as a nurse have the space to grow.

We are about 160 employees who together shape the future of child psychiatry. The core activities consist of outpatient, intermediate, and inpatient care, as well as several subspecialized units. Ward S102 is the only child psychiatric inpatient unit in Östergötland. We have six beds and work with both emergency interventions and planned assessments.

Our Offer

Ward S102 offers you a secure introduction based on your experiences and needs. We apply mentorship with continuous follow-ups. The workgroup has group supervision with a licensed psychotherapist and “mirroring” where you can receive collegial support in your work. Furthermore, we view the willingness to develop positively, and there are good opportunities for further studies. In our work, the conversation and meeting between you and the patient are essential. When you work on Ward S102, you have time for the patient and the opportunity to make a difference.

Additionally, as a specialist nurse with us, you have the opportunity to allocate 20% of your working hours to development tasks in the department during the semesters.

Please read about our career ladder for nurses and also about your benefits with us.

Job Description

As a nurse on Ward S102, you work with the most important thing there is – our children and adolescents. You will have a central role in the nursing work and become a key person in the team. The tasks are varied and include, among other things:

• Leadership and collaboration with several professions.
• Medication management, sampling, and educational meals.
• Conversations with patients and parents.
• Collaboration with residences, authorities, and care neighbors.

In addition, you will have your own area of responsibility with specialist knowledge where you educate, acquire new knowledge, ensure that guidelines are current, and act as a knowledge disseminator within your field.

Workgroup

We are a positive and ambitious group consisting of doctors, nurses, caregivers, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians, and psychologists. Together, we are responsible for ensuring that care maintains high quality and is based on the individual patient's needs.

About You

You are a specialist nurse in a relevant field. Other qualifications in relevant or related areas are meritorious.

Previous experience in the specialist area is meritorious but not a requirement. Experience in relevant or related areas is also meritorious. As a specialist nurse, you need to feel secure with conversation as a tool and thrive in a varied work pace.

As you work in constant dialogue with patients, relatives, colleagues, and other operations, it is a requirement that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language in speech and writing. You also need to be able to handle various IT systems to perform daily care work.

To thrive and fit in with us, your personal qualities are important. For this position, we are looking for a colleague who is secure in themselves, has the ability to broaden their perspective, take in others' viewpoints, and who dares to lead others towards a common goal. The applicant should also enjoy working with relationship-building as we use ourselves as the primary tool in the department.

Application and Employment

Before employment in a patient-facing role within Region Östergötland, you will need to fill out an application (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 at 010-103 60 00 during office hours.

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