Job Advertisement: Nurse at Ward 18

Ward 18 is a general psychiatric inpatient ward belonging to the Psychiatry North-West clinic.

The ward's main focus is on depression, anxiety, and personality disorders, but we also care for patients with other psychiatric difficulties. We have 16 beds and accept patients aged 18 to 65 years. The ward is centrally located in Kungsholmen with proximity to good transportation.

In our ward, we place great emphasis on the work environment and patient safety. We have fun at work and operate in a flexible and solution-focused team with a good atmosphere. We know that this creates a better environment for our patients. We combine this with a clear structure and daily routines to provide security for both staff and patients. Anna Björkdahl's Bergen model successfully forms the foundation of our working method, where approach and low-arousal strategies are key to a safe and meaningful inpatient care.

The ward has a positive and experienced staff group with good staffing of both nurses and nursing assistants. We actively work on competence development and implementation efforts. This is to develop and offer our patients the best possible care and strengthen you and your development in your role as a nurse in a psychiatric ward. During your employment, you will be offered ongoing training, both mandatory and based on your own wishes.

The ward works with a Patient Forum where patients' feedback on care is taken into account every week. Many of our improvements are based on ideas and feedback from our patients. We operate according to the model One Conversation a Day and also have the Calm Room, which, with its relaxing and sensory-stimulating environment, has become an obvious part of our patients' anxiety management and sleep prevention. In the spring of 2023, the method of self-chosen admission (SI) was implemented in the ward, and in the autumn of 2024, we started a project where we offer our patients CBT-oriented conversations as part of the treatment. Patient involvement in their care is an important part of our working method.

Job Responsibilities

In the ward, we work in a care team consisting of nurses and nursing assistants, where you as a nurse are the team leader. You have overall responsibility for psychiatric and somatic care. We use Take Care as our journal system.

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Permanent employment, part-time (50%). Night shifts.
Permanent employment, full-time (100%). Night shifts.

Qualifications

You have a Swedish nursing license and an interest in psychiatric care. Good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form is a requirement. Good collaboration skills, responsiveness, and an unpretentious attitude are important qualities for the role. At night, you are the only nurse in the ward and work together with at least two nursing assistants. On-call doctors can be reached by phone at night. Previous experience working in psychiatry is therefore an advantage, but you are warmly welcome to apply regardless of whether you have worked in psychiatry before or not. We place great importance on collaboration skills and personal suitability. Specialist competence in psychiatry is an advantage but not a requirement.

Additional Information

Start date by agreement. A probationary period of 6 months may be applied. Selection and interviews are ongoing, do not wait with your application!

There is also an opportunity to talk to one of our nurses if you have further questions about the ward and the position at phone number 08-123 421 38.

We offer among other things:

• Flexible hours.
• Free outpatient healthcare.
• Wellness allowance of 5000 SEK/year and wellness hour.
• Retention bonus = after one year of employment, an annual time bank of 40 hours will be added, which can be taken out as leave, money, or additional pension contribution.

Warm welcome with your application! The position will be filled on the condition that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to applicable regulations.

In 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 examination, according to applicable directives, which is done through occupational health services before employment.
• good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required, in addition to a Swedish professional license. The same requirements are guiding for non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County's healthcare area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer health and medical care in the Region Stockholm's management within 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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