Temporary Position as Psychologist at the Assessment and Investigation Unit

Are you a psychologist with previous experience in making assessments according to care process maps and are you curious about working with patients with eating disorders? Then you should apply for this temporary position at our assessment and investigation unit!

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 300 employees. Our outpatient and day care services are located in Södermalm and our inpatient care at Danderyd Hospital.

Please read more about our operations here.

The Assessment and Investigation Unit is the spider in the web at SCÄ and the outward face towards healthcare neighbors and referrers. Therefore, you will be an important part in ensuring that patients receive the right care at the right time.

About the Position:

We are now looking for a psychologist for a 1-year temporary position at the Assessment and Investigation Unit. This is a position for you who enjoy clinical assessments, diagnostics, and working in a central function where many important care decisions start.

Our unit is the first point of contact for our patients with SCÄ. We are responsible for the initial assessment and care planning for all patients. The work provides an opportunity to develop high competence in psychiatric diagnostics with a particular focus on eating disorders. We work with patients of all ages, both children, adolescents, and adults. Currently, the need is greatest for assessments of children and adolescents.

The unit is also responsible for referral conferences and contact with healthcare neighbors in the initial phase.

What Do We Offer You?

We offer a varied and developing job. Some tasks need to be performed on-site, but others can be done remotely, allowing for flexibility in the work. Many psychologists appreciate that working in an assessment unit involves a wide clinical breadth, clear processes, and close collaboration between professions.

You will deepen your knowledge in diagnostics with a particular focus on eating disorders while working with broad psychiatric assessments.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assessment interviews for new patients or when a renewed assessment is needed
• Care planning together with the patient and guardians
• Collaboration internally and with healthcare neighbors
• Consultations and advice
• Telephone advice to the public

Qualifications:

Licensed psychologist with previous experience in psychiatric assessments according to SLSO's care process maps.

Personal Qualities:

You have good collaborative skills, take responsibility, and enjoy working in a team. We would like you to have experience with eating disorders or child and adolescent psychiatry.

We also believe that you appreciate a job where you meet many different patients and contribute to important clinical decisions early in the care process.

Employment Type:

Temporary, 1 year
Full-time, 40 hours/week

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, pension agreements, and insurance. We also apply flexible working hours, wellness hours, and 5000 SEK in wellness benefits per calendar year.

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

Interviews are conducted continuously during the application period.
Welcome to submit your application today!
The position will be filled provided that it does not need to be used for internal relocation, according to applicable regulations.

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

• background checks are applied before a hiring decision 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 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 Swedish professional licensure. The same requirements apply to non-licensed staff with patient contact.

Stockholm County Healthcare Area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer healthcare 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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