Psychologist at Skutskär Health Centre

Our 1,800 employees work with primary care and health in Uppsala County. We offer a wide range of services within primary care. Our patients meet us at Region Uppsala's own health centres or within habilitation services, and we provide advice by phone via 1177. Education, research, and development are important to us, as we tailor our services based on the needs of the residents. We already offer mobile teams, video visits, and smart e-services.

Would you like to become our new colleague?
We offer you a permanent position starting as agreed. We prefer that you work full-time, but we are open to dialogue regarding the percentage of employment.

As a psychologist at the health centre, you will be part of a competent and friendly team. You will collaborate with all professions at the health centre. Working in a team means that we help each other, communicate, and continuously develop our competence together.

We focus on secure employment, and with us, you receive benefits that make a difference. Read about them here (Region Uppsala Benefits Brochure (https://www.regionuppsala.se/Global/Jobba%20hos%20oss/karri%E4rwebben/F%F6rm%E5nsbroschyr%20Region%20Uppsala_2019.pdf)).

Your Role

As a psychologist, you work with mental ill health and psychological aspects of health complaints, contributing the psychological perspective that complements the medical and social perspectives at the health centre. You work independently using primary care-adapted methods with adult patients aged 18 and older, and you also collaborate with other professional groups at the health centre as well as other actors.

Common problem areas that the psychologist encounters include depression, anxiety issues, sleep problems, pain, and stress. We work with triage, stepwise assessment, and treatment based on a county-wide care process for mental ill health.

The work involves psychological assessment and diagnosis, counseling, treatment, and handling of referrals. Treatment is provided based on national knowledge-based guidelines and both in groups and individually, via video and in person. Our interventions include support for self-help, psychological counseling, as well as shorter and longer interventions based on the patients' primary care needs.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed psychologist with a focus on CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and have good knowledge of diagnostics and evidence-based treatment methods. Experience from working in primary care is meritorious.

To thrive in the role, you need to be comfortable handling large patient flows and combinations of assessments, shorter and longer interventions. You make correct judgments and prioritizations, weigh complex information, and show good judgment in action and decision-making. To succeed in the role, you need good pedagogical skills and an easy ability to connect with patients and put yourself in their perspective or situation.

Furthermore, you have a good ability to collaborate, are receptive, and solve challenges in a constructive way. You take responsibility for your tasks and drive your processes forward in a structured manner, planning, organizing, and prioritizing work effectively within set timeframes. You have the capacity to work independently and are quality-conscious. In addition, you see the big picture and consider the broader perspective. The role requires an interest in and ability to work in teams, and you are motivated by developing the operations. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Our Operations

Skutskär Health Centre is located a five-minute walk from the train station, and it is easy to commute from both Gävle (17 km) and Uppsala (9 miles). We have 9,000 registered patients and 38 employees. All professional areas are represented here, and together we offer all services within the health centre's mandate.

The health centre belongs to the Primary Care and Health administration in Region Uppsala. We want you to thrive and develop with us. Therefore, we offer you good development and career opportunities in an stimulating environment. Our health centres are located throughout the county. We work with the patient, in teams at the health centre, and collaborate with colleagues at different care levels.

Want to know more?

We hope we have captured your interest. If you want to know more about the position and our operations, you are welcome to contact the Operations Manager Linda Palm, tel. 018 – 617 10 31 or [email protected].

Union representatives can be reached via the switchboard: 018-611 00 00.

Application

Apply via the link below. Attach your CV, a copy of your license, and other attachments relevant to your application.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This means no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime, but is solely a planning measure.

Before a decision on employment, checks of suspicion and criminal records are conducted for all job seekers who, in the sought employment, may come to work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care for substance abusers, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks are not currently intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.