Vacant job

Specialist Addiction Care Hälsingland seeks registered nurses for the LARO clinic in Söderhamn

Specialist Addiction Care Hälsingland consists of one LARO (opioid agonist treatment) clinic and four addiction clinics. We have close cooperation with our inpatient ward and our emergency clinic, both located in Hudiksvall.

We want to strengthen our operations and are now looking for a registered nurse for the LARO clinic in Söderhamn. Here, you will have the opportunity to work broadly within addiction care and psychiatry in a dedicated and experienced team.

Together, we welcome individuals who need help managing opioid dependence through medication-assisted rehabilitation and treatment.

2 positions available.

Job Responsibilities

As a nurse with us, you will work independently, broadly, and variably with different tasks. Your primary placement will be at our LARO clinic in Söderhamn, where you will work in a team consisting of doctors, nurses, social workers, treatment educators, and medical secretaries. The work is carried out in collaboration with all professional categories within addiction care and other public operations.

In the role of a general nurse, you will also work approximately 20 percent in inpatient care, which may include both the ward and the emergency clinic. As a specialist nurse in psychiatry, no rotation is required.

As a nurse with us, you will work with, among other things:

• Medication-assisted treatment and medication management
• Injection treatment, sampling, and drug screening
• Assessment of withdrawal and mapping of addiction diseases
• Suicide prevention and supportive and motivational conversations
• Psychoeducation for patients and relatives
• Telephone counseling, medication follow-up, and internal/external collaboration
• Supervision of students and new employees

What we offer

• Adapted introduction
• An educational, exciting, and interesting job
• Varied tasks in a company with competent employees who value good cohesion
• Opportunity to drive development work forward
• Work in an stimulating work environment where no day is like the other

Read more about our benefits: Region Gävleborg Benefits (https://www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utbildning/jobba-i-region-gavleborg/dina-formaner/)

Qualifications

To thrive as a nurse in addiction care, you need to be flexible and enjoy a dynamic way of working. The role requires that you have the ability to collaborate well with patients, their relatives, colleagues, and partners. You are confident in making independent assessments and take responsibility for driving the work forward, even when it means prioritizing and quickly shifting focus to meet today's needs. With a calm and controlled approach, you handle challenging situations and easily create a safe and respectful treatment. You listen to both patients and colleagues, are responsive and communicative, and value constructive dialogues and feedback to strengthen collaboration. You have an interest in developing care and nursing with a focus on psychiatry and addiction care.

In the role of nurse, you must:

• Be a registered nurse
• Have a B driver's license

It is meritorious if you are a specialist nurse in psychiatry. It is also meritorious if you have previous experience as a nurse in psychiatric care or addiction care.

If you are ready for a meaningful challenge and want to be part of the Specialist Addiction Care LARO clinic team in Hälsingland, which strives to improve people's lives, then you are warmly welcome to submit your application to us!

Before an employment offer, the employer has the right to request an extract from the criminal record.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.

With 7,500 employees, we are the largest employer in the county. This gives us the strength to drive development forward for a viable Gävleborg. Our mission is exciting and complex. Regardless of your role here, you help the inhabitants of the county and make a difference in society. We are at the forefront of social development and invest in your growth and development as an employee. Here, you can use all your strength to create the future Gävleborg together with your colleagues.

The Health and Medical Care Board Administration's approximately 6,500 employees work together to provide the county's inhabitants with the best conditions for an active life with increased quality of life. By providing good and close care throughout the county, we lay the foundation for a strong and healthy Gävleborg.

Information to recruitment consultants and ad sellers:
We have already decided where we want to appear with our job ads and what support we want in the recruitment. We will not buy ad space or services for ongoing recruitment, so we ask you not to contact us with such offers.