Vacant job

We are now looking for a Ward Coordinator with an extended role for the psychiatric emergency unit and inpatient care. This is a developing and varied assignment where you will play a key role in improving both patient flows and administrative processes within psychiatric inpatient care. The position involves office hours and is covered by a flexible agreement.

What We Offer

The Psychiatric Clinic in Linköping offers specialized psychiatric and addiction medicine care and has approximately 300 employees. We operate in inpatient care, emergency units, outpatient care, and addiction treatment, and collaborate closely with research at Linköping University. We are gathered in a modern psychiatric building that creates good conditions for collaboration and development. Our size and broad scope are our strengths – here you have the opportunity to both broaden and deepen your competence.

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Job Description

As a Ward Coordinator, you are a central function in the operations – a "spider in the web" responsible for creating an efficient and patient-safe flow through the care system.

Your assignment includes coordinating bed availability and patient flows, as well as administrative and economic tasks related to the operations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and driving work regarding beds and patient flows within inpatient care.
• Actively planning the inflow of patients in dialogue with the emergency unit, on-call line, department physicians, and unit managers.
• Participating in meetings and contributing to ensuring the correct level of care and patient safety.
• Working proactively and identifying areas for improvement in flows and working methods.
• Working clinically or with operational development when needed.

Extended responsibility within administration and economy:

• Being involved in work with invoicing basis related to, for example, RF (Rehabilitation Fund) and LVM (Compulsory Care Act), including understanding of care flows and billing.
• Contributing to structure, routines, and development within the assignment.

The role involves a combination of operational work close to care and a more structuring and developmental responsibility.

Work Group

Among us work doctors, nurses, psychologists, care assistants, social workers, occupational therapists, dietitians, and healthcare administrators.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Is educated as an assistant nurse, care assistant, or registered nurse.
• Has experience working in psychiatry or addiction care.
• Has good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience in coordinating roles or ward work.
• Familiarity with administrative systems and economy-related tasks.
• Understanding of care flows and compensation systems.

To thrive and succeed in the role, you are:

• Structured and responsible.
• Stable and confident in stressful situations.
• Decisive and proactive.
• Flexible and solution-oriented.
• Communicative and able to collaborate with different professions.
• Have leadership qualities.
• Have experience with economic assignments.

Personal suitability is given great weight.

Application and Employment

In connection with employment in patient-facing work within Region Östergötland, you will be required to fill out a health declaration.

We warmly welcome your application! If you need help registering in the system, please contact Customer Service Support and Service at 010-103 60 00 during office hours.

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