Vacant job

NU Hospital is part of the Region of Västra Götaland and is one of Sweden's larger county hospitals. We are located at NÄL (Norra Älvsborg County Hospital) in Trollhättan and Uddevalla Hospital. The hospital's catchment area covers 280,000 inhabitants. Together, we are approximately 5,000 employees who work every day to provide good and safe specialized healthcare. We are located on the west coast, and our area offers varied nature with both sea, mountains, forests, and lakes.

The Department

Adult Psychiatry at NU Hospital is divided into four sections. Section 1 consists of general psychiatric inpatient care, a secretariat, and a psychiatric emergency department, while Section 2 consists of general psychiatric outpatient care. Section 3 comprises forensic psychiatry, and Section 4 consists of the department's specialist physicians and resident physicians.

Forensic Psychiatry at NU Hospital is located at Brinkåsen, where there are five forensic psychiatric care wards and two shared forensic psychiatric resource units. The mission of Forensic Psychiatry is to offer qualified care and rehabilitation to patients sentenced to forensic psychiatric care. The goal is for patients to feel better – through treatment and support – and eventually be able to live a functional life in society without relapsing into crime.

About the Role

Unhealthy lifestyles are a widespread problem within forensic psychiatric care. Patients in forensic psychiatry also often have long periods of care, making the care environment a central arena for establishing or changing lifestyles.

To enable the integration of health promotion work into forensic psychiatric inpatient care, a project position is now planned where we are looking for a driven health educator. For the development work to have a real and lasting effect, we believe it requires a dedicated function with a clear mandate, authority, and time to drive change together with the other professions around the patient.

Responsibilities

As a health educator with us, you work systematically with mapping, planning, follow-up, and feedback, and ensure that lifestyles are integrated into care plans, ward rounds, and daily nursing care. The health educator's role in this project position also involves acting as an active link between the activity house and the care wards.

There are great opportunities to help shape the role within the framework of the project position, which largely involves:

• developing and implementing methods to integrate lifestyles into the daily life of the wards
• supporting staff in having conversations about lifestyles and health as a natural part of care
• contributing to the inclusion of health-promoting perspectives in care plans and rehabilitation work
• stimulating voluntary participation in health-promoting activities
• working in line with the National Guidelines for Care of Unhealthy Lifestyles (2024).

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are trained as a health educator. Experience from forensic psychiatry or psychiatry is meritorious, as is a degree in nutritional science and a burning interest in lifestyles.

Personal Attributes

We are looking for you who are receptive and enjoy working independently but also have an easy time creating good collaborations, both within the team and with external actors. You are structured and have the ability to prioritize tasks effectively. You like to take initiative, especially when it comes to developing new ways of working and shaping roles where the frameworks are not yet established.

Other

The employment is fixed-term as it is a project position for 9 months with the possibility of extension.

Interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

When appointing a position within psychiatry, we always request extracts from the Suspicion and Record Register. This request is handled by the employer.

Welcome with your application!

The position may be placed in a security class. This means that security clearance and register control may be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Security Protection Act before employment.

About the Region of Västra Götaland

With us, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives every day throughout Västra Götaland.

You contribute to safe and equal healthcare as well as a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life.

We are in the midst of digital development where you get to help shape future ways of working to improve and simplify daily life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you are mobilized for war as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that socially important functions function even in a crisis.

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Application

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