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 specialist healthcare. We are located on the west coast, and our area offers varied nature with both sea, mountains, forest, 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 specialists.

Forensic Psychiatry at NU Hospital is located at Brinkåsen, where there are five forensic psychiatric wards and two joint 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 ultimately be able to live a functioning life in society without relapsing into crime.

About the Role

Unhealthy lifestyle habits are a significant 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 lifestyle habits.

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

Responsibilities

As a Health Educator with us, you work systematically with mapping, planning, follow-up, and feedback, and ensure that lifestyle habits 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 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 lifestyle habits into the daily life of the wards
• supporting staff in having conversations about lifestyle habits and health as a natural part of care
• contributing to health-promoting perspectives being included in care plans and rehabilitation work
• stimulating voluntary participation in health-promoting activities
• working in line with National Guidelines for Care of Unhealthy Lifestyle Habits (2024).

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are educated as a Health Educator. Experience from forensic psychiatry or psychiatry is meritorious, as is a degree in nutrition science and a burning interest in lifestyle habits.

Personal Attributes

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

Other Information

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 Record of Suspicions and Convictions. This request is handled by the employer.

Welcome with your application!

The position may be classified 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 secure and equal care 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 everyday life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you are mobilized as part of our joint responsibility for ensuring that socially important functions work even in a crisis.

Want to know more about us? On our website, you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference and develop in their professions every day. Read more about working with us (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/).

Application

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