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Together we are developing Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future. We are transforming healthcare with the goal of becoming Europe's leading university hospital by 2032. Together with our patients, we work for quality, accessibility, patient safety, research, education, and innovation within a cohesive healthcare system in the Region of Västra Götaland. Our vision and goals aim for care of the highest quality, where the patient is always in focus. We offer local and regional healthcare, as well as highly specialized care for patients throughout the country and abroad. Our employees are our strength and contribute to knowledge exchange nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new ways of working, we can simplify life at the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality.

About the Department

Neuropsychiatry is one of five adult psychiatric departments at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. We provide specialized psychiatric care focusing on memory-related diseases, neuropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, psychiatry for the deaf and hard of hearing, psychiatry for patients with eating disorders, psychiatry for patients with intellectual disabilities, and patients with Huntington's disease.

Here, you will have the opportunity to provide care centered on the individual's needs, seeing patients in our inpatient care and via mobile teams in the patients' home environments. This is a rewarding and exciting assignment where you can truly make a difference for our elderly, vulnerable patients. It requires the courage to problem-solve and think new thoughts. Our ambition is to develop and care for the elderly individual in the best possible way and provide healthcare that we can all be proud of.

The department is research-intensive, and Ingmar Skoog and Silke Kern are just a few examples of our distinguished professors who truly put our patient group on the map, with incredibly exciting research to be part of.

What do we offer?

A 6-month fixed-term position where you gain a breadth of experience unique to both psychiatry and somatic care, as you will have the opportunity to meet individuals with primarily cognitive degenerative diseases. Additionally, elderly individuals often have other internal medical conditions to consider, making the work more comprehensive and educational.

We have extensive experience supervising and working with medical students, interns (AT-doctors), residents (ST-doctors), and junior doctors before AT at our clinics and wards. Our department is collaborative, offering good support from a dedicated team, managers, and colleagues. Our Memory Clinic is located in Mölndal but belongs to Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where we work with patients primarily over the age of 70 who often have complex psychiatric issues with elements of somatic and geriatric care. The complexity is a motivator, and we are looking for you who, with the right guidance, will have a developing and educational time while making a contribution to our patients.

About the Role

Your role as a doctor here is particularly important. You will handle standard medical duties such as new patient visits, follow-up appointments, lumbar punctures, conversations with relatives and authorities, discussing medication prescriptions, and planning further management, all in consultation with and led by existing specialists in psychiatry and neurology.

As a doctor within the department, you will be part of our primary on-call line, which involves the House Doctor service at SU/S, the Psychiatry Emergency at SU/Ö, and the Assessment Unit at SU/Ö.

The position is a 6-month fixed-term contract with the possibility of extension.

About You

You have approved grades from the medical program up to and including T10, a Swedish medical degree, or Swedish medical license.

You have an interest and commitment to our patient groups, are flexible, and have the ability to see and prioritize the needs of patients and the department. You appreciate working in an environment of constant development and in teams with combined competencies from different professional groups. Personal suitability will be given great weight. Selection and interviews are conducted continuously.

Please attach grade certificates/diplomas to your application.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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In the event of recruiting a doctor with foreign license/specialist certificate, the current position will be preceded by a process to meet the requirements for Swedish license/specialist certificate.

About the Region of Västra Götaland

Here, 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 across 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 daily life for residents and operations.

As a permanent employee, you will be assigned to wartime duties as part of our shared responsibility for ensuring that socially vital functions continue to operate even in a crisis.

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