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About the role

Are you a licensed psychologist or a PTP (Psychologist Trainee Program) psychologist? We are looking for you who have experience working with harmful use and addiction and want to be part of developing the Addiction Team in Västernorrland!

Regional Psychiatry and Habilitation coordinates the regional healthcare for adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, as well as habilitation in Region Västernorrland. The regional healthcare services are operated at three hospitals, Sundsvall, Sollefteå and Örnsköldsvik, and at several clinics located in various locations in the county. The area has approximately 700 employees. We are now looking for a psychologist/PTP-psychologist for the addiction team at Ward 7 in Sundsvall.

The Addiction Team is a county-wide team linked to the psychiatric inpatient care at Ward 7 in Sundsvall. The team acts as a link between psychiatric inpatient care, intermediate care and outpatient care, primary care, municipalities, healthcare, and assists all actors with consultative support, serving as a knowledge center. The team plans care before, during, and after inpatient care and forms an important link in the care chain for the individual. The Addiction Team provides guidance and support to the county's municipalities, primary care, and other healthcare partners, and conducts clinical interventions of an outpatient nature. The team, currently consisting of two coordinators, a nurse, a social worker, and a doctor, will be strengthened with more staff to, among other things, provide treatment interventions for direct work with patients with harmful use and addiction and concurrent psychiatric issues. This is part of the transition work that aligns with the comorbidity reform.

The position can be filled by both a licensed psychologist and a PTP-psychologist. As a PTP-psychologist, you have an assigned supervisor who, together with the unit manager, is responsible for providing you with suitable tasks within the framework of the PTP year. The clinic also has an established PTP program that you have the opportunity to participate in. The form of employment follows the respective agreements: a licensed psychologist is offered a permanent position. A PTP-psychologist will be offered a fixed-term position. Regardless of the position, the employment is for full-time hours with a start date as agreed.

Responsibilities

• Neuropsychiatric investigations
• In-depth assessments
• Direct patient work
• Planning, follow-up, and documentation
• Mapping
• Needs assessment
• Collaboration
• Psychiatric basic investigation
• Patient, collaboration, and SIP (Social Services and Healthcare Integration Plan) meetings
• Treatment interventions
• Educational initiatives for staff within healthcare, primary care, and municipalities
• Lectures on harmful use and addiction
• Medical treatment

Qualifications

We are looking for you who

• Are a licensed psychologist, but you who are a PTP-psychologist also have the opportunity to apply for this position
• Have previously worked with harmful use and addiction
• Have good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing
• Have a B driver's license

To succeed in the role, we believe you have these personal qualities

• Personal maturity
• Self-initiative
• Collaborative skills
• Structured

Region Västernorrland

With approximately 7,000 employees and over 200 professions, we at Region Västernorrland are responsible for several of the operations that are most important for the inhabitants' ability to participate in society. Here, your knowledge and commitment make a difference in everything from healthcare to culture, environment, and sustainability. Become part of a team where everyone is needed. Together for a growing Västernorrland.

The region has worked for many years to create conditions to contribute to healthy and well-being employees. Your well-being and job satisfaction are important to us. One of our many benefits is that we offer 5,000 SEK per year in fitness allowance. We apply individual salary setting according to the current collective agreement. Read more about Region Västernorrland, our benefits, and what it is like to work with us: Region Västernorrland - Working at Region Västernorrland (https://www.rvn.se).

Within Region Västernorrland, a number of positions are classified for security, and a security clearance may therefore be conducted. We have made our choice of recruitment agency and therefore decline contact with advertising sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.

This position requires you to have a valid license for the current profession. Your professional license will be checked against the National Board of Health and Welfare's register of licensed healthcare personnel (HOSP) before any offer of employment is made. Read more here: Register of Licensed Healthcare Personnel (HOSP) - National Board of Health and Welfare (https://www.socialstyrelsen.se).

We apply background checks and drug testing before a decision on employment is made.

Selection and interviews are conducted continuously. We warmly welcome your application!