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We are looking for a psychologist for a one-year fixed-term position at our outpatient clinic for Young Adults.

Stockholm Centre for Eating Disorders (SCÄ) is one of the world's largest specialist clinics for patients with eating disorders and receives patients of all ages.

We have a well-developed operation offering digital care, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, day care, inpatient care, and national highly specialized care for adults, children, and adolescents. Today, we have nearly 300 employees. Our outpatient and day care are located on Södermalm, and our inpatient care is at Danderyd Hospital.

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Outpatient care for young adults is a unit that treats patients aged 16 to 22 with eating disorder issues and, in some cases, other psychiatric comorbidities. Our clinic works from a holistic perspective and offers evidence-based treatment CBT-E, a specific treatment method designed for patients with eating disorder diagnoses. Treatment can be provided individually, in groups, and with network members and family.

You will encounter a broad spectrum of diagnoses, making the work stimulating and educational. The work involves treating eating disorders and other psychiatric diagnoses. The position includes patient contact, administrative tasks, and collaboration with neighboring care units.

We aim to collaborate closely within our interprofessional team, which consists of doctors, psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, and dietitians.

What do we offer you?

We offer you interesting and developmental work, an exciting workplace with very pleasant colleagues and a good work community. There will be opportunities for competence development and further training according to the operation's needs. You will become highly skilled in eating disorder treatment and have the opportunity to deliver therapy in accordance with evidence for the patient group. You will encounter a broad spectrum of diagnoses, making the work stimulating and educational. It is a great advantage if you are skilled in behavioral analysis and perhaps other evidence-based treatment protocols, as some adaptations may be necessary.

Responsibilities:

Your main responsibilities will be to conduct psychological treatment work, primarily individually, but potentially also in groups. The responsibilities also include clinical assessments and collaboration with SCÄ's other units, such as the outpatient care for children and the inpatient care. You will participate in treatment conferences, supervision, and method development together with the rest of the staff at the unit.

Employment type:

Fixed-term contract for 1 year.

Full-time, 40 hours/week.

Qualifications:

You are a licensed psychologist with a CBT focus.

It is meritorious if you are a senior psychologist and have experience in eating disorder care, CBT-E, and clinical psychology.

Personal qualities:

You have a strong interest in evidence-based care, have good collaboration skills, are responsible, efficient, and passionate about developing as a psychologist. You are empathetic and confident in meeting people with disabling psychiatric issues.

Curiosity and the ability to find solutions are important qualities. To thrive with us, we believe you are someone who likes to take initiative, has a pragmatic approach, and drives continuous development and improvement work. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Our benefits: SLSO creates good conditions for you as an employee to develop and become excellent in your profession. As an employee, you have benefits such as free healthcare up to the high-cost protection limit, extra compensation during parental leave, contractual pension, and insurance. We also apply flexible working hours, wellness hours, and a 5,000 SEK wellness allowance per calendar year.

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Interviews are conducted continuously during the application period. Apply today!

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