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Psychologist for the Child Brain Team at the Brain Injury Center

Are you longing for a workplace where joy and seriousness can coexist – where we meet the difficult with warmth, security, and care?

About Us

Here, you will meet dedicated colleagues from various professions. We value open and respectful collaboration where we share experiences, learn from each other, and have easy access to both laughter and reflection.

The Brain Injury Center is a unit within Rehabilitation & Health, a operation within Region Stockholm with specialized competence regarding acquired brain injury. The Brain Injury Center consists of an adult team and a child team, the Child Brain Team. We are located at Sabbatsberg Hospital in central Stockholm, close to buses, the subway, and commuter trains. We work in interdisciplinary teams consisting of psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, speech therapists, and special educators who collaborate to provide interventions for patients, primarily individually but also in groups. The Child Brain Team receives children and adolescents with acquired brain injury and permanent disabilities. We receive patients from across the county. Children with moderate to severe acquired brain injury are received at local Rehabilitation Centers for Children.

The adult team at the Brain Injury Center provides support and interventions to adults with moderate to severe acquired brain injury who are covered by the Support and Service Act for Certain Disabled Persons (LSS) person groups 2 or 3.

About the Position

We are looking for you who are a licensed psychologist and wish to work full-time, starting September 7th or as agreed.

As a psychologist in the Child Brain Team, you will work with children with acquired brain injury aged 2–17 years. The work includes, among other things, psychoeducation about acquired brain injury for relatives, schools, as well as children and adolescents, supportive conversations with patients and relatives (guardians and siblings), and collaboration with other networks, other healthcare providers, schools, and social services. Interventions can be given both individually and in groups, and can take place both within and outside the unit, e.g., school visits. Outward-facing educational and information initiatives are part of the work.

As a psychologist at the unit, you will also be part of the adult team at the Brain Injury Center and conduct neuropsychological assessments. The number of assessments varies; in some periods, it accounts for approximately 10–15% of working hours.

About You

You are a licensed psychologist, preferably with clinical experience working with individuals with acquired brain injury. Good experience with neuropsychological assessments is meritorious. A strong interest in teamwork and neuropsychology. Specialist education in neuropsychology or clinical psychology, and further education in the field of acquired brain injury, is meritorious.

For us, it is important to find the right person for our team, and we will largely base this recruitment on personal suitability. As a person, you are warm, positive, and secure in your interactions with others, with very good social skills and an ability to build trust. You thrive in collaboration, respect joint decisions, and actively contribute to an open and non-hierarchical climate. Innovative thinking, openness, and humor are qualities that will help you thrive in our team!

What We Offer

An stimulating and meaningful job where you get to make a real difference for patients and their relatives. You become part of a warm and dedicated team that supports each other, with room for laughter, reflection, and development.

At our workplace, you are offered:

• Free healthcare
• Wellness allowance and wellness activities during working hours
• Flexible working hours
• Additional compensation during parental leave

Employment Terms

Permanent employment, full-time from 2026-09-07 or as agreed.

The position is filled subject to the condition that it does not need to be filled by internal relocation, according to current regulations.

In patient-facing work within the Stockholm County Council (SLSO):

• A register check is applied before the decision on employment according to SLSO’s overarching guidelines for register checks upon employment.
• Employees who will have patient contact must undergo a new employment examination, according to current directives, which is conducted through occupational health services before employment.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required, in addition to Swedish professional licensure. The same requirement is guiding for non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County Council (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer healthcare under the auspices of Region Stockholm within psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, rehabilitation and health, and assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, we conduct research, education, and development. Read more about SLSO here.

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