Vacant job

Vacancy: Responsible Nurse/Therapist for EWA Clinic

Dependency Center Stockholm is Sweden's largest dependency clinic. We offer support and assistance to people who have problems with alcohol, drugs, medication, or gambling. Our operations include acute and inpatient care, local outpatient care, and highly specialized care. We are also a clinic that provides university healthcare as well as research and education.

The EWA clinic is an outpatient clinic targeting women with alcohol use disorder. A majority of those we meet also have other psychiatric comorbidities. Common conditions besides alcohol dependence are post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive states, and neuropsychiatric diagnoses. The clinic is centrally located at Rosenlund Hospital.

The Workplace

A beloved and loyal colleague of ours is moving on to another position within our organization, and we are looking for a substitute for her. We are a stable team of doctors, therapists, psychologists, and nurses who together have both long-standing and broad expertise. Our work is characterized by a strong consensus on the importance of person-centered and evidence-based care based on the individual patient's changing needs. We are looking for a colleague who wants to contribute additional experiences to continue improving the care of our patient group. For both occupational health and patient safety reasons, we place great emphasis on teamwork. We hold treatment conferences weekly and recurring during the term, we work on knowledge deepening based on specific themes (previous term themes have included suicidality, sexual health, and eating disorders).

The Work

You will be the responsible nurse/therapist for a portion of the clinic's patients. Based on the individual patient's needs and wishes, our tasks include motivational and therapeutic conversations (individual and group), medication treatment, assessments regarding withdrawal and suicide risk, contact with relatives, other healthcare providers, and other authorities. In all this work, you will naturally have support from the entire team. Often, the patient has parallel contact with, for example, doctors or psychologists here. At our clinic, it is always welcome to come in to a colleague for advice.

Personal Qualities/Competencies

To thrive at our clinic, you need:

• Experience and a desire to work independently in complex patient meetings.
• Feel comfortable asking for support.
• Good teamwork skills.

Qualifications

Licensed nurse, preferably with further education in psychiatry. It is meritorious if you have worked in psychiatry or within dependency care, as you will benefit from your previous experiences in the work here with us.

Employment Type

The position is a temporary contract for 12 months but with good opportunities for extension; we also hope it may transition into a permanent position. Therefore, we would appreciate it if you have a desire to stay with us for a longer period. Working hours are scheduled during daytime Monday-Friday with evening shifts on Tuesdays until 18:30 (we are flexible regarding the percentage of employment based on your wishes).

Start date according to agreement.

Other

Dependency Center Stockholm applies alcohol and drug testing as well as extracts from the suspicion and criminal record register prior to new employment.

Selection and interviews are conducted after the application period has ended.

The position is filled subject to it not needing to be taken for internal reassignment, according to current regulations.

For patient-facing work within the Stockholm County Healthcare Services (SLSO):

• Register checks are 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 takes place through occupational health services before employment.
• Requires, in addition to Swedish professional licensure, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The same requirements apply to non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

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

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