About this role
We are looking for someone who wants to help create the future of child and adolescent psychiatry!
Your workplace
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUP) is the region's specialist resource for children and young people with severe mental health issues.
Together with other stakeholders in the region, we are tasked with providing equitable, needs-based, and cost-effective care for children, young people, and their families. Collaboration is a significant and important part of our work.
The operation consists of inpatient care, available around the clock in ward 48, as well as day care and outpatient visits at reception 5 - the unit for eating disorders and the eating support team (ÄST). At all levels, nutritional treatment is conducted in close collaboration with various multidisciplinary teams through individual dietary treatment and advisory conversations.
We look forward to creating seamless care for our patients with various eating disorder diagnoses, where you as a dietitian will contribute your expertise both to families and to our staff group.
We offer you:
- A collegial network, where dietitians working in pediatric medicine, child habilitation, and child psychiatry meet once a month for professional exchange.
- Close collaboration with the Center for Eating Disorders and the dietitian established there.
- Professional development based on your needs, with particular priority given to the diagnoses and patient groups you encounter as a dietitian within BUP.
- Interesting work alongside other professionals at BUP.
- Professional development and collaborative projects within our internal network for dietitians.
- A health-promoting workplace, wellness allowance, and wellness hour.
- A well-planned introduction with mentorship from a dietitian colleague.
Your responsibilities
As a dietitian in BUP's eating disorder care, you will work across care levels in multidisciplinary teams and participate in the operations' rounds and treatment conferences, where the teams collaboratively develop a joint treatment plan for the patients. The overarching treatment framework consists of a family-based approach in three phases following the Maudsley model for the treatment of eating disorders.
The patient group consists of adolescents with eating disorders, sometimes in combination with other diagnoses. The care levels include inpatient care around the clock, as well as day care and outpatient visits. At all levels, nutritional treatment is conducted in close collaboration with various multidisciplinary teams through individual dietary treatment and advisory conversations. In inpatient care, you will support the staff in nutrition-related questions and in the design of meal plans, primarily aimed at alleviating starvation and preparing the patient for continued treatment of the eating disorder by strengthening the parents' ability to manage nutrition.
In day care, you will assist the staff in designing meal plans and provide support to the patient and relatives as needed. In outpatient care, you will have individual or joint visits with practitioners from other professional backgrounds and conduct nutritional treatment with adolescents and parents.
Organizationally, you will work to create structure and uniform approaches across care levels regarding diet and nutrition.
Your qualifications and competencies
We are looking for a licensed dietitian with an interest in children and young people with psychiatric issues. We believe that you have worked in the profession for a few years. Experience working with children and young people and their parents is an advantage. Previous experience in psychiatry and eating disorder issues is also beneficial. We view additional university credits in psychology positively, as well as prior work experience in eating disorder care.
As a person, we see that you communicate clearly and concretely and contribute to creating and maintaining structure. You want to work in a team and find it easy to collaborate with other professionals. We place great importance on good collaborative skills and personal qualities.
Welcome to submit your application; interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.
About Region Värmland
We exist to ensure that everyone living here feels good and that our region is attractive and competitive. We make a difference in healthcare, dental care, public transport, regional development, and culture and education. We meet people in life's most significant moments and in all those everyday moments in between. Our vision is world-class quality of life. Read more about what it is like to work with us and follow us on social media.
Do you also want to work for everyone in Värmland? We welcome your application.
Other
In connection with a potential employment, we may ask you, as an applicant, to provide a copy of your criminal record. Before employment in psychiatric care, care of individuals with disabilities, or care of children or adolescents, the employer conducts a check in the police's suspicion and criminal record database. An entry in this register may affect your employment opportunities.
If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the HR Competence Supply Unit via the Region's switchboard at 010-831 50 00. You will receive assistance in submitting your application without it being processed in Varbi. Please ensure that you only include information relevant to the position in question.
In preparation for the recruitment process, Region Värmland has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly decline all