Psychologist for Adult Psychiatric Clinic 1, Västerås

Do you want to work with engaged colleagues and make a real difference for people with mental health challenges? At our Adult Psychiatric Clinic 1 in Västerås, you'll have a varied and meaningful job in a safe team where collaboration, development, and a good work environment are the focus. Job Responsibilities At Adult Psychiatric Clinic 1, working as a psychologist involves collaborating in our interprofessional team with other staff at the clinic. We offer you a stimulating and varied job involving different types of assessments, consultation interviews, and treatments. The work involves working independently, in collaboration with other professional categories, and in groups. We treat and meet patients with general psychiatric issues, various forms of anxiety, depression, social phobia, ADHD, bipolar disorder, emotionally unstable personality syndrome, PTSD, and OCD. At Adult Psychiatric Clinic 1, we offer you a good work environment, a private office, and opportunities for learning and skills development. All our practitioners have access to mentorship and supervision. We strive to provide quick and excellent patient care regarding assessment, investigation, and treatment. We also offer patients various group treatment options, including UP group, STAIR group, and ADHD Step 2 group. We are also in the process of launching digital treatment in the form of I-CBT. About the Workplace Adult Psychiatric Clinic 1 in Västerås is part of the specialist psychiatry in Region Västmanland and serves patients with mental health issues requiring specialized care in Västerås, Surahammar, and Hallstahammar municipalities. We receive patients based on their birth dates, days 1-10. Our guidance has been to create a well-functioning care chain with good collaboration between emergency care, inpatient care, and outpatient care. The clinic employs doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and administrative staff. We work in two teams and strive to provide our patients with quick, high-quality care and professional treatment. We are a well-functioning clinic characterized by lots of laughter, openness, collaboration, and respect for each other's expertise. For us, it's important that you feel well and enjoy your job, so we offer you: • Tailored introduction program to help you feel confident in your professional role • Opportunities for skills development through internal training • A workplace for different life stages • Free training at our fully equipped gym • Health and wellness allowance of 3000 SEK/year More about your benefits can be found here: https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/ Interested? Please contact us if you'd like to schedule an informal conversation or visit us to get insight into our work and see the facilities. New as a Psychologist For newly licensed psychologists, we offer a two-year competence package to provide a smoother transition from PTP psychologist to licensed psychologist. The competence package includes: • Workplace-specific course • Participation in a national/Nordic conference • Observation in primary care, habilitation, child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, or forensic psychiatry (total of five days) • Opportunity to attend supervisor training in year 2 • Personal follow-up with an experienced psychologist Qualifications The ideal candidate is a licensed psychologist with a Swedish psychology degree, preferably with CBT orientation, or is starting PTP or has received approval from the National Board of Health and Welfare to complete PTP. If you have approval from the National Board of Health and Welfare, it must be attached to the application. Experience in treatment work, social psychiatry, or psychiatric care is meritorious. Good computer skills and experience with the Cosmic journal system is an advantage. As the role requires communication with patients, relatives, and colleagues, excellent Swedish language skills in speech and writing are required. As a person, you are attentive and have a good ability to understand others' situations. You have personal maturity, are confident and stable. You have a respectful and good approach to both patients and colleagues. You listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts constructively. To enjoy the work, you need to be self-driven with good judgment and empathetic abilities. Employment Terms Temporary position, full-time. Start date from January 1st or by agreement. Application Welcome to submit your application by November 23rd, 2025. • When applying, please only attach your CV and relevant certificates/credentials.