About this role
Psychiatric Care Area
We are Akademiska Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer care to two million people in Central Sweden. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is celebrated as a hero. Here, you will experience both challenging trials and amazing events, in a strong community with colleagues. See parts of our reality in our photo exhibition; akademiskafotoutstallning.se. Welcome to apply!
Our Operations
The Psychiatric Care Area at Akademiska Hospital is organized into four subspecialized sections, including the Dependency and Neuropsychiatry section. The section has two care wards, 4A focusing on dependency/pain and general psychiatric conditions, and 4B focusing on abstinence/acute dependency conditions. In outpatient care, we have the Addiction Medicine Clinic, Neuropsychiatric Clinic, LARO Clinic, and psychiatric clinics in Enköping and Northern County.
We are located in modern facilities in the core area of Akademiska Hospital, with a short walking distance from Uppsala Central Station, as well as centrally in Enköping and Northern Uppland.
Your Assignment
As a junior doctor with us, you will work with psychiatric diagnostics and treatment of the conditions patients are being treated for. Together with specialist physicians, nurses, care assistants, psychologists, and social workers, you will be responsible for our patients. Here, you will have an opportunity to develop through stimulating encounters with patients and colleagues, as well as through supervision. Together, we create a developmental and challenging workplace.
Your Qualifications and Competence
We are seeking a licensed physician with a broad and genuine interest in psychiatry. In your work, you always put the patient in focus. You have good communication skills. As a person, you should be humble, responsible, curious, and thorough. Previous experience in dependency and psychiatry is meritorious. If this describes you, Akademiska Hospital could be the right challenge for you. With supervision from specialist physicians, you will also have the opportunity to gain experience and competence that will be assessed in an application for specialist training.
We Offer
We offer time-limited temporary positions from 2026-01-01 to 2026-08-31. Full-time employment. Start date by agreement. Before employment, extracts from suspicion and criminal records will be checked.
We offer benefits that make a difference, read about them here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/).
Want to Know More?
Section Chief Åsa Magnusson 018-617 03 56
Chief Physician Tobias Eriksson 018-611 21 72
Union contact can be reached via Uppland General Physicians Association, 018-611 34 95
Want to Work with Us?
Welcome to apply via the link below.
Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operation and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds of birth, functionality, and life experience.
Region Uppsala war-places all permanent employees based on total defense needs. This means no obligations for the individual employee during peacetime and is solely a planning measure.
Before employment decisions, checks of suspicion and criminal records will be conducted for all job applicants who may work in psychiatric healthcare, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care for substance abusers.
This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we decline telephone calls from recruitment companies and advertising sellers.