Nurse/Care Worker for Psychiatric Ward 5

Area of Operation: Forensic Psychiatry We are Akademiska Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a county 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. View parts of our reality in our photo exhibition; akademiskafotoutstallning.se. Welcome to apply! Our Operation The Forensic Psychiatric Unit provides care for patients convicted of crimes and transferred to forensic psychiatric care. This means we receive patients with varying psychiatric conditions. Our unit works from a long-term perspective where, in addition to medication, nursing, pedagogical interventions, and psychological treatment focused on preventing criminal recidivism are important components. The Forensic Psychiatric Unit currently consists of two care wards with security classes 2 and 3, as well as an outpatient clinic. We will move to newly built facilities in Jälla outside Uppsala in April 2024. We are seeking someone who, together with other employees, wants to help develop care for patients in the Forensic Psychiatric Unit. We can offer a stimulating workplace with a strong focus on care, care content, and development. We value innovations and ideas, and actively work towards our vision: to deliver Sweden's best forensic psychiatric care, every day, around the clock! Your Assignment The work involves psychiatric nursing and coordination and collaboration with patients, relatives, colleagues, outpatient care, and others. We have long care periods and therefore place great focus on relationship-building work. You will participate in quality improvement and development work within your area of expertise. We have differentiated work tasks depending on whether you are a basic-trained nursing assistant or have a specialist education. Your Qualifications You seeking this position should have a degree in the nursing program with a psychiatric focus, or other education that the employer deems equivalent. You are professionally proud, with good analytical and reflective abilities. Supervision of students and experience in quality and development work in psychiatric care are desirable and meritorious but not mandatory. We especially welcome experience working in forensic psychiatric care. Personal suitability will be given significant weight in the appointment. We Offer We offer stimulating work with great task variation. We also provide professional supervision by a specialist nurse every week, and you will have strong collegial support within the group. You will receive a permanent full-time position with day, evening, and weekend shifts at the forensic psychiatric unit. A probationary period may be applied. A background check from suspicion and criminal records will be conducted before employment. With us, you get benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/). Want to Know More? Department Manager Maria Bruhn Lundblad, 018-611 22 26 Deputy Department Manager Lena Knutsson, 018-617 11 74 Department Manager Mathilda Iverson, 018-611 30 04 Municipal Union contact can be reached via switchboard, 018-611 00 00 Want to Work with Us? Welcome to apply via the link below. Region Uppsala values the qualities that balanced 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 will war-place 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 seekers who may work in psychiatric healthcare, habilitation, child and youth care, or compulsory addiction treatment. This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we decline phone calls from recruitment companies and ad sellers.