About this role
Skaraborg Hospital (SkaS) operates in several locations in Skaraborg, including Falköping, Lidköping, Mariestad, and Skövde. We provide specialized healthcare across approximately thirty specialties and work collaboratively for the health of our patients throughout their lives, offering cohesive and secure care. Every day and every hour, our employees make contributions that impact the lives of others. We care about those who make a difference for others, and together we create the workplace of the future.
**Description**
Join us on our journey to create better conditions for psychiatric care in Skaraborg!
We are currently seeking a temporary caregiver for our Addiction Department, an acute care unit within SkaS adult psychiatry.
The department has 16 beds for patients requiring round-the-clock psychiatric care and dealing with addiction issues. Patients are treated either voluntarily or under the Mental Health Act (LPT). We take a holistic approach to care and strive to ensure that each patient has a smooth journey through the healthcare system. Care is planned and executed in consultation with the patient, relatives, outpatient care, municipalities, and other partners.
Psychiatric round-the-clock care is a modern workplace in new, specially adapted facilities that provide safety and comfort for both patients and staff.
With us, you will have the opportunity to get to know patients in a completely different way and experience situations that engage and touch you. These moments of joy, compassion, and care, combined with treatment, make a difference for our patients. Here, we make a difference together.
**Responsibilities**
In the department, we work in a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, caregivers, doctors, social workers, secretaries, and psychologists, where the caregiver plays an incredibly important role. As a caregiver with us, you will primarily engage in conversations, care, and documentation, but you will also participate in care activities such as sample collection, EKG, bladder scans, and taking measurements. You will collaborate with other professionals to ensure effective treatment and discharge of patients.
We will help you get started with your introduction, and you will receive guidance from dedicated and competent colleagues. The clinic also offers regular internal training sessions weekly, where all professions within round-the-clock care contribute to deepening knowledge in psychiatry.
**Qualifications**
We are looking for someone who has completed a nursing program with a focus on psychiatry, and we prefer that you have experience working in psychiatric care. You have a professional approach based on a patient and relative perspective and experience collaborating with healthcare neighbors and authorities.
We also expect you to have a genuine interest in working with our target group. It is important that you possess good teamwork skills, are flexible, and actively contribute to the development of the organization.
Personal suitability is of great importance.
**Other**
We strive for diversity, where our employees' backgrounds, experiences, knowledge, and personalities enrich the organization.
When hiring in psychiatry, we require a background check from the criminal record and suspicion register. This request will be handled by the employer.
We will conduct ongoing interviews during the application period, so please submit your application today!
**About Västra Götalandsregionen**
Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland. Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitize more work processes. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and are motivated to participate in the development to learn new things. Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in reserve positions.
If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion. You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate.
**Application**
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