Together we develop Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future. We are transforming healthcare with the goal of becoming Europe's leading university hospital by 2032. Working together with patients, we strive for quality, accessibility, patient safety, research, education, and innovation – in an integrated healthcare system in the Västra Götaland Region. Our vision and goals aim for the highest quality care, where the patient is always in focus. We offer healthcare locally and regionally, but also highly specialized care to patients throughout Sweden and abroad. Our employees are our strength and they contribute to knowledge exchange nationally and internationally. With digital tools and new ways of working, we can simplify daily operations at the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality.
Description
Unit BUP Serious Behavioral Disorders (BUP-ANB) is a new regional operation starting in 2026. The operation builds on the government assignment Integrated Care (2021-2024) and offers specialist psychiatric care to community-placed children and young people up to 21 years old with serious behavioral disorders and concurrent psychiatric care needs when ordinary outpatient care is insufficient.
The unit will be built up with four mobile interdisciplinary teams consisting of doctors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and healthcare administrators. Approximately 25 employees will work in the operation in total.
The target group is children and young people with extensive psychiatric and social comorbidity. Many have experienced care breakdown, repeated placements, and serious mental health issues such as self-harm, trauma, or behavioral disorders.
The service area covers all of Västra Götaland. Initially, the operation targets young people placed in SiS homes in the region. In the long term, children and young people placed in HVB homes and within the Prison and Probation Service are planned to be included.
The unit is organizationally part of the Neurology and Child Psychiatry operation at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, within the Child Psychiatric 24-Hour Care and Special Clinics section.
The operation is mobile and meets the young person where they are located. Work is conducted on a team basis with close collaboration between professions.
What We Offer
The target group is nationally recognized and prioritized. With us, you have the opportunity to be part of building a new regional operation from the ground up. Together in an interdisciplinary team, you develop work methods, structures, and care content based on the target group's needs.
We offer varied work with significant influence over the operation's development and the opportunity to contribute to integrated care for a highly vulnerable group.
Qualifications
We are seeking a licensed occupational therapist.
You have experience working with children and young people or patients with psychiatric issues. Experience with complex problems is a merit.
You have knowledge of activity capacity, structural support, and everyday adaptations, preferably related to neuropsychiatric conditions and mental health issues.
You are confident in your profession, collaboration-oriented, flexible, and take responsibility. You work independently while actively contributing to the team's work.
Meritorious experience includes:
psychiatry, especially child and adolescent psychiatry
placed children and young people
activity adaptations in complex care environments
development or startup work
Great weight is placed on personal suitability.
Interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis during the application period.
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