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Description
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit for Serious Norm-Breaking Behavior (BUP-ANB) is a new regional service starting in 2026. The service builds on the government commission Integrated Care (2021-2024) and offers specialist psychiatric care to community-placed children and young people up to 21 years old with serious norm-breaking behavior and concurrent psychiatric care needs when ordinary outpatient care is insufficient.
The unit will be built up with four mobile interprofessional teams consisting of physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and healthcare administrators. In total, the unit will have approximately 25 employees.
The target group consists of children and young people with complex psychiatric and social comorbidity, often with experience of care breakdowns, repeated placements, and serious mental health issues.
The catchment area covers the entire Västra Götaland region. Initially, the service will focus on adolescents placed in SiS homes in the region. Over time, children and young people in HVB homes and within the Prison Service are also planned to be included in the mandate.
The unit is part of the operational area of Neurology and Child Psychiatry at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, within the section for Child Psychiatry 24-Hour Care and Specialty Outpatient Clinics.
The service is mobile and meets patients where they are. Work is conducted in a team-based approach with close collaboration between professionals.
What We Offer
You will have the opportunity to help build a new regional service for a nationally prioritized target group. Together with an interprofessional team, you will contribute to developing working methods, structure, and content in healthcare.
We offer independent and varied work with great opportunity to influence the development of the service and create unified care for a vulnerable patient group.
Responsibilities
As a physician in BUP-ANB, you have overall medical responsibility and a central role in the team. The focus is on assessment, evaluation, and treatment of complex psychiatric conditions.
You will:
assume responsibility for psychiatric diagnosis and medical evaluations
conduct initial assessments and lead and follow up on investigations and treatment
contribute specialist knowledge to the team's clinical evaluations
participate in coordinated care planning with SiS, social services, and other care providers
provide supervision and consultative support to staff and partner organizations
contribute to increased knowledge about psychiatric conditions in the child's or young person's everyday environment
Qualifications
We are looking for a licensed physician with specialist competence in child and adolescent psychiatry or adult psychiatry.
You have experience in psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as experience working with children and young people with complex psychiatric issues.
You are confident in your medical expertise, can make independent assessments, and have good collaboration skills. You work in a structured manner and want to contribute to the development of a new regional service.
Meriting experience includes:
children and young people in public care
complex comorbidity, such as trauma, neuropsychiatric conditions, or self-harm behavior
24-hour care/inpatient care development or startup work
You have strong ability to work in team and interprofessional settings.
Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.
Interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis during the application period.
We warmly welcome your application!
We warmly welcome your application!
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