Together we are developing Sahlgrenska University Hospital for a sustainable future. We are transforming healthcare with the goal of being 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 toward care of the highest quality, where the patient is always in focus. We provide 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 working methods, we can simplify daily operations at the hospital and offer modern, accessible, and efficient care of the highest quality.
Description
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 will offer specialist psychiatric care to community-placed children and young people up to age 21 with serious behavioral disorders and simultaneous psychiatric care needs, when standard outpatient care is insufficient.
The unit will be built with four mobile interprofessional teams consisting of physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and healthcare administrators. In total, the operation will comprise approximately 25 employees.
The target group is children and young people with extensive psychiatric and social comorbidity. Many have experience with care breakdowns, repeated placements, and serious mental health issues, such as self-harm, trauma, or behavioral disorders.
The catchment area is the entire Västra Götaland region. Initially, the operation will focus on adolescents placed in SiS facilities in the region. Long-term, children and young people placed in HVB facilities and within the Prison Service will also be included.
Organizationally, the unit belongs to the Neurology and Child Psychiatry operation at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, within the Child Psychiatric 24-hour Care and Specialist Clinics section.
The operation is mobile and meets the young person where they are located. Work is conducted as teamwork with close collaboration between professionals.
What We Offer
The target group is nationally recognized and prioritized. With us, you get to participate in building a new regional operation from the ground up. Together with an interprofessional team, you develop working methods, structures, and care content based on the target group's needs.
We offer varied work with significant influence over the operation's development, flexibility in planning, and the opportunity to contribute to integrated care for one of society's most vulnerable groups.
Job Responsibilities
As a psychiatric nurse in BUP-ANB, you have a central role in the team and work closely with both patients and daily operations.
You will, among other things:
– Follow up on psychiatric treatment interventions, including medication effects and side effects
– Conduct psychiatric nursing assessments and contribute to comprehensive assessments
– Monitor somatic parameters related to mental health and treatment
– Assess and follow up on, for example, suicide risk, self-harm, sleep, and functional level
– Contribute to care planning and coordination with other professionals
– Guide and conduct knowledge-enhancing initiatives for SiS staff and other partners
Qualifications
We are looking for you who are a licensed nurse with further education in psychiatry.
You have experience in psychiatric care, preferably in child and adolescent psychiatry or other operations working with patients with complex psychiatric issues.
You are confident in your profession and understand the interplay between psychiatric and social factors. You collaborate well with others, are flexible, responsible, and have good interpersonal skills.
You can work independently while actively contributing to the team's work. We also see that you are motivated by the opportunity to participate in developing a new regional operation.
Meritorious experience includes:
– Placed children and young people
– Patients at suicidal risk, self-harm, or eating disorders
– Supervision or consultative work
– Development or startup work
– 24-hour/inpatient care
Great weight is placed on personal suitability.
Interviews may take place on a rolling basis during the application period.
We welcome your application!
Meet some of our employees - Sahlgrenska University Hospital
If we recruit nurses with foreign credentials/specialist certificates, the position will be preceded by a process to meet the requirements for Swedish credentials/specialist certificates.
About Västra Götaland Region
With us, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives throughout Västra Götaland every day.
You contribute to safe and equitable care as well as to a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communication create quality of life.
We are in the midst of digital development where you can participate in shaping future working methods to improve and simplify daily life for residents and operations.
As a permanent employee, you will be assigned to civil contingency work as part of our shared responsibility to ensure that socially critical functions operate even in crisis.
Want to know more about us? On our website you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference and develop in their professions every day. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/
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