Caregiver/Nursing Assistant for General Psychiatry Department 3

REGION ÖREBRO LÄN · Full-time

Box 1613, Örebro, Sweden

We are now recruiting a caregiver for our team. Are you interested in working in an adult psychiatry department with the highest level of care? The focus is on developing safe patient care and working as a team with caregivers, nurses, doctors, and a counselor. If so, apply to us. We have a strong focus on development work in the department. Our goal is to maintain a good work environment, high patient safety, and patient satisfaction. Department 3 is an adult psychiatric department with ten care beds, where four are acute care beds for patients with high care needs. Six beds are general psychiatric beds. The patient population includes patients with both somatic and psychiatric issues. Common diagnoses include bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders. We collaborate with other departments and outpatient services. We are currently implementing Safewards on the department. Job Duties Duties include psychiatric care and patient work. Contact with family members, supportive conversations, and motivational conversations. Participating in doctor meetings as the day's primary contact person. Serving meals during the day. Participating in various activities for patients and development work. Performing standard caregiver/nursing assistant tasks, which may include taking blood samples and vital signs. Supporting nurses with various work tasks. Collaborating in a team with doctors, nurses, and a counselor. Qualifications You are a trained caregiver or nursing assistant and can provide certification of your protected professional title, or have an older nursing education with a focus on psychiatry or a YH- or KY-education with a focus on psychiatry. You have good self-awareness and are confident as a person. We seek someone who is driven and has a strong patient focus. You enjoy developing yourself and working together in a team, have an interest in development work, and have a genuine interest in psychiatry. You should also be attentive and flexible. Experience in psychiatry is a merit but not decisive. We place great importance on personal qualities. Application Your application should include a CV, cover letter, and grades from nursing courses completed, as well as any evidence from Socialstyrelsen of your protected professional title. Other certificates, grades, diplomas, etc. should be submitted at a possible interview. If you are or have previously been employed by Region Örebro län, we will take internal references from your current or previous manager, if you become relevant for employment. Background checks from the Police Authority may be conducted in accordance with current legislation. As an employee of Region Örebro län, you are covered by secure collective agreements. Read more about terms and benefits. We set salaries individually and differentially. Read more about salary and salary statistics. We place our permanent employees and in some cases also fixed-term employees on wartime basis. Read more about what this means. About the Organization General psychiatry's 24-hour care is part of the general psychiatry operations area. Our care departments are located in connection with the university hospital in Örebro. In our care departments, we have an extra focus on developing care content according to the Safewards method. Access to peer support and care beds for user-driven admissions are available in some of our departments. Collaboration with our specialist psychiatric nursing teams (SPOT) is an important part of our work. Together we work with common processes and goals. We work in multidisciplinary teams based on a holistic view of the individual and adapt care measures to the patient's needs and conditions. We work to promote the involvement of relatives in care. Psychiatry in Region Örebro län is a specialist operation divided into five operations areas, all with a strong focus on ethics, collaboration, and development, and with a well-functioning education and research environment. Together we are approximately 900 employees. Region Örebro län is one of the county's largest employers. Together with 11,000 colleagues, you can create a better life for those we exist to serve. With us, there are meaningful and socially important jobs where you can make a difference in the residents' daily lives, health, and quality of life. Around the clock, year-round, we are responsible for health and medical care, dental care, and the county's public transport. We also have regional development responsibility in the county and a mission to contribute to cultural life. Other Information Since we in Psychiatry care about our patients and value patient safety highly, we will request extracts from the suspicion and burden register from the National Police Board in connection with the recruitment. More information about suspicion and burden registers can be found in SFS 1999:1135 and SFS 1999:1134. Welcome with your application! We have done our best for this recruitment and therefore decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.