Specialist Physician at BUP Farsta

REGION STOCKHOLM · Full-time

Box 22550, Stockholm, Sweden

Do you want to be part of shaping the future of care for children and young people? As a specialist physician in child and adolescent psychiatry at our clinic in Farsta, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in young patients' lives while developing your professional expertise. BUP Farsta is an outpatient clinic in Farsta for children and adolescents aged 7-17 years. The clinic employs psychologists, social workers, physicians, nurses, and administrators with specialized child and adolescent psychiatric expertise. We work interprofessionally, in close collaboration with guardians and, when needed, with schools, social services, and other care partners. Our work is guided by BUP Stockholm's process maps to support assessment, investigation, and treatment. BUP Farsta operates within specialized child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient care and offers FBT for eating disorders as a subspecialized intervention. Experience with eating disorder care, family-based work, parent-directed interventions, and group-based support is therefore particularly relevant for this position. Job Description As a specialist physician, you play a central role in providing medical expertise in daily child psychiatric work. You are responsible for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, including medical interventions and neuropsychiatric investigations. Your duties include actively contributing to the development and improvement of the clinic's routines and methods, with the goal of ensuring safe, high-quality patient care. Qualifications We are seeking a specialist physician with specialization in child and adolescent psychiatry or psychiatry, approved to practice in Sweden. You must have the competence to investigate, assess, and be responsible for patients' medical treatment. You should have strong knowledge of diagnosis and pharmacological treatment. Experience in supervision is an asset, as the position includes supervising resident physicians. Personal Qualities We seek someone with a strong interest in our patient group and excellent collaboration skills with colleagues. You should be stable and clear in your communication. To succeed in this role, it is important that you are organized and flexible. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. What We Offer BUP Stockholm works systematically on management and leadership development to create a good and sustainable work environment where everyone can have a voice and feel seen. There are excellent opportunities for everyone to develop and become highly skilled in their profession. We offer benefits such as favorable occupational pension terms, salary exchange options, free publicly-funded healthcare, additional compensation during parental leave, and wellness benefits (5,000 kr/year). Other Information This is a permanent full-time position. Work hours are daytime, Monday-Friday. Start date by agreement. Interviews are held continuously throughout the application period. We look forward to your application! About Us Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Stockholm (BUP) provides specialized psychiatric care for children and young people under 18 years of age in Stockholm County. We are part of Stockholm County Health Care Area, a healthcare provider within Region Stockholm. Together, BUP has over 1,200 employees who meet more than 22,000 children, young people, and their families each year. This position is filled on the condition that it does not need to be used for internal reallocation according to applicable regulations. For patient-facing work within Stockholm County Health Care Area: - background checks are conducted prior to employment decisions according to SLSO's general guidelines for background checks at hiring. - Employees who will have patient contact must undergo a new employee health examination according to current directives, conducted through occupational health services before employment. - In addition to Swedish professional licensure, good knowledge of Swedish corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirement is guideline for non-licensed personnel with patient contact. Stockholm County Health Care Area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We provide healthcare within Region Stockholm in psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care centers, specialist somatic care, rehabilitation and health, and medical aids. In collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, we conduct research, education, and development. Read more about SLSO here. Applying for a Job at Region Stockholm We strive for equality and equity in our workplace and welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and circumstances. We only accept applications through this system. Apply by clicking the "Apply" button. Applications by mail or email will not be considered. We decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment firms and vendors of additional job postings. Our recruitment system cannot handle anonymous applications or applicants with protected personal information. If you have protected personal information, we ask you to contact the contact person listed in the posting. Your application will then be handled outside the recruitment system. You should also be careful about what information you provide in your application and only include information relevant to the current position. 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