Specialist Nurses for Psychiatric Ward 3B

REGION UPPSALA · Full-time

Uppsala, Sweden

Area of Operation: Psychiatry We are Akademiska Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we serve two million people in Central Sweden. Here, something is always happening – a new life is born, a grandmother undergoes surgery, a colleague is hailed as a hero. With us, you will experience both challenging trials and fantastic events, in a strong community with colleagues. Welcome to apply! Our Operations Psychiatric Ward 3B provides specialist psychiatric inpatient care for patients with affective conditions such as severe depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, and severe anxiety disorders. We are part of the Section for Affective Disorders, a specialist psychiatric operation within the psychiatry area, consisting of both inpatient care and several outpatient clinics. We are located in modern facilities where inpatient care, outpatient care, and acute psychiatric care are all under one roof. About Us To ensure care quality, we actively work to develop a good and attractive work environment for nurses. This means we value and support the nurse's autonomous professional practice, maintain high nursing competence at all management levels within the organization, and conduct ongoing research and development work in nursing. We would welcome your interest in research and teaching in collaboration with Uppsala University. Nursing has a central role in our operations, and we continuously work to develop the specialist nurse role. Enabling recovery and health are important aspects of nursing work on a psychiatric ward. A clear focus on person-centered care allows individuals' own stories to shape the nursing care. Together, we establish a care plan with current and planned interventions, which are continuously evaluated. The ward has close and well-functioning collaboration with outpatient care, which ensures safe discharge with good follow-up and treatment after discharge. On the ward, we work in two care teams where one nurse together with two nursing assistants is responsible for half of the patients on the ward. As the charge nurse, you lead the daily nursing work. At the end of each work shift, we have team reflection. We also have a nursing round every week and regular supervision for the nursing team. Your Assignment As a specialist nurse, you are responsible together with other specialist nurses for leading and developing psychiatric nursing care, both at the patient level and at the unit level. You bring a nursing perspective to the interprofessional team and provide collegial guidance to new colleagues. Your Qualifications We are seeking colleagues who are specialist nurses with a focus on psychiatric care and have at least a master's degree in nursing and/or nursing science. Experience and knowledge of management at an overall level, organization of student supervision, and experience in quality and development work within psychiatric care are desirable and merit-enhancing. Your Competence You are interested in developing yourself in your role as a leader. You are firmly anchored in the profession's professional code of ethics and do not hesitate to apply it in practical action in relation to both patients and staff. You are professionally proud, have good analytical and reflective abilities, and contribute with your nursing expertise to improve and develop care. You are not afraid to question and criticize. What We Offer We offer a permanent position at 100%. You will be offered an individually designed professional development plan and generous training opportunities. We see professional networking and knowledge exchange as a natural part of your employment and encourage participation in national and international conferences. With us, you get benefits that make a difference, read about our benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/). Before employment, a check will be made in the suspicion and burden register. Want to Know More? Ward Manager Tony Bengtsson, phone 070–661 52 91 [email protected] Deputy Ward Manager Ragnhild Hjalmarsson 072–209 45 03 [email protected] Trade union representatives can be reached via the switchboard 018–611 00 00 Want to Work With Us? Welcome to submit your application via the link below. Selection and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis. The position may therefore be filled during the application period. Read about employment terms and salary settings within Region Uppsala here: Become Our New Colleague Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to our operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different ethnic backgrounds, abilities, and life experience. Region Uppsala civil defense deploys all permanent staff based on total defense needs. For the individual employee, this entails no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure. Before making an employment decision, a check is made of the suspicion and burden register for all job applicants who in the sought position may work within psychiatric healthcare, habilitation, care of children and young people, or compulsory care of substance abusers – areas covered by optional register excerpts. This applies to all who will work in direct patient care, even if the work tasks currently are not intended to mainly involve work with the aforementioned patient groups. This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we ask that you refrain from contacting us by telephone from recruitment firms and advertising sales representatives.