Nursing Assistant to Psychiatric Ward 3A

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Psychiatry Service Area We are Uppsala University 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. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is hailed as a hero. With us, you will experience both challenging trials and fantastic moments, in a strong sense of community with colleagues. Welcome with your application! Our Operations The psychiatry service area provides highly specialized care for individuals with serious mental illnesses. Psychiatric Ward 3A is a 24-hour inpatient ward with 13 beds for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with primarily affective disorders, mainly bipolar syndrome, severe depression, and anxiety conditions. The ward also treats patients with eating disorder issues. Four of the beds are dedicated to this type of treatment. Your Assignment Working as a nursing assistant on Ward 3A is exciting work where you meet many people in different situations. You are part of a team that supports and helps one another while also working independently. The team includes physicians, nursing assistants, nurses, specialist nurses, and social workers. Patients come to us both as emergencies and by appointment, and the work pace can be high at times. As a nursing assistant, you primarily work with basic psychiatric and somatic nursing care close to the patient. You care for patients with a wide variety of care needs. In collaboration with colleagues from other professions, you participate in planning the patient's care and treatment. You work with supportive conversations and documentation, and perform blood draws and examinations. The workplace is stimulating and offers a mix of somatic and psychiatric care. The position also includes mentoring nursing assistant students. Your Qualifications Education as a nursing assistant through upper secondary school's care and service program (3 years, 2500 credits), the Care and Service Program through adult education (Komvux, three terms, minimum 1350 credits), or equivalent nursing assistant education. (For other equivalent education within municipal adult education or earlier nursing assistant or care worker training, individual assessment will be made.) Meritorious to have documented experience working in specialized psychiatric care. Your Competencies You have a genuine interest in psychiatric nursing care. When filling this position, we place great emphasis on your personal suitability. We expect you to always keep the patient at the center and treat patients, relatives, and colleagues with respect and humility. You have the ability to communicate and adapt your communication based on the different needs you encounter. As a person, you are positive, engaged, and thorough. It is important that you have a genuine interest in working with people with psychiatric issues and want to help develop our operations. You master basic medical-technical procedures at the nursing assistant level such as venous blood draws, EKG examinations, and wound care. You enjoy mentoring students and feel confident in that role. We Offer A permanent employment with start date by agreement. Trial employment may be applied. Background checks will be conducted prior to employment. With us, you receive benefits that make a difference, learn more about our benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/). Want to Know More? Acting Ward Manager Johanna Johansson tel. 018-617 08 37 Other unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard 018-611 00 00 Want to Work With Us? Welcome to submit your application via the link below. Region Uppsala values the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to our operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different ethnic backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences. Region Uppsala war-positions all permanent employees according to the needs of total defense. This means no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime, but is purely a planning measure. Prior to an employment decision, background checks are conducted regarding all job applicants who, in the sought position, may work in psychiatric care, rehabilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers – areas covered by optional background check extracts. This applies to all who will work directly with patients, even if current job duties are not intended to primarily include work with the aforementioned patient groups. This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we decline phone calls from recruitment firms and ad sales representatives.

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Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Uppsala

GPS

59.8520701, 17.7188369copyopen in

Phone

018-617 08 37

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2

Published

11. 5. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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