Nursing Assistant/Caregiver for Specialist Psychiatric Care Team

Psychiatric Clinic, Nyköping About Us The Psychiatric Clinic is part of the Division of Psychiatry and Functional Disabilities. The clinic's mission is to provide specialized psychiatric care to adult residents with serious mental health conditions in southern and western Sörmland. The clinic's objective is to achieve improved mental health, quality of life, and functional capacity for our patients. The Psychiatric Clinic is a small clinic located on the hospital grounds, which enables collaboration with somatic care. The clinic comprises inpatient care, outpatient care, and acute services. We are now launching a specialist psychiatric care team that uses a patient-centered, flexible, and secure approach, meeting patients in their homes. We assess and manage the scope of care interventions for acute and long-term psychiatric conditions, somatic status, and resource and functional levels for individuals over 18 years of age who are in contact with psychiatric services. Your Responsibilities Position Objectives and Responsibilities: Work to ensure patients feel seen and secure based on their needs. The caregiver/nursing assistant role also involves working preventatively and providing health education to the extent possible, so patients have the best conditions for successful rehabilitation and continued quality of life. Caregivers/nursing assistants must also be able to communicate effectively with colleagues in all other roles in the department/clinic. Duties: Conduct psychiatric assessment through interviews to identify current deficits in the form of symptoms, well-being, vulnerability, and disease history •Use MINI, AUDIT, and DUDIT when needed. •Mandatory suicide risk assessment – clinical evaluation of suicidal thoughts, plans, and intentions according to current guidelines. •Check somatic status, vital parameters such as blood pressure, pulse, and any medication side effects. •Observe how the patient functions in daily life (ADL), living environment, sleep patterns, and nutrition. •Family dialogue – with consent, involve and interview family members or other important people in the patient's network (to understand the full picture). Family dialogue also includes children. Submit concern reports if there is suspicion that a child is being harmed. What We Offer: Region Sörmland employee benefits. Good development opportunities within the region. Your Qualifications We seek candidates with an approved nursing assistant or caregiver qualification. In addition to your nursing assistant grades, you need a certificate of your nursing assistant professional credential from the National Board of Health and Welfare, or proof that you were employed as a nursing assistant on July 1, 2023. Experience working in psychiatric services is a merit. We place great importance on personal qualities. Employment Type Permanent employment with start date by agreement. Daytime work with weekend duty shifts. For Information About This Position Unit Manager Elisabeth Hellman, 072-219 21 22, [email protected] Activity Development Officer Susanne Sjögren, [email protected] Trade union representatives can be reached via contact center, 0155-24 50 00. Come and work with us at the Psychiatric Clinic! Submit your application, including CV, no later than August 30, 2026. Interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis. This position is filled subject to it not being needed for currently employed personnel or if recruitment conditions change. See our benefits (http://regionsormland.se/jobb-och-utbildning/vara-formaner/) Follow us on Facebook (http://facebook.com/regionsormlandJobbahososs/) and Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/region_sormland_jobbahososs/) In some cases, we are obligated to check whether a person appears in suspicion and/or criminal records. This can happen in two ways: either the region requests the information itself or you are asked to request an extract to present before employment. In exceptional cases, we may ask you to provide a record extract even for positions other than those mentioned above. If you become a candidate for employment, you will be informed of what applies to the position you have applied for. If you have protected personal data, you should be cautious about what information you share in your application. Contact the person indicated in the announcement before submitting your application. We make active choices regarding exposure and recruitment support and therefore request not to be contacted directly by staffing and recruitment companies.

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