The Workplace
Department 52 is part of Stockholm's Dependency Center Acute and 24-hour Care and is located at S:t Görans Hospital. It is a locked, specialized inpatient unit with 20 care beds. Patients over 18 years old (primarily men) arrive here acutely, as well as by referral, to receive withdrawal treatment, treatment/stabilization of psychiatric and somatic conditions related to narcotics and medications. Patients are cared for using various care forms, such as HSL, LPT, or LVM.
The Work
As a nurse with us, you will have a highly varied and stimulating role where independent responsibility alternates with collegial collaboration. You are responsible for planning, implementing, leading, and documenting patient care. Once you become more experienced and confident in your clinical work, you will contribute to the clinic's educational mission by mentoring nursing students doing their clinical training with us. Medication administration, conversations, venous blood sampling, wound care, and intramuscular injections are other common work tasks. We work with overdose prevention and naloxone distribution.
Qualifications
You are:
- A licensed nurse
Personal Qualities
We are seeking committed nurses who want to offer high-quality care and support to people with substance use disorders. We are looking for someone who:
- Appreciates a fast pace. Our target group is in difficult, vulnerable situations and you should be able to see the person behind the addiction and treat each patient with good conduct in a professional manner.
- Can quickly adapt/reprioritize and handle acute situations, and you should be able to manage stress constructively.
- Is solution-focused with a pragmatic approach.
- Is confident and works naturally with the patient in focus and always with patient safety in mind. You are communicative and take on a leadership role in a clear manner.
- Is thorough, responsible, and humble and enjoys working together in a team.
- Is curious and contributes to a good work environment and believes that job satisfaction is an important part of the workday.
Terms of Employment
Permanent employment, full-time or part-time, two shifts (day/evening). We work two weekends out of five. Orientation tailored to you based on your previous experience and individual needs. Selection and interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis. A probationary period may be applied.
What We Offer You
Our organizational culture is based on seeing the whole person, which applies to both patients and employees. We appreciate that people are different and give you the opportunity to develop your own areas of interest in your work within the scope of our operations. We care that all our employees thrive, perform well toward set goals, and feel good at work. Therefore, we actively work to maintain stimulating environments where both development and security have a place. We work based on competency models for nurses and ensure that you receive the training you need to develop in your role. We also offer many benefits; you can read more about our benefits at: Benefits at Stockholm County Healthcare (beroendecentrum.se)
Dependency Center Stockholm applies alcohol and drug testing as well as extracts from the suspicion and criminal records register prior to hiring.
The position is filled on the condition that it does not need to be used for internal redeployment according to applicable regulations.
For patient-facing work within Stockholm County Healthcare:
- Registry checks are applied before hiring decisions according to SLSO's overall guidelines for registry checks at hiring.
- Employees who will have patient contact must undergo a new hire medical examination according to current directives, which is conducted through occupational health before employment.
- In addition to Swedish professional license, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required. The same requirement is guideline for non-licensed staff with patient contact.
Stockholm County Healthcare (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer healthcare within psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, local emergency clinics, somatic specialist care, rehabilitation, and health as well as assistive devices in Region Stockholm. In collaboration with the Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. Read more about SLSO here.
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Department 52 is part of Stockholm's Dependency Center Acute and 24-hour Care and is located at S:t Görans Hospital. It is a locked, specialized inpatient unit with 20 care beds. Patients over 18 years old (primarily men) arrive here acutely, as well as by referral, to receive withdrawal treatment, treatment/stabilization of psychiatric and somatic conditions related to narcotics and medications. Patients are cared for using various care forms, such as HSL, LPT, or LVM.
The Work
As a nurse with us, you will have a highly varied and stimulating role where independent…