Requirements for education

Specialist certificate in Psychiatry from an EU-country or at least three years relevant work experience on the field of psychiatry in any EU-country (together with the medical diploma).

Required experience

Newly graduated specialists are also welcome.

Planned date of employment

By agreement.

Description of the departments and the jobs

1. Round-the-clock care

Work during the day as a specialist doctor in a psychiatric inpatient ward with 10 beds. The department’s mission is aimed at psychiatric intensive care (PIVA) but also general psychiatric conditions. A large part of the care includes compulsory treatment and psychosis care. As a specialist doctor, the doctor makes rounds together with a nurse and/or carer. There are also assistant doctors placed in the department. We attach great importance to the suitability to supervise/be a good support to assistant medical colleagues/ST doctors in the role of on-call/department doctor. The job is a full-time position where you usually work 5 days and a total of 40 hours per week, 8am-5pm with a 60-minute unpaid lunch break.

In addition to departmental work, standby duty is included. The emergency line is staffed all weekdays by specialist doctors between 4.30pm and 8am and on weekends, Fridays from 4.30pm until Monday morning 8am. The standby sessions are 16.30-08. Saturday and Sunday 08-08 (24 hours a day) or 08.00-20.00/20.00-08.00 (a 12-hour shift, either day or night). The frequency of preparedness sessions varies, but usually it can be about 1-2 sessions per week.

2. Round-the-clock care/psychosis clinic

Work during the day as a specialist doctor in a psychiatric inpatient ward with 13 beds. The department’s mission is aimed at psychotic conditions but also general psychiatric conditions, and it also includes compulsory care in a closed care ward. As a specialist doctor, the doctor makes rounds together with a nurse and/or carer. There are also assistant doctors placed in the department. The closed care ward and the psychosis clinic work closely together and belong to the same unit. This means that as a doctor you have a varied assignment where you sometimes also work at the reception with planned reception visits. It may involve follow-ups of known psychotic patients, but it may also involve assessment of newly diagnosed patients. We attach great importance to the suitability to supervise/be a good support to assistant medical colleagues/ST doctors in the role of on-call/department doctor.

The job is a full-time position where you usually work 5 days and a total of 40 hours per week, 8am-5pm with a 60-minute unpaid lunch break. In addition to departmental work, standby duty is included. The preparedness line is staffed all weekdays by specialist doctors between 4.30pm and 8am and on weekends, Fridays from 4.30pm until Monday morning 8am. The standby sessions are 16.30-08. Saturday and Sunday 08-08 (24 hours a day) or 08.00-20.00/20.00-08.00 (a 12-hour shift, either day or night). The frequency of preparedness sessions varies, but usually it can be about 1-2 sessions per week.

3. General psychiatric clinics in the region

Daytime work between 8-17 with planned reception visits. The above clinics deal with general psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, personality syndrome, psychosis, co-morbidity, etc. Specialist doctors attend/lead team conferences, referral reviews and work consultatively with other care providers/other staff. The receptions also have emergency services where specialists can see patients in a more acute condition and assess whether a medical certificate needs to be issued, assess whether a patient needs admission to our inpatient care or needs another type of follow-up. We attach great importance to the suitability to supervise/be a good support to junior medical colleagues/ST doctors in the role of back-up/reception doctor.

The job is a full-time position where you usually work 5 days and a total of 40 hours per week, 8am-5pm with a 60-minute unpaid lunch break. In addition to departmental work, standby duty is included. The emergency line is staffed all weekdays by specialist doctors between 4.30pm and 8am and on weekends, Fridays from 4.30pm until Monday morning 8am. The standby sessions are 16.30-08. Saturday and Sunday 08-08 (24 hours a day) or 08.00-20.00/20.00-08.00 (a 12-hour shift, either day or night). The frequency of preparedness sessions varies, but usually it can be about 1-2 sessions per week.

Salary

By agreement.

Generally, a specialist having licence to practice in Sweden, with proper skills in Swedish and with ability for being able to work independently (strong C1-level) earns 90-95.000 SEK (around 8.000-8.500 EUR). A consultant may earn above 100.000 SEK (even 10.000 EUR or more).

However, during the introductory period and until you will not be able to work independently and will not have solid language skills, the salary temporarily will be lower.

About Psychiatry in the region

Psychiatry is assigned with offering high-quality psychiatric diagnostics and treatment.

This is done by using methods that follow science and proven experience. The approach towards the patient must be characterized by respect, professionalism, and high ethical awareness.

The clinic’s target group is people aged 18 and over with psychiatric illness or mental illness of such a degree that it requires specialist psychiatric expertise.

The clinic must offer specialist psychiatric care and treatment according to HSL (Health and Medical Care Act) and LPT (Act on Compulsory Psychiatric Care)

SPOT

SPOT (Specialist Psychiatric Nursing Team) is adult psychiatry’s new resource and provides specialized psychiatric home care in the county which is an alternative to traditional round-the-clock care and a complement to usual outpatient care.

Services offered by the employer and Mediflexible

– During the personal visit which is part of the interview process, the cost of travel and accommodation is financed by Mediflexible

– 6-7 months long, free Swedish course, financial support during the course (the amount is topic of negotiation)

– Free language education for family members (spouses and school-aged children) on basic level, or to C1 level for spouses who are also healthcare staff

– Assistance in the application for Swedish license to practice, supervision of the process

– 40 hours long free Swedish legal and social training

– Integration assistance (assistance in registering at tax authority, opening bank account, etc.)

– Assistance in finding school/kindergarten for the children

– Assistance in the organization of moving and in apartment-seeking

Documents required for application:

– Professional English CV in which your experience (number of completed examinations/surgeries, with differentiation between pre-and post-specialization experience) are detailed

– scanned version of license to practice in home country with English translation (no official needed)

– scanned version of medical and specialist certificates with English translation (no official needed)

– two English-speaking reference persons who are reachable on phone

If you are interested, please send your detailed professional CV and other necessary documents as soon as possible to info@mediflexible.com