The forensic psychiatric ward S1 offers exciting jobs in subacute, intensive forensic psychiatry.

We are seeking as soon as possible, or by agreement, a nurse for a 37-hour position, in rotating shifts.

We are looking for a colleague who has the desire, courage and energy to become part of a dedicated, creative and skilled staff. As a nurse in the ward, you will have the opportunity to work with psychiatry in both the acute stabilizing process, but also in the longer rehabilitation pathways. In addition, there is plenty of opportunity for you to, over time, develop your professional competences and areas of responsibility within the subspecialty of forensic psychiatry.

About the job

We work from the principles of a contact person function and we see the collaboration between staff and patients as one of our most important tools. The nursing reference framework is Fundamentals of Care, and as a nurse in the Forensic Psychiatric Ward S1 you are the coordinator of individual patient pathways. We place a high value on multidisciplinary collaboration, and all professions contribute actively with their specific knowledge to the overall patient pathway. The nurse must help create overview, coherence and thereby quality in the individual pathways.

We work with GAF, milieu therapy, PRO-psychiatry, Guided decision-making and joint documentation.

We also continuously work to prevent coercion, including the use of Safewards and de-escalation as a method. You will be thoroughly introduced to all aspects.

The target group for the Forensic Psychiatric Ward S1 is psychiatric patients with a sentence to psychiatric treatment, a sentence to placement, as well as patients admitted for mental observation – either with a ruling for mental examination during admission or as-placed guardianship surrogate. Forensic psychiatry constitutes a special branch of psychiatry due to the very specific patient clientele.

Patients are offered care and treatment in relation to the psychiatric diagnosis and any substance abuse, with particular attention to reducing the risk of recidivism into crime.

About you

• Have an interest and desire to take on the forensic psychiatric area of expertise
• Preferably experience with psychiatry, not a mandatory requirement
• Want to gain knowledge, or update your knowledge, within forensic psychiatric nursing
• Can maintain calm and overview in pressured situations
• Contribute actively to developing psychiatric nursing
• Want to engage in key functions
• Can contribute to a good collegial community with shared responsibility for a good working environment

We offer

• Introduction, teaching and courses – based on your prerequisites
• Possibility of guidance by a development nurse
• Supervision
• Development conversation focusing on ongoing competence development
• Opportunity for development and deepening in areas of interest
• A high professional quality in care and treatment
• A good and positive working environment with a basis in the psychiatric values
• Conflict management course as well as maintenance days
• Opportunity to arrange to work every 2nd weekend in 8-hour shifts or every 3rd weekend in 12-hour shifts.
• Mentor scheme to ensure you receive the support and guidance you may need.
• Great opportunity for continuing education with us.
• As a nurse in the Forensic Psychiatric Ward S1 it is expected that you, in time, take on the role of responsible nurse in the ward when you feel you have developed the competencies for it. The timing for this is always agreed individually, after evaluation and dialogue with your manager.

About us

We are a forensic psychiatric ward with a strong emphasis on learning, professional development and the working environment. We want patients admitted to us to be involved in planning a meaningful nursing care of high professional quality. We have a good, safe and secure learning environment where everyone can have a say and contribute with their professional perspective. There is a daily Professional Forum, where the content focuses on developing nursing and ensuring the quality of treatment.

The staff group is broadly composed and includes, in addition to nurses, social- and health care assistants, pedagogues, psychologists, doctors, social workers and occupational therapists. Education of students and trainees is one of Psychiatry’s core tasks, which all employees contribute to.

About half a year ago we moved to the Hospital City, and the ward is currently in an exciting process of implementing new functions and developing workflows in the new, splendid surroundings.

Want to know more

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Chief Head Nurse Heidi Kløve at mobile number 20692132.

You can read more about Psychiatry on the website www.psykiatri.rn.dk .

The practical

• We will obtain references for the person we wish to hire. If required for the position, we also obtain a criminal record and child protection clearance.
• Salary and terms of employment according to the currentagreement for non-management staff in the Sundhedskartellet area entered into with the Danish Nurses Organization.
• The position is, in principle, 37 hours per week. Possibility for adjusting working hours can be discussed
• Education of students and trainees is one of the core tasks of the General Psychiatry Department, Aalborg, to which all staff contribute.
• In Region Nordjylland we have a smoke-free working environment.
• Applications are invited on an ongoing basis

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