Sérfræðilæknir í geðlækningum við Sjúkrahúsið á Akureyri/Specialist in Psychiatry

Specialist psychiatrist post (50–100%) in the psychiatric division of Akureyri Hospital (SAk), the only psychiatric department outside the capital area, serving adults aged 18 and over in North and East Iceland. The inpatient ward provides general acute psychiatry with access to electroconvulsive therapy; the outpatient service offers individual and group therapy and follow-up of people with long-term illness, a unit for treatment-resistant depression using TMS and esketamine, and group therapy and rehabilitation including behaviour modification, cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and psychodynamic approaches.

The psychiatrist assesses and diagnoses patients, works in interdisciplinary teams on the inpatient and day and outpatient units, takes part in quality improvement, teaches health professionals and trains junior doctors, with opportunities for research, serves patients at institutions across North and East Iceland, and takes part in the on-call and specialist consultation rota.

An Icelandic medical licence and specialist registration in psychiatry; interest in high-quality, evidence-based treatment and in professional development; professional knowledge and strong communication, teamwork and independent working skills; good repute and a clean criminal record. Applications go through the Icelandic government recruitment system with education and career details and copies of diplomas and licences.