Health Assistant / Nursing Assistant – Psychiatric Day Unit

About the role

DPS Nedre Telemark, a day unit within the Psychiatric Hospital of Telemark in Porsgrunn, offers assessment and treatment for patients with psychosis or suspected psychosis through a multidisciplinary approach including milieu therapy, medication, family work and collaboration with internal and external partners. The unit is looking for an engaged and professionally secure health assistant or nursing assistant in a 100 % permanent position on a three-shift schedule, working closely with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, physiotherapists, nurses and other colleagues.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out milieu therapy with high professional and ethical quality
• Contribute to structure, safety and predictability in patients' daily lives
• Take part actively in multidisciplinary treatment and patient follow-up
• Assess patients' functioning and needs as part of assessments
• Work with relatives and internal and external partners
• Document and follow up actions according to current routines

Required profile

• Norwegian authorisation as a health assistant or nursing assistant
• Interest in, and preferably experience from, mental health care and/or substance use care
• Experience with milieu therapy is an advantage
• Good oral and written communication skills and basic digital skills
• Good relational skills, respect for patients, calmness in demanding situations, responsibility and flexibility

What we offer

• A meaningful job with professional challenges and development opportunities
• A strong multidisciplinary environment and an inclusive workplace
• Training and mentoring
• Pension and insurance arrangements through KLP and employee welfare benefits

Applications must be made via Webcruiter, with certificates and transcripts attached as PDFs. Interviews are held continuously, and several positions may open during the process. The application deadline is 30 November 2026.