Vacant job

About Us

The Mobile Maternal Health Care Team in VGR is a mobile specialist unit for pregnant women with a history of or ongoing substance use.

There are three teams in the region that were established in spring 2024.

The workgroup consists of midwives, social workers, and maternal health care specialists in each area of the region. Collaboration occurs with various partners based on the patient's needs, such as the Women's Clinic, neonatal, child health centers, psychiatry, and social services.

Pregnant women come to us via our midwifery clinics, social services, or other healthcare units.

About the Job

The teams are organized based on three geographical areas in VGR: Northern – Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Eastern Skara/Skövde, and Southern – Alingsås/Sjuhärad. The current position is in the Northern area, based in Uddevalla. As a midwife in the mobile team, you will be available to all midwifery clinics in the area. The area covers around fifteen midwifery clinics with an average geographical radius of approximately twelve miles.

You will work together with a social worker and a doctor to create an individual care plan for each pregnant woman and the expected child based on their needs. The care plan includes supervised testing. The role also involves ambivalence conversations and prevention of unwanted pregnancies based on the pregnant woman's decisions and needs.

What We Offer

We aim to promote the development of our employees and work according to career development models, where we map your skills in relation to the model and what could be the next step in terms of education, development, and tasks. You are involved in both your own and the clinic's development, and we value your initiative.

We offer all employees mentorship and place great importance on a good, individualized introduction. As a midwife with us, you will receive up to ten professional development days per year, including training days, planning days, and conferences. We actively work for a good working environment and believe it is important that our employees enjoy their workplace.

You will also receive benefits such as flexible working hours and wellness grants. With us, you will work daytime. Read more about our benefits here: https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/dinaformaner/ (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/dinaformaner/)

Feel free to follow us on Instagram, where we are called midwifery clinics VGR.

About You

We are looking for a licensed midwife with prescribing rights for contraceptives and experience in maternal health care. It is an advantage if you have a good ability to work closely with other professionals in a team. We would also like you to have an interest in participating in operational development.

As a person, you have a strong interest in the target group and maintain a professional approach, even in situations where it is difficult to achieve a treatment alliance. You are open to working both independently and in a team. Furthermore, you should also be flexible and able to juggle multiple tasks. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability for the position.

Conditions

The position is 100% with 83.5% in the current team located in the Northern area based in Uddevalla. The remaining percentage is allocated to one of the other midwifery clinics in the area and can be discussed. Travel within VGR is included in the position, so a driver's license is required.

Warm welcome with your application!

About Region Health

The Region Health Administration encompasses region-wide healthcare services and health-promoting close care. Nearly 1900 employees work to ensure the well-being of the residents. When you become a part of us, you are involved in developing the operations.

Region Health has a value base developed together with the administration's managers and employees. The value base is based on three core values: Trust, Engagement, and Quality. We actively work to ensure that the value base is known and serves as an important cornerstone in Region Health.

We view diversity as positive and believe that our differences are an asset.

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and are motivated to participate in development to learn new things.

Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in reserve for emergencies.

If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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