Midwife Level 5 at Karolinska University Hospital

Are you a licensed midwife with a master's degree? Do you want to work in a learning and research-friendly environment with many exciting patient groups and great diversity? We are now looking for a midwife for a Level 5 position in pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal care.

Warm welcome to submit your application!

You are offered

• individually tailored introduction
• a combined position as an assistant university midwife and clinical midwife in our 24/7 operations
• work in an environment that promotes learning and research with an evidence-based approach and a special focus on medical and nursing/midwifery research
• a job where great importance is placed on person-centered care.

Of course, you will also benefit from our general benefits that Karolinska University Hospital offers you.

About the position

At BB Karolinska in Huddinge, we work daily with a variety of exciting patient groups in an environment characterized by great cultural diversity. We meet families and colleagues from all over the world and conduct several unique activities that stand out both in Stockholm and nationally.

Among other things, there is a specialized HIV clinic for pregnant women and the perinatal psychiatric unit where we collaborate transprofessionally with psychiatry. We also have a national mission in fetal medicine and were the first in Sweden to introduce caseload midwifery through the initiative “My Midwife.” Since the autumn of 2020, we have also offered planned home births with the support of our midwives for women with normal pregnancies and expected normal births.

As an assistant university midwife Level 5, you will work on behalf of and in close collaboration with the section management, university midwife, and OVA.

The position involves clinical work in direct patient contact with a focus on leading and supporting development and improvement work within your clinical care area in all flows of the operation. You are expected to actively identify development needs in care, initiate and drive competence-enhancing and educational efforts, and ensure that relevant guidelines and routines are known and updated in the operation.

The role includes working two out of five weekends.

We are looking for someone who

• has the capacity to lead and drive the development of care within a defined area of responsibility
• is flexible and can steer your work according to the needs of the operation and has the courage to act on your own conviction
• takes initiative, starts activities, and achieves results
• collaborates well with others and relates to them in a responsive and smooth manner.

We place great importance on personal suitability for the role.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Licensed midwife with a master's degree
• At least 5 years of clinical experience in the specialty of childbirth/postnatal care
• Supervisor training 7.5hp

Meritorious:

• Relevant university courses
• Real competence in improvement work, innovation, and implementation.

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

In connection with your application, you need to attach a CV. Instead of a personal letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly explain why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

Warm welcome to submit your application – Together we are Karolinska!

Before filling the position that involves the care of children and youth, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and criminal record register. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekrytering-pa-karolinska/).

As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be placed in a war position. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/var-arbetsplats/totalforsvarsplikt-allman-tjansteplikt-och-krigsplaceringar-pa-karolinska-universitetssjukhuset/).

If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or previous manager if you become a candidate for employment.

For permanent positions, a probationary period may be applied.

About Karolinska University Hospital

We at Karolinska University Hospital are proud to be one of the world's leading university hospitals. In addition to our special responsibility for highly specialized care in the Stockholm region, our main mission is to educate the future healthcare employees together with Karolinska Institute and conduct world-leading research while continuing our work to develop care for the patient's best. We work in a variety of areas and professions.

Our vision - We will cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

Please read more about us at karolinska.se (https://www.karolinska.se/) and follow us on social media!

Theme Women's Health and Health Professions

Women's health encompasses all activities within reproductive medicine, benign gynecological care, pregnancy, childbirth, and fetal medical care in both Huddinge and Solna. We also have a national highly specialized mission in fetal medicine. Read more here (https://www.karolinska.se/om-oss/teman-och-funktioner/tema-kvinnohalsa-och-halsoprofessioner/).

Health professions; physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians, speech therapists, and psychologists meet patients' needs and create added value in collaboration with other professions within all themes and functions of the hospital.

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