Are you our new colleague?

We are looking for midwives and midwifery students who are passionate about providing safe and quality care to women, newborns, and new families.

We have strengthened our core staffing and have available temporary and permanent positions in varying degrees of employment in three shifts with work every third weekend. The delivery department at Østfold Hospital is the sixth largest in the country with over 3000 deliveries per year. We have a dynamic work environment focused on normal deliveries and specialized obstetric care.

We can offer an exciting and challenging workplace with good colleagues and a great work environment. You will work with all aspects of obstetric care, such as observation of hospitalized pregnant women, normal deliveries, specialized obstetric assistance, and postpartum care. We have a strong focus on quality, professional development, and interdisciplinary collaboration/teamwork. Our goal is to take care of the whole family and provide safe and quality delivery and postpartum care. With us, you will meet a comprehensive women's clinic. In addition to delivery/postpartum care, we also have a gynecological department with 9 beds. We have extensive surgical operations including day surgery and our own operating room at the clinic. We operate both in Kalnes and Moss. We have approximately 26,500 outpatient consultations annually, consisting of delivery clinic, postpartum clinic, acute delivery/gynecological clinic, urodynamic clinic, and gynecological clinic.

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Østfold Hospital, Kalnes, is located about a 50-minute drive from Oslo and about 30 minutes from Strömstad. There are good public transport options in immediate proximity. We have a desired schedule. For those who wish for more flexibility during the day, there is the possibility of a larger share of night shifts in the schedule/pure night scheduling. We are currently looking at solutions including 12.5-hour shifts that can provide opportunities for compressed work hours and longer periods of leave if desired and if living some distance from the hospital.

Current candidates will be contacted for interviews on an ongoing basis, and employment may occur before the application period has expired. Please indicate in your application what degree of employment you desire.

Job Responsibilities

As a midwife with us, you will rotate between the observation, delivery, and postpartum departments.

• The observation department takes care of sick pregnant women and induction patients
• The delivery department has 9 delivery rooms, 6 of which are adapted for water births. We have normal deliveries and specialized obstetric assistance
• The postpartum department consists of two units, one with 20 beds and one with 9 beds. We have individually tailored postpartum care
• Midwifery professional responsibility for hospitalized pregnant women, birthing women, and women in postpartum care
• Care and guidance of new parents
• Follow-up of newborns during the perinatal period
• The data tools we use include Dips, Partus, and Metavision
• Contribute to quality and patient safety work and professional development
• You will work in a team with skilled midwives, nurses, pediatric nurses, and doctors
• The list is not exhaustive. There may be changes/development of the position.

Qualifications

• Experience from delivery and postpartum departments
• Experience as a midwife at deliveries
• Thrives in a dynamic and intensive work environment
• Is professionally engaged and wants to contribute to the development of our department
• Puts collaboration and patient care in focus
• Norwegian authorization as a midwife
• Fluent in Norwegian and English, good oral and written communication

Personal Qualities

• You are motivated, professionally engaged, responsible, and contribute to a good work and professional environment
• You are flexible, engaged, and communicate well
• You have a high work capacity
• You thrive in a hectic environment and can handle multiple ongoing tasks simultaneously
• You enjoy working in a team with other competent colleagues
• Good communication and collaboration skills as well as the ability to work independently
• Personal suitability will be emphasized

We Offer

• A pleasant work environment with a focus on support and collaboration
• Good opportunities for professional development and skill enhancement
• We focus on close follow-up of new employees with individually tailored introduction periods and competence plans
• Engaged professional developers and mandatory professional days in the schedule
• Diverse job tasks in an exciting and dynamic everyday life
• Modern facilities and high professional standards - the women's clinic has its own research group
• Desired schedule with the opportunity to influence your own schedule, work every third weekend
• Work is ongoing to find solutions that can enable 12.5-hour shifts
• After 5 years of experience as a midwife, a recruitment supplement of 50,000 NOK is offered
• Welfare arrangements
• Good insurance arrangements
• Pension scheme through KLP

Does this sound like the position for you? We look forward to your application!

Calculation of Salary Seniority/Salary Setting

Documentation of education, work experience, and statutory leaves such as childcare and military service must be attached to the application and included in the CV. Attached documentation must be in PDF format in Scandinavian or English. All work experience from the age of 18 must be recorded in the CV as this is the basis for salary setting and/or salary seniority.

General

According to the Health and Care Services Act § 20a, a police register extract is required upon employment. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has requested not to be included on the applicant list. The hospital practices inclusive working life and follows the government’s inclusion initiatives. This means that we welcome qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, reduced functional ability, varying national or ethnic backgrounds, and candidates who for various reasons cannot document a coherent professional career.

About the Employer

What can a workday look like for you at Østfold Hospital? Imagine a work environment where high technology and patient care go hand in hand. Where you get to be part of strong professional environments with high competence and at the same time be part of a good collegial community. With us, you will meet more than 7000 engaged employees working together to provide patients with good, comprehensive, and safe treatment. We offer specialized care in somatics, psychiatry, and substance abuse treatment to over 300,000 residents in Østfold and Vestby - and we need you who want to make a difference!