Vacant job

The Maternal Health Care in Southern Kalmar County offers a permanent position as a midwife based at the Family Centre in Torsås.

Your role as a midwife is to promote and prevent ill health, identify risks, and contribute to good sexual and reproductive health while minimizing risks and morbidity for women and children during pregnancy, childbirth, and infancy. The Maternal Health Care services include pregnancy monitoring, contraceptive counseling, gynecological cell sample checks, and youth services.

At the clinic, you also work with youth health services, meeting young people and young adults aged 13–23. You provide advice and support on issues such as sexuality, contraception, and STI testing. Here at Maternal Health Care, we supervise midwifery and medical students. In the role of midwife with us, you work independently while continuously developing professionally and through personal interactions with many different types of people. The rewarding aspect of our work is that you get to follow expectant parents over a longer period, strengthening them through pregnancy and into parenthood.

Here with us, you become part of our continuous development work, which we consider an integral part of our daily operations. We have ongoing training days, MHV days, and various process groups where you can participate in developing and improving our work.

The position is a permanent employment with a workload of 75%, with working hours during daytime Monday–Friday. Start date in autumn 2026 or earlier by agreement. Selection and interviews are conducted continuously, and the position may be filled before the application deadline.

About you

We are looking for you who desire to work in Maternal Health Care! You are a registered midwife with prescribing rights. We consider it an advantage if you have previously worked within Maternal Health Care, or if you have a few years of experience from other departments at a women's clinic.

As a midwife, you are confident in your profession and accustomed to making and standing by your own decisions. You discuss and resolve issues together with your colleagues. You need to be independent in your work while collaborating with several professional categories at the Family Centre, such as assistant nurses, social workers, and educators. A pleasant and empathetic approach is seen as one of your key qualities. You are flexible in your attitude and view change and development work as a natural part of the job.

It is meritorious if you have taken education in sexology and motivational interviewing, and have experience with the medical record systems Cosmic and Obstetrix. It is an advantage if you speak languages other than Swedish, as we meet people of various nationalities. As you will work at both clinics, we assume you have a driver's license.

You operate based on the region's core values by acting openly, engaged, and knowledgeable. For us, job satisfaction and well-being are important. We place great emphasis on personal suitability, as you and your future colleagues are vital as a team.

Your future workplace

Our work is characterized by good collaboration within Maternal Health Care together with the rest of the Women's Clinic, including both the gynecology and obstetrics departments. We are a moderately sized clinic, which creates conditions for a family-like atmosphere. Maternal Health Care is part of the Women's Clinic, and we work with preventive health care for health throughout life. Here in Southern Maternal Health Care, we have twelve Family Centres, which facilitates cooperation between patients and relevant services. We are located at 14 clinics across the eight municipalities in Southern Kalmar County. Maternal Health Care is one of the leading actors in sexual and reproductive health as well as public health. The goal of Maternal Health Care is to offer equal care of high standard.

Kalmar County Hospital is one of three hospitals in Kalmar County. The hospital is an acute care hospital with specialist care, maternity care, and neonatal care. Over 2,300 people work here to provide good care and high patient safety to the county's inhabitants. Our employees' continuous development work enables us to achieve good results in several national measurements. The hospital is located near Kalmar center and Kalmar Sound.

Kalmar County Region is responsible for healthcare, dental care, folk high schools, culture, public transport, and regional development. We are over 7,000 employees working together for a healthier, safer, and richer life for the county's inhabitants. With us, you receive many benefits and one of Sweden's best collective agreements. We meet people at all stages of life and have meaningful and developmental work – every day.

Kalmar County Region offers all employees a 100% employment. If you work part-time but wish to work full-time, an extension of the position may be offered at another workplace.

We request that you attach your CV, cover letter, and relevant educational certificates to your application. To ensure quality assurance in the recruitment process for Kalmar County Region, we ask that you apply for the position through our recruitment system and not via email or in paper format.

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