Department of Women's Health

We are Akademiska Sjukhuset – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a county hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer healthcare to two million people in Central Sweden. Here, something is always happening – a new life is born, a grandmother undergoes surgery, a colleague is hailed as a hero. With us, you will experience both tough challenges and fantastic moments, within a strong community of colleagues. We welcome your application!

Our Operations

Obstetrics is a section within the Department of Women's Health, encompassing the labor ward, the neonatal unit (BB), and obstetric specialist clinics. Approximately 4,000 women give birth with us each year. We also have an induction clinic and a joint emergency clinic for gynecology and obstetrics (AGO). You, as an employee, are important to us, and together we create a good working environment. We value community, collaboration, and well-being. Our work to develop women's healthcare is ongoing, and our goal is to offer our patients the best possible care.

On our neonatal unit (BB), we care for pregnant women with complicated pregnancies who require investigation and treatment. We also care for new families who have specific care needs after childbirth. All planned cesarean sections are admitted to BB and are cared for by midwives and assistant nurses pre- and post-operatively. We actively work with zero separation to promote bonding and breastfeeding. We are also responsible for the care of slightly premature infants in close collaboration with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A large part of the care for healthy women and infants is handled by midwives on "BB on the Go" (home-based BB care).

Our labor ward has thirteen universal rooms, two of which are equipped with birthing tubs. In 2026, a separate but nearby small unit will be built, where patients with a healthy pregnancy, expected normal birth, and expected continued home care after birth can be admitted and give birth. This unit will have birthing tubs in all labor rooms.

We strive to work with one midwife per birthing person in the active phase. We work to involve parents in the care to create participation during the care period. You can read more about what it is like to work with us Working as a Midwife at Akademiska Sjukhuset (https://www.akademiska.se/arbeta-hos-oss/vara-olika-omraden/arbeta-som-barnmorska-pa-akademiska-sjukhuset/).

Your Role

With us, you will work in highly competent teams with midwives, nurses, assistant nurses, and doctors. We are always there for each other, and we have close collaboration with our colleagues. We focus on caring for our patients in the best possible way and with very high quality. Within obstetrics, you will develop your profession by working in several parts of the operation. Competence development and cross-professional knowledge exchange are part of the work. As a university hospital, we also have close collaboration with Uppsala University, and students are also part of the teamwork. Providing the patient, the woman, the child, and the family with the best possible care is seen as a matter of course. So is respect for people's different thoughts, cultures, opinions, and values.

Who Are We Looking For?

Midwife to Labor Ward/Neonatal Unit

You are a licensed midwife with or without experience from childbirth care. With us, you will receive a secure orientation based on your needs, especially if you have been away from Obstetrics for a longer period.

For All Positions

For all positions, you are interested in working in several parts of the care chain. Together, we will determine what your position could look like, based on your wishes and the operation's needs.

To thrive with us, you need to be secure and stable as a person and in your professional role. You are independent, structured, and responsible. You have a professional approach towards patients and colleagues and a particular interest in people's different needs during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.

You are stimulated by varied tasks and by being part of our competent teams and contributing to our good collaboration between professions. We value your flexibility and your interest in quality work. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Has it been a long time since you worked in obstetrics? With us, you have the opportunity for an individually designed introduction program, so that you get a good start and feel secure in your new workplace.

We Offer

We offer permanent employment 100% in a three-shift rotation. Start date by agreement. Probation period of up to 6 months may apply.

With us, you have the opportunity to participate in the points model within inpatient care, which means a shortened work week and a salary supplement. The model means increased opportunities for recovery and increased flexibility. See more about our wellness benefits and salary exchange opportunities, read about the benefits here Region Uppsala Benefits (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/).

Want to Know More?

• Unit Manager Karin Ettemo, 018-617 02 53
• Unit Manager BB Anna Ekenberg Abreu, 070-611 49 20, 018-611 28 88
• Union representatives can be reached via the switchboard, 018-611 00 00

Do You Want to Work With Us?

Welcome to submit your application via the link below. Selection and appointment may take place continuously during the application period, so do not wait to send your application to us.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operation and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different birth backgrounds, functionalities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This means no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a decision on employment, a check of suspicion and criminal records is conducted for all job seekers who in the sought employment may come to work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of addicts, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks at present are not intended to primarily contain work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala's efforts, and we decline telephone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.