Vacant job

Mother and Child 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 illness, identify risks to health, and contribute to good sexual and reproductive health while minimizing risks and morbidity for women and children during pregnancy, childbirth, and infancy. The Mother and Child Health Care services include pregnancy monitoring, contraceptive counseling, gynecological cell sample checks, and youth activities.

At the clinic, you will also work with the youth clinic, meeting young people and young adults between the ages of 13 and 23. You provide advice and support on issues such as sexuality, contraception, and STI testing. At the Mother and Child 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, supporting them through pregnancy and into parenthood.

Here, you become part of our continuous development work, which we consider an integral part of our daily operations. We offer ongoing training days, MHV (Mother and Child Health Care) days, and various process groups where you can contribute to developing and improving our work.

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

About You

We are looking for you who have a desire to work in Mother and Child Health Care! You are a registered midwife with prescribing rights. We consider it an advantage if you have previous experience working in Mother and Child 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 also collaborating with various professional groups at the Family Centre, such as assistant nurses, social workers, and educators. A friendly 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 completed 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 serve people of various nationalities. As you will be working at both clinics, a driver's license is required.

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 the Mother and Child Health Care, as well as 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. The Mother and Child Health Care is part of the Women's Clinic, and we work with preventive health care for health throughout life. Here in Southern Mother and Child 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. The Mother and Child Health Care is one of the leading actors in sexual and reproductive health as well as public health. The goal of the Mother and Child 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 facility 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 efforts result in good outcomes in several national measurements. The hospital is located close to Kalmar Centre 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% position. 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.

We are happy to receive calls from you if you are interested in the job, but we decline calls from those selling advertising and recruitment services.