Midwife - Maternal Health Care

REGION KALMAR LÄN · plný úvazek

Lasarettsvägen 1, Kalmar, Kalmar, Švédsko

Maternal Health Care in southern Kalmar County offers a temporary position as a midwife with placement at the clinic in Smedby, though placement at other clinics may occur. Your assignment as a midwife is to contribute to good sexual and reproductive health through health-promoting and preventive measures and risk identification, while minimizing risks and illness for women and children during pregnancy, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period. Maternal Health Care services include pregnancy monitoring, contraceptive counseling, and gynecological cervical screening. As a midwife with us, you work independently in continuous professional development and through personal meetings with many different types of people. You get to follow prospective parents over a longer period and support them through pregnancy and into parenthood. With us, you are part of the continuous development work that is a part of our daily operations. We have ongoing training and work in process groups that you will be part of to develop and improve our work. Your working hours are daytime, Monday-Friday. Selection and interviews are conducted on a rolling basis and the position may be filled before the final application deadline. This is a temporary position through December 2027 and is expected to be filled during the fall. About You We are looking for you who are a licensed midwife and who have a desire to work within maternal health care. It is an advantage if you have prescribing rights, if you have previously worked in maternal health care, and if you have experience with the Cosmic and Obstetrix healthcare systems. It is desirable if you have a driver's license as you will travel between family centers. As a midwife, you are confident in your profession and accustomed to making and standing by your own decisions. With other colleagues, you discuss and solve issues together. You need to be independent in your work while also being able to work with several professional categories at the family center such as physicians, nurses, social workers, nurse assistants, and educators. We see a pleasant and empathetic approach as one of your important qualities. You are flexible in your manner and see change and development work as a matter of course. You act based on the region's values by being open, engaged, and knowledgeable. For us, job satisfaction and well-being are important. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Your Future Workplace Our work is characterized by good collaboration within maternal health care together with others at the Women's Clinic within both gynecology and obstetrics sections. We are a medium-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 services for health throughout life. Southern Maternal Health Care has its clinics at the 12 family centers located in eight municipalities in southern Kalmar County. This facilitates collaboration for our patients within the relevant services at family centers, child health services, open preschool, and preventive social services. Maternal Health Care is one of the leading actors in sexual and reproductive health and public health. The goal of Maternal Health Care is to offer equitable 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, childbirth services, and postpartum wards. More than 2,300 people work here to provide good care and high patient safety to the county's residents. Our employees' continuous development work enables us to achieve good results in several different national measurements. The hospital is located close to Kalmar city center and Kalmarsund. Region Kalmar County is responsible for healthcare, dental care, folk high schools, culture, public transportation, and regional development. We are over 7,000 employees who all work together for a healthier, safer, and richer life for the county's residents. With us, you receive many benefits and one of Sweden's best collective agreements. We meet people at all stages of life and offer meaningful and developmental work – every day. Region Kalmar County offers all employees employment at 100%. If you work part-time but wish to work full-time, an expansion of the position can be offered at another workplace. We want you to attach a CV, cover letter, and relevant educational credentials to your application. To ensure quality in Region Kalmar County's recruitment process, we want you to apply for the position in our recruitment system and not via email or in paper format. We welcome calls from those interested in the job but decline contact from those selling advertisements and recruitment services.