About this role
Make a difference. Every day.
Are you a midwife in a senior phase looking for a role where your experience and clinical expertise can truly make an impact? We are seeking a confident and experienced midwife who wants to lead and support our team in daily operations, ensuring that every patient interaction is characterized by quality and patient safety. In our workplace, we operate according to the Region Skåne competence and service model (KTM), which provides a clear structure for your learning and career opportunities within our organization.
The Women's Health Care Unit employs approximately 800 staff and includes both gynecological and obstetric services in Lund and Malmö. As a university hospital, we also have commitments to development and education, and our area of operation is engaged in successful research.
In this position, the focus is on enhancing the team's competencies in day-to-day practical work and improving patient safety through evidence-based methods and routines. The role emphasizes direct support and mentorship in everyday work—here you'll have the opportunity to be a leading voice for quality assurance and team development while working closely with patients as a clinical support resource.
If you are passionate about creating a safe, learning-oriented healthcare environment and supporting colleagues in their clinical development, this is the role for you!
RESPONSIBILITIES
In addition to performing typical job duties, you will work with and develop your competencies by:
A senior midwife possesses a deep understanding of their profession and can manage, analyze, and guide complex care situations in close clinical practice. The senior midwife has participated in and managed acute rare events throughout their career and continues to deepen their skills while contributing to development work.
You will utilize your extensive clinical experience to support and educate the care team in practical nursing work. Through guidance and mentorship, you will help colleagues enhance their clinical skills and contribute to maintaining high patient safety in every encounter.
As a team player, you will participate in and lead effective teamwork, actively uplifting your colleagues. Your leadership fosters a safe and positive work environment where collaboration and team spirit are prioritized. You will assist the team in handling both everyday challenges and sudden changes with clear preparedness. You are expected to have strong pedagogical skills, be an active part of implementing prior research and evidence, and help develop new working methods.
In your role, you will serve as a resource for managers in assessing midwives' competencies, which occurs within the framework of the business's competency and service model. Time allocated for development and the content of the assignment are agreed upon with the unit manager and adjusted according to the needs of the organization.
During the summer period, the senior midwife's working hours will focus on clinical work. The aim is to strengthen and support clinical operations by leveraging the senior midwife's extensive experience and clinical competence. Administrative tasks will not be conducted during this period.
QUALIFICATIONS
You who are applying should be a licensed midwife qualified to practice within Swedish healthcare. Proficiency in Swedish corresponding to at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe’s proficiency scale is a requirement. Additionally, you have met the competency requirements for the senior phase according to the local development program within KTM. You have extensive clinical experience in obstetrics.
It is advantageous if you hold a master's or postgraduate degree. We also consider it beneficial if you have taken courses in improvement and change knowledge, project management, patient safety, and/or leadership, or other courses that may be relevant to the organization. Furthermore, we view positively if you have extensive clinical experience as a midwife in various fields, such as primary care, ultrasound, specialist maternal care, delivery care, or postpartum care. We also appreciate if you have been involved in development work.
We are looking for someone who places the patient at the center, is engaged, proactive, and flexible. You work person-centered and strive to develop in your role as a senior midwife in obstetrics. We wish for you, like us, to value work characterized by personal responsibility and mutual respect and trust between colleagues and the nearest manager. As we work in an interdisciplinary manner, it is important that you are attentive and have strong collaboration skills, along with a driven approach focused on improvements within specialized nursing. We want you to have a strong ability to inspire trust, lead work groups, and implement new working methods. We operate according to Region Skåne's values; welcoming, proactive, caring, and respectful, which we expect you to embrace as well. Personal suitability is of great importance.
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We want you to feel comfortable and want to stay and grow with us. Therefore, we promote initiatives such as our competence and service model with a focus on continuous and lifelong learning. The competence and service model is divided into different phases that build on one another, with each phase providing deeper knowledge and abilities. In the later phases, you become eligible to apply for positions that offer career advancements and increased responsibilities.
Skåne University Hospital (Sus) is located in Lund and Malmö and is the country's third-largest hospital. Sus serves as a knowledge hub