Nurse in Neurology

This is an exciting opportunity to gain or extend your clinical experience of Neurology in the unique and supportive environment of Østfold Hospital. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the profession and who wants to be part of the process of developing Østfold Hospital further.

We treat acute stroke and other acute neurology, and around 90% of admissions to the neurology department are emergency admissions. The department has 31 beds, divided into 18 stroke unit beds and 13 general neurology beds, as well as a neurology outpatient clinic and day ward. Our stroke unit includes interdisciplinary collaboration with permanently affiliated physiotherapists and occupational therapists. The day ward has a nurse-run outpatient clinic with a focus on MS, Parkinson's disease and stroke. A clinical neurophysiology laboratory with its own neurophysiologist performs EEG, EMG, neurography and evoked responses.

The Department Neurology is an independent department under the Division of Medicine, Østfold Hospital. Division of Medicine is organized in the following departments: Rheumatology, Nephrology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Cardiology, Acute Medicine, and Pulmonary Medicine. We are responsible for delivering services in accordance with the mission document from South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, and conduct our work in accordance with their vision of "good and equal health services to everyone who needs them, when they need them, regardless of age, place of residence, ethnic background, gender and finances".
 

Main duties of the job

• Administering tests and medicine
• Supporting neurological doctors with examinations and procedures
• Electronic documentation and registration of patient measurements
• Communicating with and supporting the families of patients
• Support other employees with their continuing educational needs and personal development

Person Specification, Professional qualifications

• Norwegian authorization as a nurse
• Willingness and ability to learn Norwegian (the working language is Norwegian)
• Motivated for professional development
• Ability to be flexible Ability to work well as a member of a team

We offer

• Professional challenges in one of the country's largest specialist hospitals
• Exciting development opportunities and support for research
• Good Insurance schemes
• Pension scheme

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In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, information about the applicant may be published even if the applicant has requested not to be included on the applicant list.

We ask all applicants to attach documentation of education and certificates of work experience, which must be in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. This is to document qualifications that appear in the CV.

The hospital practices an inclusive working life and follows up on the government's inclusion initiative. This means that we welcome qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, disability, different national or ethnic backgrounds and candidates who for various reasons cannot document a continuous professional career.

Kontaktinformasjon

Erika Carina Bjørge Hallerstig, Head of department Neurology, +47 984 55 652, Erika.Carina.Hallerstig@so-hf.no

Arbeidssted

Kalnesveien 300

1714 Grålum

Nøkkelinformasjon:

Arbeidsgiver: Sykehuset Østfold HF



Referansenr.: 4779662187

Stillingsprosent: 100%

Regular

Søknadsfrist: 29.04.2024