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Østfold Hospital

Working in healthcare is more than just a job, it’s a passion. All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at Østfold Hospital and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. If you want to leave work every day knowing what you have done really matters, you are in the right place.

Who are we?

We offer specialist healthcare services within somatic, mental health and addiction treatment. We work together to provide our patients with the best possible healthcare by living the values of; quality – safety – respect.

Østfold Hospital provides specialist health care services within somatic and mental health to more than 300,000 inhabitants of Østfold County. The hospital relocated to a brand new state-of-the-art hospital building in 2015, and is one of Europe’s most high-tech and digital innovative hospitals. The Hospital has one of Norway’s largest and most modern Emergency Wards, and is located about one-hour drive southeast from Oslo and about 30 minutes’ drive from the Swedish border. 

Østfold Hospital is one of Østfold’s largest employers with over 7000 employees. The hospital is committed to professional development, and is educating health care professionals and performing research in close collaboration with the University of Oslo and Østfold University College.

Østfold Hospital create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a hospital.

The EEA Agreement (the agreement on the European Economic Area) enables job seekers, students and self-employed persons, as well as their family members, from other EEA member states to take up residence, work and study in Norway

The working language at Østfold Hospital is Norwegian. Your Norwegian proficiency must be sufficiently high to ensure reliability in patient care when communicating in Norwegian with our patients, families and colleagues. We do accept Danish and Swedish as academic languages.

For positions that require a certification as health care personnel according to the Health Personnel Act, a Norwegian authorization or temporary license must be obtained prior to the employment and commencement.

For more information, please visit: Authorization and license (helsedirektoratet.no)

Before working at Østfold Hospital, residence permit or registration certificate must be obtained. Nordic citizens have automatic residency in the Nordic countries.

  • Within the EU/EEA, you need only obtain a registration certificate.
  • Outside the EU/EEA, you must obtain a residence permit.

​For more information about the procedure and application forms, please visit:
https://www.udi.no/en  

If you are a foreign worker, you must have a D number to obtain a tax card. Anyone who is getting a D number must personally appear at the tax office with a valid ID. If you do not have a tax deduction card, your employer must deduct 50 percent of your income. This also applies to Norwegian nationals who move back to Norway. More information about tax card and D number, application forms, and identification requirements can be found at;

NAV EURES and the EURES advisers in Norway can provide you with information about the labour market, how to apply for jobs and about working and living.

Living and working conditions: Norway (europa.eu)

Unfortunately, we do not accept open applications, and do not consider these. You need to apply on vacant positions through our recruitment portal - Webcruiter. Most of our vacancies are only announced in Norwegian as ability to understand Norwegian is a requirement for most of our positions.

All vacancies can be found here

Østfold is a county in the southeastern corner of East Norway. Among the strengths of Østfold County are:

  • the Norwegian statutory foundation for public health at all levels
  • Norway’s labour law, which secures the rights of workers to influence their own working conditions; innovations in the field of health profiling at the international level
  • a successful public health approach, which has attracted attention at the national level
  • the County’s participation in national pilot schemes to test new methods of health promotion.

Welcome to Østfold (visitoestfold.com)

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Sist oppdatert 29.01.2024