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With us, you get meaningful work, with both professional challenges and professional development. We have exciting collaborations across professional groups, which creates a dynamic environment. Our values are based on respect, professional excellence, accessibility, and commitment.

Sørlandet Hospital HF is Agder's largest workplace with over 7,000 employees. Our operations are spread across several locations with many job opportunities. Our main tasks are patient treatment, research, teaching, and patient and relative education. We have patient services in somatic care, mental health, and substance abuse and addiction treatment.

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Educating healthcare personnel is one of our four statutory tasks. This includes specialist training for doctors, collaboration with educational institutions on basic training, further and continuing education, and other competence development for our own employees.

Education and competence development

Sørlandet Hospital needs employees with diverse skills, backgrounds, experience, and perspectives to contribute to even better problem-solving. It is a goalthat our employees reflect the diversity of the population as much as possible. We therefore encourage qualified candidates to apply, regardless of gender, background, gaps in their CV, or functional ability.

As an employee with us, you automatically become a member of the Municipal National Pension Fund
- KLP. Membership grants the right to old-age pension, disability pension, and survivor's pension.

  • The KLP pension scheme covers nurses in positions of 20% or more.
  • The pension scheme also covers permanent and temporary nurses working less than 20% but who take extra shifts/hours so that the average per quarter corresponds to a 20% position.
  • For all other employees, the scheme applies if you work an average of 14 hours per week in a quarter.
  • Temporary employees are included in the KLP pension scheme from their first day of employment.

For AFP and special retirement ages, please refer to separate rules. You can read more about the terms and schemes on KLP's website.

KLP

Insurance
All employees are covered by occupational injury insurance, group life insurance, leisure accident insurance, and travel insurance for business travel.

Parking spaces at Sørlandet Hospital are subject to a fee Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 20:

Staff housing

Sørlandet Hospital has housing for rent for students and temporary staff.

Arendal has 22 housing units in various price ranges and sizes. All are located at Hauglandsheia 2, which is a short walk from the hospital.
Contact the Service Center for more information:37 01 45 00
Tel:Email:

servicetorget.bolig.ssa@sshf.no

Kristiansand has 19 housing units in various price ranges and sizes. All are located at Solbergveien 20 in Eg, which is a short walk from the hospital.
Contact the Service Center for more information:Tel:
38 07 41 08Email:

servicetorget.bolig.ssk@sshf.noFlekkefjord has 21 housing units in various price ranges and sizes. Many are located at Ueneskleiva 1357 (Frydenlund). Others are in different locations. All are within walking distance of the hospital.

Contact the Housekeeper for more information:
Tel:38 32 73 57or38 32 51 71
Email:husokonom.ssf@sshf.noPlaces for students in practice

Students in practice

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Specialist training for doctors (LIS1)Vacant positions for specialist training for doctors, LIS1, are advertised on the Norwegian Directorate of Health's website.

Healthcare personnel from abroad

Sørlandet Hospital utilizes healthcare personnel from abroad, including for short-term temporary positions. To work at a hospital in Norway, certain formalities must be in order.

from your home country is necessary.

Norwegian authorizationfor the first time in Norway.

Information and application form from the Norwegian Directorate of HealthCertificates and diplomas

confirming previous and current employment for the calculation of seniority and determination of salary.

Norwegian D-number(personal identification number) Everyone who will work in Norway receives a Norwegian D-number the first time they apply for a tax card.

Information and form on the Norwegian Tax Administration's websiteTax card

A new tax card must be applied for each year. The form can be downloaded from the link on the right.

Bank accountSalary is paid to a Norwegian bank account or to a bank account in the home country. When transferring to an account in the home country, the SWIFT code and IBAN number must be provided.

Form E 101/A1By bringing one of these forms from your home country, you can get a refund of social security contributions paid to the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme.

Infection controlPersonnel who will work at the hospital must be tested for tuberculosis and MRSA before starting if they are in a risk group.

Spend part of your education in SørlandetIn the fall of 2023, 10 medical students will start their 5th year of study at the newly established UiO Campus sør at Sørlandet Hospital.



UiO Campus sør

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