Nurse – Children's Department (Fixed-Term)

About the role

Sykehuset Telemark's children's department (Barneavdelingen) has a 100% fixed-term nursing position from 4 January 2027 to 2 January 2028. The department is a 12-bed ward treating children aged 0–15/18 years across a broad paediatric spectrum, with its own emergency function and close cooperation with Oslo University Hospital. Applications must be made through Webcruiter, with certificates and transcripts attached as PDFs; the deadline is 11 November 2026.

Key responsibilities

• Nursing care of children and young people with different diagnoses on the ward
• Receiving and following up patients, elective and acute
• Medication handling and administration of treatment
• Documented nursing care according to current routines
• Care for patients and relatives and interdisciplinary collaboration within the department

Required profile

• Norwegian authorisation as a nurse
• Written and spoken Norwegian
• Experience working with children and young people is an advantage
• A police certificate is required on hiring
• Structured, accurate work, flexibility and willingness to develop professionally

What we offer

• Varied nursing tasks in a high-level children's department
• Work-life balance days and structured professional development
• Interdisciplinary teamwork with doctors, clinical nutritionists, social workers and physiotherapists
• Three-day weekend rotation, varying with season
• Employee welfare and pension and insurance plans through KLP