Helse Fonna HF, Haugesund, Norway, offers a full-time, permanent position for a specialist in Neurology.

We are looking for a general neurologist, preferably with neurophysiology (EEG and EMG) experience but this is not a must. Doctors in their final year of specialization can also apply.

There is a possibility for sub-specialization within Neurology.

Work description

Our senior officers work both in the ward and in the outpatient clinic. In the ward they work together with a junior consultant. They supervise the junior-officers and take part in their education.

Normal working days are from 08.00 a.m. until 15.30 p.m. Senior consultants are on call every 6th day/weekend. We have always a junior consultant on call.

If our new colleague has experience with neurophysiology there will be the possibility for about 50 % work at the neurophysiology lab.

There are possibilities for doing research projects.

We offer

• A job in an expanding department with enthusiastic colleagues
• Salary by agreement
• Yearly 10 days for congress visit and 4 month sabbatical every 5th year with full salary
• Good pension and insurance agreements
• Help to find accommodation
• Assist with language course for the right candidate

Qualifications

• The applicant must have Norwegian medical council authorization as a doctor along with recognized specialization in Neurology. Doctors in their final year of specialization who can finish their specialization in Norway can also apply.
• Applicant should also have high-level language proficiency (written & oral) in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language, or willing to learn that.
• Applicant must have relevant hospital work experience.

Personal attributes

• Contribute positively to a professional and team environment
• Good academic judgement and work in a structured, goal oriented way.
• Must show professional competence, trust and respect.
• Should have interest in professional development and contribute towards development of a good workforce

Working place is Haugesund hospital.

Start as soon as possible.

Salary:

• will be in accordance with the national collective agreement.
• yearly salary: from 71.000 to 79.000 EURO plus overtime.

For more information about the vacancy you can contact:

• Ineke HogenEsch, phone +47 5273 2000, [email protected]
  
  

How to apply?

Send you motivation letter and CV as soon as possible to [email protected]

(from NAV EURES Norway)

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Health Fonna has more than 4000 employees who have their goal of providing the best possible care to our patients. Health Fonna covers 19 municipalities with around 180 000 inhabitants.

www.helse-fonna.no

Haugesund is a city in the region west of Norway. Haugesund is the regional center for 110.000 inhabitants. From Haugesund airport it takes 20 minutes to the central of Haugesund and to Haugesund hospital.

Haugesund Hospital has a permanent Neurologist position available. Haugesund Hospital is a general hospital, located in the city of Haugesund. It is a part of the teaching facility network of Regional Health Authority of Western Norway.

The department of neurology in Haugesund is a part of the ’Medicine Clinic’, which also includes internal medicine (cardiology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, gastro-enterology, pulmonology, oncology, general internal medicine), habilitation and pediatry.

The department consists of:

• A ward with 15 beds, included our stroke-unit with 6 beds (about 1500 patients annually).
• An out-patient clinic (about 2400 consultations)
• The EEG laboratory. We have possibility for EP and EMG but we have no neurophysiologist at the moment. Our EEG are recorded in Haugesund and described by neurophysiologists in Stavanger.

We have close cooperation with our own group of physiotherapists and occupational and speech therapists.

At the moment we have 6 neurologists (senior consultants) and 8 trainees (junior consultants becoming neurologist). We have positions for 7 neurologists.

We have 2 Parkinson nurses, 2 MS nurses and 1 epilepsy nurse and 1 neuro-oncology nurse who are cooperating in our outpatient clinic. We have botox -, baclofen -, apomorfin and Duodopa treatment, and the follow-up of DBS patients in our outpatient clinic.

At the hospital we have an outstanding radiology department with MRI, CT, nuclear medicine included DaTscan. We have good co-operation with the other departments, both surgical and medicine.

We have no neurosurgeon in Haugesund but good co-operation with the neurosurgeons at the University Hospital in Bergen.

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