In Norway, your responsibilities as a nurse will be related to the care of patients in day centers, residences, home care, hospitals, etc. In a close environment, where you will have the opportunity to develop professionally in the Norwegian Public Health System and have the best nurse / patient ratio in Europe, with an average of 17.4 nurses per thousand inhabitants, while in Spain, for example, the ratio it is approximately 5 nurses per thousand inhabitants.

Working as a nurse in Norway

Benefits of working in Norway as a nurse

You will have a permanent, full-time contract and a salary guarantee of up to 100%.

You will have an annual salary of € 45,000 - € 60,000 gross per year.

The best nurse / patient ratio in Europe. With 1 nurse for every 10 patients.

You will have a paid travel program from Norway to your home country, so you can visit your family, or they can visit you.

Work as a nurse in Public Centers (hospitals, day centers, residences and home care).

Accommodation and expenses (electricity, water, internet) included in shared or individual house.

Summer pay of 12% of the annual gross salary (feriepenger).

Possibility of doing the nursing specialty.

The Global Working Learning Guarantee ensures that 100% of the people who carry out the language program reach the necessary language level. The Global Working Job Guarantee  ensures that 100% of the people who reach the language level work in Norway.

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Requirements

  • University Degree in Nursing from a EU University.
  • Be willing to relocate to Norway.
  • EU citizenship or valid work permit for Norway.
  • Previous work experience as a nurse is desirable, but not mandatory.

Note that for this position it is not necessary to have previous skills in Norwegian as we will give you a full language education. If you already hace a level B1 in Norwegian, there is no need to take the language course that we offer.

Nursing work centers

In Norway your responsibilities as a nurse will be related to the care of patients in different work centers of the GW-Network; in a close environment, where there will be the opportunity to develop professionally by working in the Public Health System.

Nurses in Norway has a more comprehensive role, dedicating more time to each patient, and developing the more social and assistance facet of the nurse, which makes you the center of the patient’s evolution, so other medical professionals come to you to assess the adequacy of their proposals.

Public Hospitals

Post-Hospital Care

Community Nursing

Geriatric Nursing

Home Health Nursing

Mental Health Nursing

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