A qualified social and health care assistant or nurse is sought for a night shift in an acute integrated psychiatric ward in the most beautiful surroundings.

The psychiatry department is on the agenda...

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We are a psychiatric inpatient ward that is part of a broad professional environment at a university hospital. We want to work with Recovery in the best sense of the word, where we place the patients' words high and aim for a high degree of involvement in their own treatment.

We prioritize the working environment, safety and security in everyday life. We work interdisciplinary based on each employee's competences and resources, and we look forward to seeing how you can contribute to that collaboration.

We can offer a 20-37 hour position as a nurse or a social and health assistant in a fixed night shift with the possibility of 7/7.

We are also starting to look at the possibility of shorter or longer shifts, so that your working hours can be adapted to you rather than you adapting to the working hours.

You will attend mandatory courses where you will gain insight into the theoretical framework we work under, as well as insight into our approach to patient care.

There will also after a couple of years be an opportunity to take the Specialist Training in Psychiatry for nurses or the KUA for social- and health care assistants.

Broad patient picture

The Ward Ø1, 1st floor, receives and treats patients aged 18-75. We have room for a total of 14 patients and treat patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, psychoses, severe depressions, bipolar disorders, as well as severe personality disorders.

Coherence and perspective for the patient

You work well at night but also think cross-professional and, not least, nursing. The patients’ illness continues even at night, so you must help create coherence in the patient’s care pathways and be an active participant in the effort to reduce coercion in psychiatry, as well as work with Safewards, patient plans with high-quality content and activities.

Patients encounter an environment where hope, mastery and possibilities are in focus. Your actions are based on the patients' individual needs and based on coordinated and professionally grounded considerations - not just on rigid rules.

We are developing Recovery-oriented psychiatry with user involvement at all levels and coherence in all patient pathways.

Together about activities

The daily morning meeting is our pivot point. Here we plan the day’s activities together with the patients. We discuss common matters and provide information. The activities can consist of exercise, creative activities, choir, psychoeducation or social environmental therapy, and it can easily take place outdoors. We try as much as possible to use our beautiful green surroundings, with walks to the fjord and the lush local area.

Your and our professionalism

We are looking for night shifts, so we would like you to have experience from psychiatry, but if you are passionate about it that much, then perhaps we can figure it out. You should be willing to talk and be there for the patients even at night and acknowledge that it can still be difficult if one has a mental health leadership. Your attitude to working with this patient group is important and decisive for you to develop a high level of professionalism and a desire to learn and provide skilled nursing for mentally ill people.

We are a ward with many highly capable staff and we also like to teach others, so there is room for you who do not have extensive experience but are passionate about the patient group. We offer mentorship and onboarding.

This means that even before you start, you will be assigned a mentor who will ensure you are well guided through the first period of your employment, with scheduled conversations. The mentor acts as your sparring partner and helps you to integrate into the department’s culture, understand and use our rules and frameworks, become part of relevant networks, and apply existing and add new competences.

You will be offered introductory courses, and the possibility to acquire new competences via our learning lab, so you have a solid foundation to start from.

You can expect an introductory period where you do not work independently in patient care, but accompany an experienced colleague. A large part of the staff group has broad psychiatric experience and works daily with great flexibility and a willingness to find solutions – also to new challenges. Competence development, collaboration and a good working environment are prerequisites for working here. In addition to a good collegial group, you also get close leadership that sees you and your potential.

Visit us

You are very welcome to come for a non-binding visit, or you can call and hear more from chief nurse Sara Toor at phone 24665936 or write to [email protected] .

Employment interviews held continuously.

Salary according to applicable collective agreement. There is of course an expectation that you participate in courses, conferences and continuing education as needed.

Employment area

Region Zealand and Region Capital will on 1 January 2027 become Region Østdanmark as a result of the health reform. Your place of employment will be Region Østdanmark with all associated organizational units.

Read more about the meaning of the employment area on Region Østdanmark’s website.

Starting salary for employees covered by a collective agreement

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See the starting salary on the region’s website

About Midt- and West Zealand Hospital

At Midt- and West Zealand Hospital we work every day to promote healthy living by preventing and treating in a cohesive health effort. As a hospital we combine psychiatry and somatics. Our goal is that patients and citizens experience good and safe high-quality pathways.

As an employee you become part of an innovative, professionally and organizationally robust hospital, where we make a difference for the people who need us. Learning and development are part of everyday life and occur in professionally committed communities. Also across departments.

Midt- and West Zealand Hospital covers a catchment area of about 230,000 residents. We have 766 inpatient beds and about 5,000 employees spread across 20 departments, including 16 somatic and psychiatric specialties.

We offer a solid research environment with 13 professors and a strong professional educational environment, where we each year welcome about 2,700 students, trainees and doctors in further education programs.