Are you passionate about psychiatry? We need a nurse like you!

You have a rare opportunity to make your mark on a department in startup, where your voice and experience truly make a difference.

Get the chance to be involved from the start, where routines, culture and professionality still need to be shaped, and where you yourself help set the direction. On April 8, 2026, Psychiatric Ward 5 in Viborg opened its doors to the first patients, and we are still in the midst of building the ward.

We are looking for engaged nurses who want to be part of a newly established ward with professional immersion, real influence and a strong collegial community.

The ward is a general psychiatric inpatient ward with 16 beds and a subspecialty in geriatric psychiatry. Care, structure and relational work are central elements in daily life, and you will become part of a multidisciplinary team where we help each other, learn together and support each other in difficult situations. With us, we work with heart and head, and we always strive to see the person behind the illness.

Your everyday life with us

As a nurse on the ward you will provide care and nursing based on the individual patient's needs and resources. This can range from personal hygiene and meals to helping create structure in daily life through activities and sleep rhythm. You actively work on prevention and conflict management, with a focus on creating calm and security and avoiding coercion, and you are a central part of the rehabilitative work, where patients are supported in regaining skills and believing in themselves.

In addition, you observe and document patients' condition and development, and you collaborate closely with colleagues, relatives and other professionals to create coherence in the pathways.

What do you get with us?

You will receive a thorough introduction with a fixed mentor, so you start well, and you become part of a ward where you truly help shape culture and workflows rather than just perform them. You will become part of a collegial community where we help each other and celebrate successes together, and you will have the opportunity to practice psychiatric nursing, among other things according to the principles of Fundamentals of Care.

Learning and professional development are a natural part of everyday life with us, and you have the opportunity to pursue a specialized education in psychiatric nursing. You will also have two senior nurses who are engaged, visible and close to the daily work.

We imagine that you

• Are a newly graduated or experienced nurse
• Have interest or experience in psychiatry, preferably geriatric psychiatry
• Thrive in multidisciplinary collaboration
• Are engaged and curious and want to help build something new

Hear more Hear Line tell about what it is like to be a nurse in a psychiatric inpatient ward here , and read the job description for nurses in our psychiatric inpatient ward here .

About the Psychiatric Department

We are part of Hospitals Unit Central Denmark Region in Region Midtjylland and treat adults over 18 with a range of psychiatric disorders, primarily patients from Viborg, Silkeborg and Skive Municipality. We have 72 beds distributed across wards in Viborg and Silkeborg, including three psychotic wards, an affective ward and our general ward with subspecialty in geriatric psychiatry. With us, high-quality treatment with the person at the center is always in focus. Read more on our homepage .

Would you like to know more? Please contact

• Senior Nurse Jeanette Hougaard Borup, 2048 3935
• Senior Nurse Charlotte Rudbeck, 4023 6845

The practical

• Application deadline: 26 October 2026
• Ongoing recruitment interviews will be held, latest 28 October 2026
• Start date: 1 December 2026 or by agreement
• Employment in rotating shifts, two shifts

Salary and employment terms

Salary and terms are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement in the field.

With reference to the Child Certificate Act in connection with the recruitment of staff, a child certificate will be obtained in connection with any employment.

Employment is with Region Midtjylland with service currently at the Central Denmark Region's Hospitals Unit; read more about the hospital unit here .

Interested applicants, regardless of personal background, are encouraged to apply.

The position is essentially a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continuously implements savings and reorganizations, employees in relocation who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, pursuant to the EU's pay transparency directive, which came into force on 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you of the starting salary or an interval for starting salary for a position before you are offered employment.

Here you can find Region Midtjylland's salary catalog for most professional groups and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Transparency before employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk