Assistant Team Leader for Local Team Lerbæk Torv

Would you like to be a visible leader who builds on a strong professional foundation and contributes to the ongoing development of high professionalism, quality and job satisfaction in the nursing and home care services? Then we may have your next job. We are seeking an assistant team leader for the nursing and home care services in the Local Team Lerbæk Torv in Køge Municipality. With us you will become an important co-player in daily management and the development of a modern, interdisciplinary nursing and home care.

About the position As an assistant team leader you will constitute 50% of a dedicated leadership team, where you together with the team leader share responsibility for the daily operations and the professional development in the local team during both day and evening shifts. You will play a central role in ensuring quality in task execution, supporting employees and contributing to a healthy and motivating working environment.

Your tasks will include

• Shared responsibility for the daily management of the local team’s staff – including task distribution and coordination of resources.
• Professional leadership: Ensure quality in caregiving tasks regardless of legislation, support local audits, handle complaint cases in collaboration with the team leader, and translate new knowledge into practice.
• HR management: Participate in recruitment, disciplinary matters and care conversations, conduct MUS/GRUS interviews, introduce new employees and clarify and develop competencies.
• Responsible for work with adverse events (UTH), including incident reporting, support for reporting of individual UTHs and follow-up and translation of learning into practice.
• Facilitate different meeting formats - e.g. interdisciplinary meetings, mini-team meetings for day/evening shifts and ensure triage.
• Play a central role in supporting the self-organizing mini-teams.

In addition, you will participate in supervision and municipal survey, facilitate meetings, ensure triage and act as the point of contact for students, interns and internal resource persons.

To support the above task solving and daily professional leadership, you will work in our care system, Nexus. If you do not already know Nexus, you will receive a thorough introduction to it.

You can read the full job description for the position here [LINK].

It is important that you can see yourself working loyally to the organization and the political and administrative announcements – including applicable standards and legislation. You will also share responsibility for ensuring financially responsible planning and operations.

You will become part of an organization that actively works with professionalism, learning and development – and where we prioritise collaboration and well-being.

About Local Team Lerbæk Torv We are about 36 employees in the team, consisting of social and health care helpers, social and health care assistants, nurses, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist and fixed substitutes. We also train students and interns, and you will help ensure the framework for a safe and learning environment for them together with the rest of the team.

We place great emphasis on collaboration, professionalism and well-being. And we are good at laughing and being social together in everyday life.

Who are we looking for? You must be a trained nurse with Danish authorization or a trained social and health care assistant. You must also have broad clinical experience that gives you a solid foundation to support daily leadership and function as a professional sparring partner.

Furthermore, it is a requirement that you begin a diploma in leadership after one year of employment if you do not already have a leadership education.

Our ideal candidate has

• A desire for leadership and the courage to develop yourself in the role.
• The ability to create structure and overview – and to motivate and develop employees.
• Strong communication skills, and use them respectfully and acknowledgingly to convey your message clearly.
• A leadership style that is present, visible and appreciative.
• Focus on working with leadership according to the municipality's personnel policy values and principles of social capital.
• Is flexible and motivated by being visible and available for both day and evening shifts when the task calls for it.

Application and terms The position is full-time. Salary and terms of employment according to the applicable collective agreement and negotiation with the relevant organization. You are employed under a management agreement.

The application deadline is Tuesday, November 17, 2026. We expect to hold interviews in week 47.

We prefer that you apply online: Click on “ Apply for the position ” and attach your application and CV.

The position is intended to start on January 1, 2027.

You will have an office at our base at Lerbæk Torv 42, 4600 Køge.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the team leader Henriette Julie Mühring Lund by email [email protected] or phone: 21 78 55 48.

In Køge Municipality you will become part of an organization with dedicated staff who every day come together in a common goal of creating value for citizens. In the municipality we view diversity as a resource and aim to promote gender equality. We therefore encourage all qualified applicants to apply for the position – regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, age or possible disability.

So become part of the team! We offer you a varied working environment and a wide range of staff benefits, such as social activities and access to our holiday homes.

Read more about Køge Municipality at www.koege.dk