Become part of the future of acute nursing in People-Centered Health in the Health Council East and the Islands

With the new health reform, acute nursing will transfer from municipal home care to the region's hospitals as of January 1, 2027.

The acute nursing service will in the future cover the need for acute nursing in our health board area which covers the municipalities: Roskilde, Solrød, Greve, Køge, Stevns, Faxe, Vordingborg, Guldborgsund and Lolland. We are seeking acute care nurses for Guldborgsund, Faxe, Stevns and Roskilde. You will be attached to one primary base.

As part of the health reform, a new Geriatric Department will be established at Zealand University Hospital (Sjællands Universitetshospital) located in Køge and in Nykøbing Falster. In addition to 2 geriatric beds with associated outpatient functions, the department consists of a ward dedicated to Borgernær Sundhed, under which acute nursing is placed.

Acute nursing will play a central role in developing proximity, equity and continuity for citizen pathways.

The acute nursing service is organized so we ensure proximity to the citizens and local familiarity. As an acute nurse in Borgernær Sundhed your primary workplace will be in the citizens' homes and on the acute nursing clinics.

Although you will have a primary base at one service site, you will be part of one unified organization with common professional standards, development opportunities and collegial community. We therefore seek nurses who:

• Are licensed nurses with a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience
• Have knowledge of acute nursing, municipal nursing or simply want to try something new
• Thrive working independently and making quick clinical decisions
• Are able to build trust and security with the citizen and relatives and can adapt communication to the individual citizen.
• Think health promotion and are able to work with a preventive and supportive approach so that the citizen avoids unnecessary hospitalizations.
• Have good collaboration skills and can see and draw on the “community” across sectors.
• Understand that a good working environment does not come by itself – we create it together.
• Have a driving license

Responsibilities of acute nursing

• Acute nursing clinical assessment and treatment of citizens in their own homes
• Observation, monitoring and follow-up on complex patient pathways
• IV treatment, sampling and other advanced nursing tasks
• Prevention of unnecessary admissions
• Close coordination with hospital, municipalities and general practice
• Counselling and guidance of patients, relatives and partners
• Provide acute nursing in the nearby health care system, including assessment, treatment and follow-up for citizens with acute needs and complex challenges.
• Work closely with doctors, other health professionals and relatives for the best solution for the citizen
• Participate in developing and implementing new working methods and initiatives within acute nursing in the citizen-centered health care
• Contribute to a safe and professional working environment with focus on well-being, quality and development

We offer

• An exciting position in a newly established department with the opportunity to contribute to the development of future acute nursing in a context of proximity, equity and coherence
• A professional nursing community where innovation, quality, presence and professionalism are in focus
• Dedicated and motivated colleagues who meet with a positive attitude
• An workplace with room for new ideas and initiatives
• An workplace with close and exciting collaboration across sectors
• Good opportunities for ongoing skills development
• A department focused on a good working environment, dialogue and inclusion.
• An onboarding program with professional and organizational content, where you are introduced to all the new.

The role is available 24/7 with shifts 365 days a year by agreement.

About Borgernær Sundhed

Borgernær Sundhed is a department within the Geriatric Department at SUH, which has been established to support the health reform's ambition to create a closer, coherent and equitable health care system.

The department is divided into the following sections

• Acute nursing
• Health and care placements
• GeriKom – specialist coverage of health and care placements, of which there are 168 in the health area

SUH will take over the authority for health and care placements on January 1, 2027, which are located in each of the nine municipalities. The meeting places for acute nursing will be relatively located in each municipality. Please indicate in your application which service site you prefer.

Application and employment terms

Interviews are expected to be held on an ongoing basis

Employment is under collective agreement 3-3217.

Contact

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Malene Nielsen 47322402.

Area of employment

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

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

Starting salary for employees covered by the 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 under the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the salary may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See the starting salary on the region's website

About Zealand University Hospital

Zealand University Hospital is Denmark’s newest university hospital with activities in Køge, Roskilde and Nykøbing F. We are a bold and outward-looking university hospital, where we daily work to create a coherent health care system and greater equality in health for citizens in the region.

Our catchment area is characterized by a larger proportion of citizens with chronic illness and social challenges than the national average. Therefore we work deliberately with innovation, new forms of collaboration and solutions that bring treatment closer to the citizens.

With us you become part of an ambitious workplace where cross-sector collaboration, high professional standards and ongoing improvements are a natural part of everyday life. Our leadership values are innovation, followership, integrity and community, and they guide how we work, develop and achieve good results – for both citizens and employees.

Read more about Zealand University Hospital, Nykøbing F. here

Read more about Zealand University Hospital, Køge and Roskilde here

Watch a video about Zealand University Hospital here

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact

Name

Malene Nielsen

Email

[email protected]

Position

Chief Nurse

Phone

47322402

WORKPLACE

Zealand University Hospital, Køge

QUICKNR.

056242

JOB TYPE

Full time

POSTED

October 22, 2026

APPLICATION DEADLINE

November 16, 2026

START OF EMPLOYMENT

January 1, 2027