Department Manager for Esbjerg Friplejehjem

At Esbjerg Friplejehjem we are seeking an experienced nurse who, with their leadership, helps to create a safe home for our residents and a good workplace for the staff.

We offer a leadership role where you have influence and professional sparring – and every single day you make a difference for others with your professionalism and commitment.

As department head you will be a central culture bearer. You help ensure that residents experience presence, safety and dignity – and that the staff thrive, develop professionally and feel seen.

About the job

We are looking for a leader who is clear and can set direction, while keeping a warm heart and an open door.

You will have close collaboration with the principal and become part of the home’s leadership team. Your tasks will include:

• Clear and presence-based staff leadership
• Actively work with wellbeing, job satisfaction and a healthy working environment
• Ensure stable operation in close collaboration with the schedule planner
• Ensure high quality in care and compliance with applicable legislation
• Contribute to financially responsible operations
• Support a learning environment with a focus on professional development
• Contribute to developing Esbjerg Friplejehjem as a whole.

About you

We are looking for you who is trained as a nurse and has leadership experience – preferably from a care home or the health sector.

We value that you

• Can create calm, direction and structure in a complex everyday life
• Communicate clearly and empathetically – both verbally and in writing
• Can translate values into concrete action in daily life
• Have knowledge of legislation and preferably experience with quality work
• Think strategically and reflect on your own leadership practice.

We offer

You will have close collaboration with the principal and become part of a home with skilled and engaged staff with many different competencies. We offer:

• An exciting leadership position with responsibility and the opportunity to put your mark on everyday life
• An workplace focused on both the good home and the good workplace
• An internal leadership education in professional leadership in practice.
• Health insurance
• An optional catering arrangement with freshly prepared food from our own kitchen for a small fee.

The practical

Location : Esbjerg Friplejehjem, Storegade 26, 6700 Esbjerg

Starting date : 1 December 2026

Application deadline : 18 October 2026

Employment interviews: Round 1 interviews will be held on 23 October , and round 2 interviews will be held on 27 October . You will be asked to take a test between the first and second interview. The feedback from the test will form the basis for the dialogue at the 2nd interview.

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

Do you have questions about the position? Contact the principal Karin Juul Viuff, tel.: 2114 7906, [email protected]

About Esbjerg Friplejehjem

Esbjerg Friplejehjem is a home with 60 apartments spread over two floors. The home has its own production kitchen, a common room for activities and events as well as dining and living rooms and a courtyard.

We emphasize that residents experience Esbjerg Friplejehjem as their home, and that everyday life takes its starting point in each individual’s life, wishes and habits. At the same time, we have an eye for the communities, activities and relationships that help create life in the house.

We work with compassion as part of our professional approach. This means, among other things, that we pay attention to both ourselves and each other and actively use reflection, presence and attentiveness in meetings with residents, relatives and colleagues.

About Danske Diakonhjem

Danske Diakonhjem is a self-governing, nonprofit organization with more than 65 years of experience in building and operating care homes. Danske Diakonhjem is the country’s largest private actor within care homes and free-care homes. Currently, we have 41 homes and nearly 3,000 employees.

In addition, we offer our administrative services, where a number of independent institutions use our administrative expertise in payroll, accounting, housing, IT and advisory services. Thus, Danske Diakonhjem administers and runs around 80 care homes, hospices and communal living arrangements.

In Danske Diakonhjem the Christian life and human view is the foundation and starting point for our work, and we expect you to see yourself in an organization where some of the core values are that we regard every person as unique and valuable and we respect others’ beliefs, opinions, values and ways of living.

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Full-time

18 October 2026

Contacts

Karin Juul Viuff

Principal

2114 7906

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Storegade 26

6700 Esbjerg