Household assistants wanted for Health and Care Facilities in Fredericia, Nær Sundhed, Lillebaelt Hospital

Do you thrive with different tasks and in creating good citizen contact? Then you might be our new house assistant. We are seeking two dedicated house assistants to strengthen our team at the Health and Care Places in Fredericia in the department Near Health.

You will work closely with the citizens and in a close cross-disciplinary collaboration with the rest of the staff. As a house assistant, your tasks will range from preparing and plating meals and kitchen tasks to taking care of cleaning in the house and taking responsibility for depot supplies.

The positions are generally 37 hours/week; if you want a lower weekly hour count, there is also a possibility for that. There is weekend work in the position, which initially is every 3rd weekend.

Your role As a house assistant at the Health and Care Places you will be part of a house assistant group of five employees. You will help to create a new structure in the team with the new tasks that have been added.

This means that

• Contribute to workflows, standards and collaboration in kitchen tasks, as well as cleaning and depot materials.
• Work flexibly and take initiative for tasks that arise continually.
• Influence flow and rotation in the team with regard to the tasks that exist.
• Contribute to creating the framework for “The Citizen First” and actively contribute to ensuring that Sygehus Lillebælt is and continues to develop as the Patient’s Hospital based on the hospital’s values and promises.

Your main tasks The tasks in your team are varied and involve different service tasks around the citizen to ensure the department functions. Your important tasks are to:

• Finish preparing food locally for all main and additional meals.
• Daily replenishment of drinks, as well as freezers and refrigerators, plus your own checks.
• Daily cleaning and care of citizen rooms, dishwashing area, depot room, staff room and common areas.
• Final cleaning of citizen rooms including washing of beds and equipment when a citizen moves out.
• Cleaning and tidying in relation to waste and textile sacks, including correct handling according to applicable guidelines.
• Take shared responsibility for washing citizens’ clothes.
• Depot materials: scan tags, order and receive depot materials. Unpack goods and place depot materials and utensils in the relevant depots.
• Linen and uniforms: refill with linen and uniforms and place in relevant lockers.
• Ongoing tidying and order in depot rooms, dishwashing rooms and birooms, so there is overview and accessibility for staff.
• Contact and help to the citizen, such as showing the dining room, helping with a glass of water and a good chat while cleaning the room.

We offer

• A versatile position where you have a great opportunity to influence content, work processes and team dynamics.
• Opportunity to influence the handling of meals, kitchen routines and collaboration with care staff.
• A good working environment with focus on collaboration, responsibility, propriety and humor, even when we are busy.
• A permanent position primarily with day shifts, as well as weekend and holiday work.
• Skilled and dedicated colleagues who are ready with introduction, training and guidance.
• Good onboarding for the tasks.
• Supportive leadership.

Who are you? We imagine that you

• Are good at creating good frameworks for meal handling.
• Are flexible and can act in and oversee a complex daily life with demands from many sides.
• Are good at organizing your own day in collaboration with colleagues and managers.
• Can understand and apply the hygienic principles/functions – both in the kitchen and in the rest of the ward.
• Are service-minded and understand putting the citizen first.
• Are good at collaborating and communicating across professional groups.
• Have IT skills at user level regarding order placement and documentation.

It is an advantage if you have experience from the hospital sector, kitchen work, catering, logistics or as a service worker/SSA/SSH/porter, but it is not a requirement.

About the department The Health and Care Places Fredericia are located at Viaduktvej 9B, 7000 Fredericia, and are part of the Near Health department.

The staff group consists of social and health assistants and assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, house assistants, service assistants, as well as medical coverage from the hospital and general practice.

You will become part of a work community characterized by propriety, dialogue and ambitions to create good solutions for both citizens and employees.

Near Health is a new department at Sygehus Lillebælt, which is under development. The department will have authority and operating responsibility for Health and Care Places in Fredericia, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejle and Thyregod as well as a unified emergency nursing.

Sygehus Lillebælt is a well-consolidated hospital in a positive development with an ambitious vision to be the Patient’s Hospital. We are known for high quality, efficient operation, a high degree of patient satisfaction as well as high employee satisfaction.

Salary and employment terms Salary and employment terms for the position follow the Collective Agreement for House Assistants etc. - Agreement 34.01.1 - salary per 1.4.2026. The starting salary for the position can be found via the following link: See starting salary for positions in Region Southern Denmark .

In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

Application The deadline for applying for the position is 18.11.2026.

Employment interviews are expected to be held on 23.11.2026.

We wish you to start the position on 01.01.2027 or by agreement.

Further information You are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Rikke Ejlskov Hjeresen at phone 2029 9409 or Chief Nurse Lene Borgen Esmann at phone 2320 2641 for information.