Intersectoral Coordinator, Pulmonary Diseases

Do you want to help create cohesive patient pathways across hospital and municipality? Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Esbjerg Hospital, is looking for a committed and proactive cross-sectoral coordinator. Do you want to make a difference for patients who need special focus on the transition from hospital to their own home? Are you passionate about cross-sector collaboration and do you thrive in taking responsibility, creating overview and finding solutions to complex patient pathways?

Then you are the one we are looking for as our new cross-sectoral coordinator in the Department of Pulmonary Diseases at Esbjerg Hospital.

About us The Department of Pulmonary Diseases consists of a ward with 20 normed beds. We treat and care for patients with lung diseases as well as ear, nose and throat diseases. In addition, we have an outpatient clinic which annually has around 9,000 visits.

We meet patients with different needs and levels of complexity, and we know that a good patient journey does not end at discharge. A safe transition from hospital to own home requires planning, coordination and close collaboration between the patient, the relatives, the hospital, the municipality and other relevant partners.

Your role as cross-sectoral coordinator As cross-sectoral coordinator you will play a central role in ensuring good and coherent patient pathways across sectors. You will become an important partner for patients, relatives, colleagues and municipal partners.

You must be close to the clinical daily life and actively contribute to discharge planning being timely and based on the individual patient's needs and resources.

We expect you to work independently, take initiative for your own tasks and help drive the development of the function. You must be able to identify needs, act on them and follow up so that good intentions are translated into concrete solutions for patients.

An important part of the task will be to support the complex discharges, where there is a need for a particular coordinating effort, and where close dialogue between hospital and municipality is crucial for a good result.

Your main tasks Your tasks will include among others to

• Participate in morning conferences and board meetings to create an overview of hospitalized patients and upcoming discharges.
• Maintain ongoing dialogue with nursing staff about patients' needs and ensure that relevant information is included in the discharge planning.
• Identify patients with special or complex discharge needs early in the admission process.
• Ensure relevant documentation, including care pathways, discharge reports and needs assessments where relevant.
• Involve relevant professional groups, for example physiotherapists, occupational therapists and dietitians, when the patient's pathway requires it.
• Contribute to ensuring that patients and relatives feel secure and well prepared for the transition from hospital to own home.
• Have knowledge of and support the use of SAMBO agreements and the applicable health agreements as well as relevant municipal offers before and after admission.
• Identify inefficient workflows and bottlenecks in patient pathways and take initiative for improvements in collaboration with relevant parties.
• Contribute to the development of patient pathways that can prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and readmissions.
• Share your knowledge and experience with colleagues and management as well as contribute to training and introduction of new employees.
• Plan and participate in collaboration meetings with internal and external partners.
• Contribute to quality development and strengthening of cross-sector collaboration, including when needed in collaboration with psychiatry.
• Cooperate with the Admissions Unit regarding health and care placements, which will become part of the Region on 1 January.

You will have a special responsibility to take initiative and follow up on tasks within your area of responsibility. We expect you to independently prioritize your efforts, create momentum and contribute to developing the function in line with patients' and the organization's needs.

We are looking for you, who

• Is a trained nurse and has solid clinical experience. preferably with pulmonary medicine experience.
• Has experience from both primary and secondary sectors. It is an advantage if you have a good knowledge of municipal offers and workflows in our intake area.
• Has good collaboration skills and thrives in building relationships across professions and sectors.
• Works independently, takes initiative and follows up tasks to completion.
• Has a good overview and can prioritize between several simultaneous tasks.
• Is proactive and does not wait for tasks to come to you.
• Can see opportunities, find solutions and act when a patient pathway requires extra coordination.
• Communicates clearly and respectfully with patients, relatives, colleagues and external partners.
• Wants to contribute to professional development, quality work and shared learning.
• Is flexible and can adjust your effort to the clinical daily life and patients' needs.

It is important for us that you want to take ownership of the function and actively help shape its content and development.

We offer

• An exciting and independent function with the opportunity to influence the development of cross-sector collaboration.
• An department with a good working environment, social community and professionally skilled staff
• A central role in the work of creating safe and coherent patient pathways.
• A close collaboration with committed colleagues, management and external partners.
• Opportunity to put your clinical and coordinating skills to use in new ways.
• A workday with variation, professional challenges and opportunity to make a concrete difference for patients and relatives.
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of working methods and improvements across sectors.

You report administratively to the chief nurse and work closely with department management, clinical staff, relevant professionals and municipal partners.

Employment terms The position is 37 hours per week or as agreed.

There is weekend duty every 3rd weekend. When you do not perform the role as cross-sectoral coordinator, you are part of the department's regular on-call schedule.

The Region is obliged to inform you about the starting salary for the position. You will be told base salary, centrally set allowances and pension in accordance with the Health Cartel agreement, non-management staff - agreement 32.17.1 - salary as of 01.10.2026. Besides starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications. Starting salary for positions in Region Southern Denmark .

Want to know more? If you want to hear more about the position, you are welcome to contact the chief nurse Julie Langvad Riis at 7918 3132.

We look forward to hearing from you and to welcoming a new colleague who will help create even better coherence in patients' pathways between hospital and own home.

Application deadline 22 November 2026

Start date 1 January 2027, or after agreement.

Interviews 25 November 2026