Maternity leave cover - research nurse in Research at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital

Are you a nurse, and do you thrive with great variety in your work and a large amount of contact with people? Then it’s you we are looking for! The position is a maternity-leave replacement from January 1, 2027 (or as soon as possible thereafter) to and including October 31, 2027. It is 37 hours/week and organized at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus (SDCA), anchored in SDCA Research.

You will become part of our research unit, which consists of a small staff group with different professional backgrounds, where we work with both industry research and SDCA’s own research.

Your tasks will be varied, and you will, after training, work both independently and in close collaboration with your colleagues.

Your tasks will include among others

• coordinating function with responsibility for participant contact
• registration of data in electronic systems
• handling of project medicine
• close contact to internal and external collaborators
• handling ECG and blood sampling, possibly after training
• handling of samples in accordance with protocols.

Who are we?

At SDCA we work with treatment, research, education and cross-sector collaboration.

At SDCA you will meet an organization where there is room for development, curiosity and new ideas. Yes, that is actually what we are here for. You will have over 200 colleagues with very different professional backgrounds; nurses, researchers, dietitians, anthropologists, doctors, psychologists, secretaries, data personnel, project managers – just to name a few. With us the work environment is diverse, dynamic and multidisciplinary, and common for us all is that we work for a good life for people with or at risk of diabetes.

We are physically located at and near Aarhus University Hospital, researchers in the treatment of children, adolescents and adults with diabetes as well as adults with severe obesity and the prevention of these disorders.

• Meet some of your perhaps future colleagues
• Read more about Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

We can offer you

• work in an organization where we provide high professional quality and help each other
• thorough training in relevant tasks
• great influence on how your everyday life is structured
• a dynamic workplace where functions are constantly developing.

Our expectations of you are that you

• have a professional background as a nurse – preferably with experience from project work
• have initiative and desire for challenges
• can work both independently and in close interdisciplinary collaboration
• thrive in a changing daily life, which includes both patient contact and administrative tasks
• are structured and like to coordinate and create overview
• are familiar with IT, preferably experience with entering data into electronic systems
• preferably have work experience within diabetes or obesity.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and terms of employment in accordance with the applicable collective agreement. Employment is conditional on a satisfactory child certificate and a satisfactory authorization.

Contact

If you have questions about the job, you are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Henriette Kristoffersen at email [email protected] or on tel. 2029 0643.

We often receive many applications for our positions and therefore do not have the opportunity to provide individual feedback on applications. If you are not called for an interview, it is not necessarily because you are not qualified, but more a sign that there are many applicants. We are looking for the most qualified employees, whom we also think will fit well into our team and organization.

Application

Send your application no later than Wednesday, November 25, 2026. Apply for the position by clicking "Send application" at the bottom of the job posting. Attach CV and relevant documents.

We expect to hold interviews Tuesday, December 1, 2026 here at AUH.

About Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

We believe that all people can live a good life. A life full of joy, quality of life and opportunities to make their own free choices. Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus is the regional power center in the diabetes area within treatment, prevention, research, education and cross-sector collaboration. We want to contribute to a good life for people with and at risk of developing diabetes.

We succeed only together with others

It is not a task we can lift alone. We believe that openness, curiosity and close collaborations are the way forward. With people who have the disease close to life. And with experts and partners at hospitals, in general practice, in municipalities and in research environments.

Together we shall develop new and innovative offerings and initiatives that are aimed at the individual’s needs and life situation. And we shall ensure that our contributions become practical solutions that create lasting value in the public health system, of which we are a part.

Background

In the Central Denmark Region almost 70,000 people live with diabetes – and even more are at risk of developing the disease. Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus was established on January 1, 2018 in a collaboration between the Central Denmark Region and the Novo Nordisk Foundation with a goal of lifting the diabetes effort for the benefit of as many people with or at risk of diabetes as possible, regardless of where they live and receive treatment.

We are physically located at Aarhus University Hospital. Here we handle treatment of children, adolescents and adults with diabetes as well as adults with severe obesity.

Read more at stenoaarhus.dk and follow on Facebook and LinkedIn .

The position is, in principle, a full-time position.

As the Central Denmark Region continually carries out savings and reorganizations, employees in reallocation who apply for the position will have priority for an interview.

The Central Denmark Region is, according to the EU’s pay transparency directive, which came into force on June 7, 2026, obliged to inform you of the starting salary or a salary range for a position before you are offered employment.

Here you will find the Central Denmark Region’s salary catalog for most professional groups and positions found in the Central Denmark Region: Transparency prior to employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk .