Night nurse: A professional beacon for the night's community.

Night nurse: A professional beacon for the night’s community

When the rest of the city sleeps, there are still people who need help, assessment and reassurance. As a night nurse, you are the one colleagues call when a situation requires professional oversight, calm and action.

We are facing a new organization of the night shift in Odense Municipality, where night nursing becomes part of the night group. Here you will be a central part of a shared team, where night nurses and on-call night shifts work closely with the institutions to create coherent pathways for citizens. The goal is simple: Citizens should experience safety, quality and assistance when the need arises.

Collaboration and continuity

You are never alone in the task. There are two night nurses on duty at a time, out of a team of six night nurses, and around you you have a strong community of night shifts in nursing homes and in home care. At the same time you have great freedom to plan and prioritise your own efforts when the night unfolds differently than expected. Night nurse Sumaya talks about a different kind of work filled with meaning:

"I am glad for the close collaboration across professional groups. No nights are the same, and I am allowed to use my professional skills in many different ways. At the same time, it is meaningful to know that I help create safety for the citizens through the night and contribute to a coherent pathway as part of the holistic care."

Autonomy requires professionalism

Some nights are about quick assessments and acute issues. Other times it is the phone that rings from a nursing home, where a colleague needs professional sparring. You may also be called out to palliate pathways, where presence, experience and clinical insight make a crucial difference for both citizen and relatives. Night nursing is the municipality’s key nursing function at night and supports citizens across the municipality.

We are therefore seeking a nurse who thrives on responsibility and autonomy. You must be able to maintain an overview when situations arise unexpectedly, and you should be eager to share your knowledge with colleagues across professional groups. At night you are among the most health-care–experienced staff on duty, and your assessment is often used to set the direction for the further work. For this reason, night nurse Amel believes it is important that you can spar effectively with your colleagues:

” In a future colleague I seek good collaboration and sparring. A positive mindset and willingness for ping-pong and flexibility. Overall a good collaboration where we can complement each other and strengthen each other’s competencies.”

The working hours are fixed between 23:00 and 07:15. We operate on a 7-7 arrangement, so you get seven working days followed by seven consecutive days off. This provides a good opportunity to create a stable circadian rhythm and plenty of freedom between work periods.

You report for duty together with the on-call night shifts and become part of a professional community with close sparring across the night. At the same time, night nursing and evening nursing are gathered for joint single-disciplinary meetings, with a focus on professional development, sparring and a shared direction.

Something for you?

If you would like a job with a great degree of autonomy, high professionalism and an important role in a new organization of the night, we would love to hear from you.

Apply no later than November 24, 2026. We will hold interviews on November 26 or 27, so you may be called in with short notice. Start January 1 or as soon as possible.

The position is paid according to the applicable collective agreement. The expected salary level will be stated before any interview and depends on experience and qualifications.