Nurse for the Health and Care Facilities in Svendborg

Nurse for the Health and Care Placements in Svendborg

Would you like to use your nursing professionalism in a strong interdisciplinary community and help shape a new regional health offering close to citizens' lives and daily living?

At the Health and Care Placements you meet people who, for a period, need health care treatment, nursing and rehabilitation.

We are an department under development, and you will therefore have ample opportunity to influence workflows, professionalism and collaboration in the department.

You will be part of something new

Citizen-Centered Health is a new department at Odense University Hospital, which will strengthen close-to-home health services and bring high-quality treatment, nursing and rehabilitation health services closer to citizens' everyday lives.

From January 1, 2027, Citizen-Centered Health will take over responsibility for the Health and Care Placements in Svendborg.

Here, a service with initially 16 beds will be established. The goal is to help the citizen return to daily life as best possible through dignified, coherent and professionally strong pathways.

Your role as a nurse

You will become part of an interdisciplinary work community with nurses, social and health care assistants and helpers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and the doctors assigned to the Health and Care Placements.

As a nurse you will have a varied daily routine with both independent responsibility, coordinating tasks and close professional sparring.

Your tasks

You will among other things

• undertake nursing-related assessment, evaluation and follow-up in citizen pathways
• observe, assess and respond to changes in the citizen's health status
• perform instrumental nursing care including IV treatment
• administer medicines, ensure correct medication management and follow up on medical treatment
• holistic care closely aligned with the core task
• create security and coherence for the citizen and relatives – and ensure good communication
• coordinate and collaborate with both internal and external partners on the citizen's overall pathway
• actively contribute to professional development, quality and patient safety
• help develop relevant workflows and nursing standards in the new organization.

To succeed in the position it is crucial that you are comfortable with both assessment and action in acutely arising conditions as well as handling complex nursing care over longer courses with a rehabilitative focus.

We imagine that you

are a trained nurse and motivated to work with citizens who need both clinical insight, rehabilitative thinking and close coordination.

We place emphasis on you

• are curious and want to develop yourself
• work independently and at the same time thrive in an interdisciplinary work community
• meet citizens and relatives with respect, calm and presence
• see rehabilitation as a natural part of care and treatment
• contribute constructively to collaboration and the work community
• thrive in an organization under development where not all workflows are predefined.

With us you get

• opportunity to use and develop your nursing competencies
• close professional sparring across disciplines
• a daily focus on quality, development and patient safety
• an individually tailored onboarding program
• a workplace where we help each other and actively use each other's different professionalities.

Employment terms

The position is initially 37 hours per week.

The working hours are variable and include day, evening and weekend shifts.

The appointment is made according to the agreement between the Danish Nurses Organization and the Danish Regions with salary at the contract’s base pay grade 4-6, with placement according to seniority. There may be individually assessed allowances for competencies.

Region of Southern Denmark is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be told the base pay, centrally fixed allowances and pension according to the applicable agreement. In addition to the starting salary there may be room for negotiated allowances depending on the position as well as your experience and qualifications.

See Starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark

Start date: December 1, 2026

Application deadline: October 22, 2026

Interviews: Expected to be held October 26, 2026

Workplace

Health and Care Placements Svendborg

Aldersro 2

5700 Svendborg

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position or would like to hear more about everyday life in Citizen-Centered Health, you are very welcome to contact:

• Head of Department Stine Bau Ishøj, tel.: 24998167, e-mail: [email protected]
• Chief Nurse Julie Skov Jespersen , tel: 29173660, e-mail: [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming our new colleague to Citizen-Centered Health.

Department: Citizen-Centered Health

Job title: Nurse

Working hours: Full-time

Workplace: Svendborg

Application deadline: October 22, 2026