Nurse or Midwife for the NOH Maternity Ward

Are you a nurse or midwife with maternity leave experience?

Do you want to work in a dynamic obstetric department with lots of opportunities, so you have the chance now – as we need 2 colleagues!

About the position

As a nurse and midwife on the maternity ward you provide maternity care and support for women and newborns with both uncomplicated and complicated postpartum courses. Family formation, communication and involvement, also of the partner, are parameters highly valued in the department.

We work from an open health concept, based on and respect for the family's autonomy, values, circumstances and ability to act. There is cross-disciplinary cooperation with the aim of giving families a good and cohesive pregnancy, birth and maternity course.

Employment start 1 December 2026 or by agreement. The position is 32-37 hours per week in rotating shifts with work every 2nd - 3rd weekend.

About the Maternity Ward

The maternity ward consists of a total of 34 nurses including a clinical supervisor (for our nursing and midwifery students), a union representative, a teaching nurse, a nurse with a special function (breastfeeding advisor), a nurse with a special function (acute and resuscitation) and a head nurse, who is in ward leadership with a chief physician.

We value interdisciplinary cooperation and collegiality highly. The maternity ward has a high patient flow and is normed for 17 families with close collaboration with the delivery unit, GYN and NEO.

We offer many engaged colleagues in an inspiring and developing work environment, which we are proud of and with room for professional sparring and many good laughs. There is opportunity to participate in different teams, theme days and training. You will experience great influence on your duty roster to accommodate the balance between private life and working life.

Your qualifications

• You have experience with or are curious about the maternity specialty and care for a new small family
• You are responsible and quality-conscious
• You can work independently but are also open about needing help
• You are an open and honest colleague
• You relate constructively critically and analytically to daily life
• You possibly have an IBCLC

We can offer you

• Individual orientation program
• Good learning environment where feedback is in focus
• Interdisciplinary learning environment with sparring, knowledge sharing and theme days etc.
• Opportunity to work with Regional Maternity Hotline
• Good colleagues and a safe work environment, which does many social things together
• Influence on the duty roster

Application procedure

Salary and terms of employment in accordance with collective agreement.

If you want to know more about the position or come for a welcome visit, you are very welcome to contact Chief Nurse Marlene Eline Bendixen tel. 4829 6248 or [email protected]

Can you see yourself as part of the maternity ward, and do you have the skills, qualities and competences we are looking for, we look forward to hearing from you.

Deadline: Monday 19 October 2026

Interviews: week 43

Your salary and terms of employment Authorized health personnel with patient contact, who are trained in another EU/EEA country than Denmark, must, when employed in the Capital Region, meet the language competence requirement in Danish. *Authorized health personnel with patient contact, trained in another EU/EEA country than Denmark, must, upon employment in the Capital Region, have passed a Danish test (Danish education 3, corresponding to the 9th grade final exam) or at least be able to pass the test no later than 1 year after employment, or have achieved equivalent Danish language competencies in another way.

The Danish test must be passed with at least the following scores:

• oral communication with a score of 10 • reading comprehension with a score of 7 • written presentation with a score of 7

~ Application deadline: 19 October 2026 Location: North Zealand Hospital