Nursing Home Manager for Strandhøj Nursing Home

Would you lead a nursing home with high professionalism and a strong sense of community – and make a difference in the everyday life of residents?

Helsingør Municipality is seeking a nursing home manager for Strandhøj Nursing Home – a well-functioning home with engaged staff and a focus on quality of life, dignity and presence.

As nursing home manager you have the overall responsibility for operations and development and a central role in ensuring high quality in care close to residents’ daily lives.

You will be part of the Center for Health and Care and join the center’s leadership team.

About Strandhøj Nursing Home

Strandhøj Nursing Home is located in Espergærde with a view of the Øresund and contains 50 residences spread over two houses, including 12 in a secured unit for residents with dementia.

Strandhøj is a nursing home with a clear focus on creating a dignified and meaningful everyday life for the individual resident in an atmosphere characterized by communities, coziness and presence. It requires a high professional standard, strong cross-disciplinary collaboration and a practice where residents’ needs and wishes are guiding – and where there is a welcoming and respectful culture in daily life.

You will lead about 70 employees and have – together with two department heads – responsibility for setting direction, creating coherence and ensuring quality in care. The management task is close to daily practice and requires clear prioritization and direction as well as the ability to build followership in the organization.

You also have responsibility for a close and trusting collaboration with relatives, who play an active role in daily life around the residents. The nursing home also includes a day center and shared facilities that support activities, training and community.

About the position

As nursing home manager you have the overall responsibility to ensure smooth operation, high professional quality and the continued development of Strandhøj. You have an important role in translating central reforms and strategic initiatives into concrete solutions that create value for residents, relatives and staff.

You must be able to balance stable operation with development and set a clear direction for quality in residents’ daily life – with a focus on quality of life, dignity and self-determination.

You lead through two department heads and are leader for key people in the organization. You have a central task in developing a well-functioning leadership team with clear roles, common direction and ongoing follow-up. You set a clear direction for the key people’s efforts and ensure that their functions support quality in task execution, and that decisions are translated into practice in daily life.

You have the overall responsibility for Strandhøj Nursing Home, including the day center, and are part of a larger community in the Center for Health and Care, where you contribute to common direction, priorities and cross-cutting solutions.

You will have personnel responsibility for a full-time supervisor in a newly established cross-functional collaboration with the home care service, where you help set direction from the start.

You have an important role in strengthening cooperation with relatives, volunteers and the local community, so that communities and an active daily life for residents are created.

At the same time you become part of the large leadership community in the Center for Health and Care, where you as a leader participate in ongoing development work across the center and Helsingør Municipality.

We are looking for a nursing home manager who

• Can lead a well-functioning nursing home and further develop it
• Has a health professional bachelor’s degree – preferably as a nurse – and experience from the elderly care sector in municipal administration
• Has leadership training and experience in leading leaders and preferably also key personnel
• Can set direction and translate it into practice in a politically governed organization
• Has an eye for the link between professional quality, well-being and operations
• Can develop a strong leadership community with common direction and clear follow-up
• Prioritizes collaboration and can build trust in relationships – both internally and externally
• Can develop collaboration with volunteers and the local community with a view to creating communities and an active daily life for residents

We offer

• The opportunity to lead a well-run nursing home with engaged staff and capable team leaders
• A central leadership role with influence on the development of future elder care
• A strong leadership community with a high degree of sparring and collaboration
• Good opportunities for professional and managerial development
• A workplace focused on dignity, quality of life and strong communities

Application and process

Helsingør Municipality collaborates with CareMatch for recruitment. You are welcome to contact Carina Søndergaard, senior consultant at telephone 28 57 78 69 for a confidential discussion of the position (except week 42).

There will also be an opportunity for an informal coffee meeting with the center director for relevant candidates.

Application deadline: Sunday 18 October 2026.

First interview will be held Thursday 22 October 2026, and second interview on Wednesday 28 October 2026.

The full job and person profile can be read here

In Helsingør Municipality we value that employees and leaders develop their professional skills. Therefore we focus on creating coherence between the ambitious development of the entire organization Helsingør Municipality and further education for both employees and leaders – professionally and personally.

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