Nursing home manager for Strandhøj Nursing Home

Do you want to lead a nursing home with high professional standards and a strong sense of community – and make a difference in the everyday life of the residents?

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

As nursing home director you will have overall responsibility for operations and development and a central role in ensuring high quality in care close to the residents’ everyday life.

You will become part of the Health and Care Center and join the center’s management team.

About Strandhøj Nursing Home

Strandhøj Nursing Home is located in Espergærde with views of the Øresund and has 50 residences distributed across two houses, of which 12 are 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 each resident in an atmosphere characterized by community, coziness and presence. It requires a high professional standard, strong cross-disciplinary collaboration and a practice where residents’ needs and wishes guide decisions – and where there is a welcoming and respectful culture in daily life.

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

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

About the position

As nursing home director you have overall responsibility for ensuring smooth operations, 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 operations with development and set a clear direction for the 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 personnel in the organization. You have a central task in developing a well-functioning management team with clear roles, a shared direction and ongoing follow-up. You set a clear direction for the key personnel’s efforts and ensure that their functions support quality in task execution, and that decisions are translated into practice in daily life.

You have overall responsibility for Strandhøj Nursing Home, including the day center, and you belong to a larger community in the Health and Care Center, where you contribute to shared direction, priorities and solutions across the organization.

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

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

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

We are looking for a nursing home director 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 settings
• Has leadership education and experience with leading other leaders and preferably also key personnel
• Can set direction and translate it into practice in a politically governed organization
• Has insight into the connection between professional quality, well-being and operations
• Can develop a strong leadership team with a shared direction and clear follow-up
• Prioritizes collaboration and can build trust in internal and external relationships
• Can develop collaboration with volunteers and the local community to create communities and an active everyday life for residents

We offer

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

Application and process

Helsingør Municipality collaborates with CareMatch for the recruitment. You are welcome to contact Carina Søndergaard, senior consultant, at phone 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, October 18, 2026.

The first interview will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2026, and the second interview on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

The full job and personal profile can be read here

In Helsingør Municipality we value that employees and leaders develop their professionalism. 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.