Quality and Development Nurses for the Adult Social Care Sector

Do you want to help set the direction for health-related quality in the Adult Social Care area? Are you interested in working with development, quality, patient safety and professional sparring – while staying close to daily practice? Then you might be the Quality and Development Nurse we are looking for in one of our two newly created positions in the Adult Social Care area in Tønder Municipality.

About the position

As the Quality and Development Nurse, you will play a central role in supporting and developing the health-related efforts in the Adult Social Care area. You will be an important sparring partner for management and staff and help ensure that our healthcare practices are professionally grounded, compliant with the law and translated into a meaningful everyday life for citizens. You will work across services and professional disciplines and have a broad contact surface with, among others, service managers, area management, staff and external partners.

Some of your key tasks will include

• ensuring good and coherent transitions between internal and external sectors
• supporting planning and coordination of healthcare tasks together with service and area management
• promoting multidisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration
• keeping management informed about changes in health legislation and other relevant requirements
• contributing with healthcare assessments and opinions in relevant cases
• supporting nursing investigations and the development of healthcare guidelines
• ensuring compliance with applicable laws, instructions and professional guidelines
• qualifying and revising healthcare instructions
• supporting learning, onboarding and professional development among staff
• teaching and guiding staff in healthcare areas
• working systematically with patient safety, UTH, risk assessments and incident analyses
• being a sparring partner for management and staff regarding healthcare issues
• coordinating vaccinations for citizens in care homes
• supporting the implementation of new work processes and professional initiatives
• contributing to healthcare audits and development of an annual cycle
• assisting the organization in relation to inspections by the Danish Patient Safety Authority
• participating in relevant networks and superuser meetings
• supporting collaboration between the Adult Social Care area and relevant healthcare partners.

We are looking for someone who

• is a trained nurse
• has relevant experience in the healthcare field – preferably with experience from the specialised social sector
• has an interest in quality, development and patient safety
• has knowledge of relevant legislation and preferably experience from working in Adult Social Care
• has experience with or interest in documentation and healthcare IT systems, preferably Nexus and VAR
• can translate legislation, guidelines and professional knowledge into practice
• works in a structured way and can keep an overview in a complex organisation
• communicates clearly and can generate engagement around professional development
• thrives on cross-disciplinary and cross-organisational collaboration
• has good collaboration and communication skills
• is keen to continuously develop both themselves and healthcare practice.

We offer

An exciting and independent role where you will have the opportunity to make a concrete difference to the quality and patient safety for citizens in the Adult Social Care area.

You will get

• a central role in health-related development
• great potential to shape the function and develop workflows
• close collaboration with managers and staff across the area
• opportunity to work both strategically, in coordination and close to practice
• a workplace focused on professional development, learning and quality
• a daily life with many varied and professionally engaging tasks
• opportunity to actively apply your healthcare competencies in a multidisciplinary environment.

You will become part of the Adult Social Care area, where we work to create good and coherent services for adult citizens with varying support needs.

We believe that high quality is created in the interaction between professionalism, relationships, systematization and development. Therefore, we need a Quality and Development Nurse who can both see the big picture and understand the everyday reality that staff face each day.

You should be able to move between legislation, professional standards, management decisions and concrete practice, and help make it all come together.

Would you like to join?

If you are passionate about healthcare quality, patient safety and development, and if you are motivated to make a difference across the entire social area, we look forward to hearing from you.

Employment terms

The positions are 37 hours per week with start on 1 December 2026 or alternatively 1 January 2027. Flexible positions with fewer hours may be possible.

Questions about the position?

You are welcome to contact area manager Patrick Hougaard at tel. 20 20 59 14 or area manager Lotte Tegnskov at tel. 20 13 54 04.

Placement in the salary scale depends on experience, competence and relevant education, and please note that we require a criminal background check before you are employed.

You apply for the position by sending your application, CV and other documentation electronically via the application link. You will receive a receipt for your application, but please note that the receipt and any invitation to an interview may end up in your spam folder.

Department: Shared Administration

Application deadline: 22 October 2026

Location: Hasselvej 5, 6240 Løgumkloster