Recovery Room Nurse

If you are interested in nursing for short surgical patient pathways (reception - operation - discharge), you may be our upcoming colleague. Nurse sought for the Recovery with start on October 1, 2026 or by agreement. Are you ready for new challenges with the individual patient at the center? Do you love instrumental and complex nursing and a changing daily life with the possibility for deepening? Do you want to develop your skills and gain broad clinical experience with both elective and acute surgical nursing?

Then the Recovery is the perfect place for you! We have a high patient flow, a good working environment, and a strong sense of community. We prioritize development, and the possibility to learn complex nursing, and you will receive thorough training and influence over your own shift schedule.

What does it mean to be a nurse in Recovery? Being a nurse with us involves focusing on the individual patient and prioritizing time with the patients. We are ready to receive patients after their operations, and you will have the opportunity to complete most postoperative pathways, or hand over a complex case to a colleague at shift change. You closely follow and monitor the patient and are responsible for 1-3 patients at a time.

We have a professional environment where there is always an opportunity for sparring - both mono- and interprofessional. We have a high professional level and work based on evidence-based instructions. We work according to framework and basic orders and have a very close collaboration with the department's doctors. It gives us great security that we can be sufficient in our daily work. Nursing tasks are complex. We take care of everything from children to adults, otherwise healthy or multismorbid patients.

With us you will become skilled at: As a nurse in Recovery you will become skilled at short-term nursing, quickly establishing contact with the patient and relatives, and you will become good at assessing and responding quickly to fluctuations in the patients' condition. You will gain a large network at the hospital, and you will have close collaboration with Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and the receiving department.

Your start with us: When you start with us, you will receive thorough training, a mentor nurse, and you are not part of the normal staffing for 6 weeks. Here we acknowledge that you are new and that it takes time to acquire new knowledge. With us it is fully permissible to ask questions and reflect on patient situations. You also have the opportunity to follow anesthesia for a day to be introduced to the perioperative pathway.

We offer you: With us you get an exciting and challenging daily life, where no two days are the same. We have a very good sense of community, both professionally and socially, and in the quiet periods we have time to really get to know each other. It is also particularly special that you can keep full focus on your patients. You are with your patient until the moment they are transferred, discharged, or until your colleague takes over.

We have different meeting times and therefore offer the possibility of a flexible daily life. About you: We are looking for someone who would very much like to have knowledge of surgical and acute nursing, or who wants to become proficient in this field. Ability to quickly establish contact and trust with patients and relatives. It is important that you can target care to the patients in a short time. Loves change and thrives with a high patient flow.

Has an appreciative approach to collaboration - both mono- and cross-professional. Has an overview, situational awareness, and a good positive energy. Would you like to know more? Contact: Chief Nurse Annika Berg Iversen, [email protected], tel. no. 21 68 95 37 Application deadline: November 22, 2026 Employment interviews: November 24, 2026 References and a child-employee certificate will be collected before employment.

Salary and terms of employment No night shifts as Recovery is covered by the Intensive Care Unit at night. 2 weekend shifts over 12 weeks. Working hours are at the following times: 08:30-16:30, 11-19 and 15:00-23:15. Employment from January 1, 2027 at 37 hours per week or as agreed We look forward to receiving your application and are eager to welcome you to the Recovery team. Practical info: The Region is obliged to inform you about the starting salary for the position.

You will be told the base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in accordance with collective agreement 32.17.1. Collective Agreement for Non-Management Staff in the Health Cartel area 32.17.1 - salary as of 1.4.2026 In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications. See starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark