Region Southern Denmark seeks Russian/Ukrainian interpreter

Do you thrive on exciting tasks among fantastic colleagues in a multicultural environment with high ceilings, where high professionalism and strong collegial care fill everyday life?

Can you deliver sublim service and demonstrate flexibility for the benefit of the region's patients? And can you report to Kolding Hospital?

We are now seeking a Russian/Ukrainian interpreter for a position of 32 hours/week.

You will provide video and telephone interpreting for our patients from the interpreting center at Kolding Hospital. The interpreters operate from 7:00 to 16:00 on weekdays.

Your background and competencies

• You are proficient in spoken Danish and Russian/Ukrainian.
• You can read and write Danish.
• You have good communication skills, and you may have experience in interpreting, preferably within healthcare or another public sector, for example police or the courts
• You have completed at least upper secondary education or equivalent
• You are responsible and diligent, including reliable attendance
• You are approachable, service-minded and presentable
• You are mentally robust and able to handle difficult conversations
• You value collaboration and collegial sparring, and you thrive in cultural differences across religion and nationalities
• You can uphold the health service's confidentiality and have a desire to work in a large innovative organization within healthcare
• You can report to Kolding Hospital, as all interpreting takes place from here

Key information about the workplace

The Southern Denmark Interpretation Center provides planned and urgent interpreting services to all hospitals in the Region of Southern Denmark as well as general practitioners and specialists. The interpreters operate exclusively as video and telephone interpreting from the Interpretation Center at Kolding Hospital.

The Interpretation Center consists of 55 permanent interpreters across a range of languages, 28 on-call interpreters, 1 leader, 1 deputy, 1 AC-employee and 8 secretaries. The Southern Denmark Interpretation Center is organizationally anchored at Kolding Hospital as part of the Service Department.

The Service Department consists of 7 major sections spread across Lillebaelt Hospital's 3 sites in Vejle, Middelfart and Kolding. The sections are Kitchen, Porters, Patient Service, Cleaning Unit, Central Sterile, the Interpretation Center and Main Depots. We are 460 engaged and dedicated employees.

In the Service Department our vision is: “Service with meaning – together we create valuable service for the patient with a smile.” We are the small gears that keep the big gears turning, so that our patients and relatives can have a good experience at the hospital. We contribute to giving patients and relatives a good first impression and make a special effort to play each other into a good position.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms for the position follow the Administrative and IT staff etc. - collective agreement 32.01.1 - salary as of 1.4.2026. The starting salary for the position can be found via the following link: See starting salary for positions in Region of Southern Denmark

In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

A child security check will be obtained.

Applications and application deadline

You must submit your application and CV electronically via the recruitment system, where you describe your educational background and relevant work experience.

The application deadline is 18 October 2026. Start as soon as possible.

Language test and interviews

You must pass an oral test in Danish and Russian/Ukrainian.

We will hold tests and interviews on 22 and 23 October.

Further information

If you want to know more about the positions, you are welcome to contact the deputy head of the Southern Denmark Interpretation Center Susanne Amsted at phone 6161 4058 or email [email protected] . You can also contact the operations manager Mikkel Rudolf at phone 29 25 88 94 or email [email protected]

At Lillebaelt Hospital we put the patient first

At Lillebaelt Hospital we work by the beacon to put the patient first and we always start from what is best for the patient.

This is described in our common Triangle, which is a mixture of - and the backbone of everything we are and stand for at Lillebaelt Hospital. In addition, there are also five patient promises that support what we mean when we say “The patient first”: We see you as a whole person, We respect your time, We give you security and care, We offer you precise and personalized treatment, and the last promise: We ensure continuity in your treatment journey.

See also www.sygehuslillebaelt.dk