Social and Health Care Assistant for a 12-month temporary position at Open Assessment Unit 2421, Psychiatric Center North Zealand in Hillerød

Are you a social and healthcare assistant, and are you motivated to give young adult psychiatric patients a positive inpatient and diagnostic assessment experience? Does the target group of young adults, teamwork and respectful dialogue with approachable patients and low conflict levels resonate with you? And do you want to help our patients get a good start on the next steps after they have received a diagnosis? Then now is the time to apply for our vacancy on open 24-hour ward 2421 in Hillerød.

Welcome aboard with us

At ward 2421 we offer assessment, diagnostic clarification and treatment of high professional quality to younger adults, predominantly with conditions within the affective or schizophrenic spectrum. Our patients can be between 18 and 35 years old, most typically between 18 and 25. They are often patients with first or few contacts with psychiatry, or young people in outpatient OPUS programs. Some of our patients have previously had pathways in child and adolescent psychiatry. Our patients are generally voluntarily admitted, with motivation for and desire to be admitted.

We emphasize early intervention in a structured environment, where each patient shares responsibility for participation in the treatment program, including being motivated to work on their own issues individually and in groups. We work cross-disciplinary within a cognitive milieu-therapeutic framework and we have close collaboration with the centre’s OPUS department.

Who will you work with?

We are a mixed staff with many years of experience from the psychiatric specialty. We have several colleagues with experience from somatics, social enterprise and child and adolescent psychiatry. Across disciplines we are represented by an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist, a social worker and a recovery mentor. Collectively our competencies cover a broad area, which we enjoy in our everyday work.

Our annual development day is used for professional input to inspire our daily work. We continuously and purposefully work with changes that raise the quality of our work and are aligned with the patients’ needs.

Your area of responsibility and work tasks

You will assume the role of contact person for several patients and help ensure that the patient experiences a coordinated effort as well as security, quality and continuity during admission. You should pay attention to relatives’ involvement and include relatives throughout the admission process according to the patient’s wishes and needs.

In addition you will work with

• Observation of the patient’s psychiatric and somatic condition and ongoing assessment of the effect/side effects of medical treatment
• Supportive daily conversations
• Initiate and adjust nursing interventions, activities, CBT interventions (KAT), milieu therapy and pedagogical interventions and documentation thereof
• Follow up on social issues in collaboration with the ward’s social worker, the chief physician and other relevant partners

In addition we emphasize that you

• Have psychiatric experience – perhaps from primary care
• Have experience with cognitive behavioral therapy
• Have an eye for and wish to support the patients’ own resources in the process
• Help patients articulate hope, goals and dreams and support them to reach them
• Are good at staying calm and keeping an overview – even in stressful situations
• Are engaged, independent and responsible – including about the things you find difficult
• Are good at working with others and value good collegiality highly
• Want to develop yourself both professionally and personally
• Thrive in change and enjoy being where something new is created
• Interest in the role as a training supervisor

Why should you apply for a job with us?

We look forward to welcoming you to the team, where you will be part of a professionally engaged and experienced staff group. We focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and there is time for relationship-building. You will experience that we have good cooperation with patients and relatives.

You will get a job with challenges and opportunities, and of course we will ensure you are well prepared for the role. Therefore we tailor your introduction to the ward and the patient group based on your competencies and experience, and you will also be assigned a mentor.

In addition we offer all our employees professional development in the form of

• Ongoing offers of psychophysical training and other teaching for staff and patients
• Courses, theme days and education
• Weekly supervision on the ward and development days for the entire ward

Salary and terms of employment

We expect you to start on February 1, 2027. The position is a 12-month maternity cover.

You will be employed under the Collective Agreement for social and health care professionals. During your employment you are covered by the current working hours agreement made between the Regions’ Payroll and Rates Board and FOA.

The ward is staffed around the clock, and you will therefore be scheduled with mixed shifts in accordance with the rules of the current working hours agreement in the collective agreement.

The position is initially 37 hours per week with weekend shifts every 2nd and 3rd weekend. If you would like a different number of hours, please call to hear what options are available.

Want to know more?

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Ulla Dremstrup at phone number 24 63 48 43 or come by our ward for an informal chat and to get answers to questions or just to get a feel for who we are.

Have we sparked your interest?

Send your application, CV and proof of education via the link on this page no later than November 18, 2026 . We look forward to reading your application and expect to conduct ongoing recruitment interviews up to week 48 in 2026.

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