Social- and Health Care Assistant for Orthopaedic Surgery Department O – OUH Odense

Do you want to be an important part of the multidisciplinary team and use your professional expertise to create good patient pathways?

Orthopedic Surgery Department O at OUH Odense is looking for a social- and health care assistant who wants to become part of a strong professional and collegial community.

The position is 37 hours per week with weekend shifts every 3rd weekend on average in the period 01-12-2026 to 31-11-2027.

With us you will have the opportunity to use and develop your professional skills in an exciting orthopedic surgical specialty, where patients have different needs and pathways. You will become an important part of the multidisciplinary team around the patient, where your professional knowledge and your observations are a significant part of the overall effort.

We are looking for you who are professionally curious, engaged and want to make a difference for patients . You thrive on working closely with other professional groups, but can also work independently and take responsibility for your own tasks.

A broad and exciting specialty With us you will encounter a broad orthopedic patient field – from the acute trauma patient to the planned hip- and knee-care pathway and from patients with complex wounds, infections and amputations.

Our subspecialties include, among others

• Trauma and hand patients
• Planned hip and knee patients
• Infection, wound and amputation patients
• Shoulder and elbow patients
• Foot and ankle patients

The broad patient field means that you will have a daily life with variation and the opportunity to develop your competencies within both basic and more specialized orthopedic nursing.

We believe that a good patient pathway is created together We work in multidisciplinary teams where everyone shows up and starts the day together. The team includes, among others, secretaries, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social- and health care assistants and nurses.

As a social- and health care assistant you are a vital part of the team around the patient . You contribute with your professional knowledge and your observations and help plan, coordinate and carry out care and rehabilitative efforts together with the patient, their relatives and the other professional groups.

We emphasize actively using each other’s professional competencies, and that there is room for both independence and professional sparring.

The rehabilitative effort is planned and coordinated in close cooperation with the patient and the relatives, and therefore it is important to us that you thrive working team-oriented and with the patient at the center .

We emphasize a good mono- and interprofessional collegiality, where we help each other, share knowledge and give space to both professional sparring and development.

Our culture is characterized by openness, dialogue, trust and acknowledgment , and we see a good working environment as a shared responsibility. We continuously work with “the good employee relations,” because we believe that well-being and quality go hand in hand.

You will receive a good introduction We offer you an individualized and structured training and introduction program, where we start from your experience and competencies.

Your competence development is supported by My Skills , in close collaboration with your daily supervisor and our clinical nursing specialists.

You will have mentors who accompany you in your introduction and support you in working with the competence cards. They also become your professional and collegial sparring partners in everyday life.

We focus on making you comfortable and competent in your functions, while you also have the opportunity to continually develop your professional skills.

We are looking for you who... We are seeking a social- and health care assistant who wants to be an active part of our community.

We imagine that you

• Are trained as a social- and health care assistant and passionate about your profession
• Are interested in the orthopedic surgical specialty – experience is an advantage but not a requirement
• Can observe the patient’s condition and respond appropriately to changes
• Work in a structured way and take responsibility for your tasks
• Have an eye for the patient’s resources and possibilities and work rehabilitatively
• Thrive with a changing daily life with different patient pathways
• Can work independently and at the same time actively participate in the multidisciplinary team
• Are curious about other professional fields and want to share your own
• Meet patients and relatives with empathy, respect and presence
• Want to develop professionally and help shape your workplace
• Contribute actively to good collegiality and the working environment

With us you get

• An individualized and structured introduction and onboarding program
• Two daily mentors
• Systematic competence development via My Skills
• A broad and versatile orthopedic surgical specialty
• Opportunity to develop your professional skills within the orthopedic surgical area
• Close mono- and interprofessional collaboration
• A workplace where your professional skills as a social- and health care assistant are valued and actively utilized
• A collegial community with room for diversity
• Opportunity to help develop our department and our way of working

Practical information It is intended that you as a rule work either day/evening or day/night , but you must be prepared to work in all shift patterns.

We are seeking both experienced social- and health care assistants and you who may be newly qualified. The most important for us is that you want to learn, develop and be an active part of our community.

Salary and employment terms

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be told base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in the link below. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiable allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications

Starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark

Pay is according to the collective agreement entered into between the trade union and Region of Southern Denmark. If you are not already employed in Region of Southern Denmark, there is a 3-month probationary period.

Can you see yourself as part of Department O?

We look forward to hearing from you.

We receive your application no later than 19 October 2026

Employment interviews will be held at the end of week 43

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact

Chief Nurse Trine Ahlmann

Mail: [email protected]

Phone: 20 10 06 32

Chief Nurse Laura Kjær Andersen

Mail: [email protected]

Phone: 29 40 91 41

TR for social- and health care assistants Lotte Borgstrøm Holm

Mail: [email protected]

Phone: 21 65 63 45

LinkedIn: Orthopedic Surgery Multidisciplinary Academy (OTA), OUH

Instagram: @ortopaedkirurgisk_ouh