Social and Health Care Assistant Plastic and Breast Surgery Operating Department, East 2, Operating North AUH

Would you like to be part of a highly specialized and well-functioning team where your efforts make a big difference – every day? Social and Health Assistant sought for Plastic and Breast Surgical Anesthesia and Operating Unit East 2, BO NORTH, AUH.

We are looking for an engaged Social and Health Assistant for our operating department, where you play an important role in supporting the surgical flow and contributing to a safe, secure and efficient patient pathway.

About the position

You will become part of a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment where cooperation, high professionalism and precision are keywords. The department is staffed with two Social and Health Assistants. Together with your colleague your primary task will be to assist anesthetic and operating room nurses with practical and logistical tasks that ensure smooth and safe operation in the operating area. It is important to emphasise that patient contact is not part of the position.

The tasks are varied, require a good overview and the ability to plan work independently. You should expect a training period where you learn on the job in the position's many facets with the department's other Social and Health Assistant.

As a Social and Health Assistant in BO East 2 you will share responsibility for ensuring continuity in anesthesia and the surgical pathways. For example you should help with preparation for anesthesia in the operating theatres. Subsequently cleaning up as well as replenishment and cleaning of equipment and apparatus according to hygienic standards. The operating department handles the most common cancer forms such as breast and skin cancer.

In addition we perform post-bariatric surgery, classic plastic surgical reconstructions after trauma or cancer. We also perform microsurgical operations, which in many cases involve a large multidisciplinary collaboration with many different staff from the rest of AUH.

The department is the workplace for 2 Social and Health Assistants, 8 anesthesia nurses, 24 operating theatre nurses and 4 anesthesiologists.

Your tasks will include

• preparation of anesthesia equipment and replenishment of operating rooms
• handling and transport of equipment and materials
• cleaning and maintenance of apparatus
• contribute to ensuring proper stock management and supply e.g. purchasing via RM procurement
• contribute to a good working environment and collaboration across professional groups.

We are looking for someone who

• is educated as a Social and Health Assistant and preferably with experience from the operating area
• has interest in and flair for technical equipment
• is structured, service-minded, a team player and has an eye for detail
• thrives in a busy environment with many collaboration interfaces and that you with a positive attitude are problem-solving and systematic
• wants to learn and develop in a highly specialized department
• is good at structuring own workday and has an eye for where assistance is needed.
• is social and has a desire to enter with positive energy in the department.

We offer

• thorough onboarding and introduction to the operating area in a side-by-side training
• a strong collegial community with high professionalism and humor
• opportunity for professional development and competence expansion
• a workplace focused on quality, safety
• a workplace that actively works with psychological safety and well-being.

Employment terms

The position is initially 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7.30-15.00. Start date is 1 January 2027 or by agreement.

Salary and employment terms in accordance with applicable collective agreement. Employment is conditional on a satisfactory criminal record check and a satisfactory authorization.

Want to join the team?

Please send your application and CV no later than 11 November 2026 and a recruitment interview is expected to be held 17-19 November 2026.

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Thomas Kring at tel. 2181 6321 or at email [email protected] .

The position is in principle a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continually conducts savings and reorganisations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU’s transparency directive, which came into effect on 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you of the starting salary or a salary range for a position before offering employment.

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