Social- and Health Care Assistant for the Surgical Ward, Slagelse, Mid- and West Zealand Hospital

We are seeking a social and health care assistant 1/1 2027 or as agreed for our well-functioning and exciting department.

The position is full-time in mixed shifts including weekend work. Other working hours can be arranged.

We have room for 16 surgical patients. Our specialty is patients with colorectal cancer in planned or acute courses. In addition we also have patients with other surgical conditions.

There is an opportunity to follow the patient from the acute phase to the more stable phase, as the surgical area also handles the reception of acute surgical patients in the emergency department, and some staff have chosen to rotate between the two departments.

The department is a training site for pupils and students as well as Falck paramedics students.

We offer

• Good introduction and targeted training in the specialty with a mentor program
• Opportunity to influence professional development and participation in improvement projects
• Participation in skills as well as a weekly nursing professional cafe with relevant teaching and presentations.
• A competent and harmonious staff group with high professionalism.
• Good colleagues who value mood highly, are friendly and will welcome you warmly
• An department that focuses on well-being and a good working environment every day
• Competence development within the specific surgical nursing care.
• Influence on your own shift plan in the form of preference-based schedules.

Requirements for you

• That you always put the patient at the center
• That you are willing to work in a department with a high patient flow
• That you are engaged and want to develop yourself
• That you enjoy coming to work with a good mood and contribute to the good working environment

You will, as needed, undergo on-the-job training in our specialty according to the training program based on your competencies. You will be assigned a mentor and follow their plan for the first 8 weeks.

You are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Susan Oxenbøll Jensen at 93 56 75 82 or Deputy Head Lene Larsen at 20584351 to hear more about the position or to come by for a tour of the department.

Start date January 1, 2027 or as agreed.

Application deadline 6/11 2026

Interviews will be held in week 46

Employment area

Region Zealand and the Capital Region will on January 1, 2027 become Region East Denmark as a result of the health reform. Your employment area will be Region East Denmark with all related organizational units.

Read more about the meaning of the employment area on Region East Denmark's website.

Starting salary for employees under a collective agreement

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of the base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension under the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See the starting salary on the region's website

About Midt- and West Zealand Hospital

At Midt- and West Zealand Hospital we work every day to promote healthy living by preventing and treating in a coherent health care effort. As a hospital we combine psychiatry and somatics. Our goal is that patients and citizens experience good and safe high-quality pathways.

As an employee you become part of an innovative, professionally and organizationally robust hospital where we make a difference for the people who need us. Learning and development are a part of everyday life and take place in academically committed communities, also across departments.

Midt- and West Zealand Hospital covers a catchment area of about 230,000 inhabitants. We have 766 beds and about 5,000 employees distributed across 20 departments, including 16 somatic and psychiatric specialties.

We offer a solid research environment with 13 professors and a strong professionally oriented educational environment, where we welcome around 2,700 students, trainees and doctors in further education programs each year.