Specially trained intensive care nurse for the Intensive Care Unit at Bispebjerg Hospital

Would you like to work in a strong professional environment where development, collaboration and high quality go hand in hand?

Then you may be our new colleague in the Intensive Care Unit with start on 1 January 2027 – or after agreement.

About us

In the Intensive Care Unit you will be part of a dedicated, interdisciplinary staff group of about 80 employees who together care for up to 12 intensive care patients.

• We receive patients from among others pulmonology, neurology, cardiology, emergency medicine, including poisoning and gastroenterology.

With as much as 89% specially trained intensive care nurses, we have a strong learning environment with high professional sparring, reflection and development.

• We have a close and well-functioning collaboration with psychiatry and continuously work on strengthening and improving our pathways for patients with both somatic and psychiatric diagnoses.
• We believe that professional and human diversity strengthens quality – for patients, relatives and staff alike.

Your everyday life

As an intensive care nurse, you will play a central role in handling complex and acute patient pathways. You will, among other things:

• Provide holistic nursing care to critically ill patients
• Engage in close cooperation with patients and relatives
• Participate in ward rounds and multidisciplinary conferences
• Collaborate with psychiatry regarding patients with concurrent psychiatric issues
• Contribute to training and professional sparring with colleagues and students
• Contribute to quality development, teaching and projects – including the development of patient pathways for vulnerable patient groups
• You will receive an individually tailored introduction program and good opportunities for ongoing competence development.

We are looking for you who

• Is a specially trained intensive care nurse (with Danish authorization)
• Thrives in a dynamic and sometimes busy work environment
• Maintains calm, overview and professionalism in complex situations
• Contributes actively to both development and the work environment
• Sees the value in interdisciplinary collaboration
• Is committed to working with patients – including socially vulnerable individuals and patients with psychiatric diagnoses who may have limited resources

We offer

• A strong, engaged and inclusive collegial community with high professionalism and room for diversity
• Professionally challenging workdays with complex patient pathways and great variation
• Opportunity to influence the development of the department and actively contribute to improvements in practice through work in our various professional groups, which are anchored interdisciplinary
• Focus on well-being, psychological safety and a healthy working environment
• Great emphasis on prevention and handling of violence and threats as part of the entire Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital’s efforts
• Flexibility in shift planning with the possibility to influence working hours and shift preferences

The position is, in principle, full-time (37 hours), but we are flexible and happy to hear your wishes. You will have 6–8 shifts over a 4-week period. Weekend work can be scheduled with either every 3rd weekend with 12-hour or 8-hour shifts or every other weekend with 8-hour shifts.

Salary according to collective agreement 32.17.1 for non-managerial staff in the Health Cartel area.

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

Chief Nurse Tanja Østergaard Irlind, tel. 2329 9703

Chief Nurse Mette Uldbæk, tel. 4025 5415

The application deadline is Monday 16 November 2026. Employment interviews are expected to be held on 18 November 2026.

We look forward to hearing from you!

About the Anesthesiology Department

The Anesthesiology Department is a large cross-disciplinary unit with about 300 employees. Doctors, nurses, SOSU assistants, secretaries and pharmacists distributed across the following sections: Anesthesia, Recovery, Intensive Care, Shared IMA, Pain Clinic, Secretariat and Acute Medical Vehicle. The department has a strong focus on research and education. Read more at https://www.bispebjerghospital.dk/afdelinger-og-klinikker/anaestesiafdeling/Sider/default.aspx

About Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital

Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital is one of the city’s major acute care hospitals. The hospital on the Bispebjerg campus was built in 1913 and consists of many old, beautiful buildings which are listed, and has park-like outdoor areas that are now award-winning “Healing Gardens”. The historic buildings and the surroundings contribute to a very special atmosphere.

By 2030 we will expand and get the New Bispebjerg Hospital which – in addition to superb new buildings – will also give us new exciting tasks in gynecology, pediatric anesthesia and births. There is already a parking garage with free parking around the clock.

See and hear more about Bispebjerg Hospital in this video

https://www.bispebjerghospital.dk/om-hospitalet/oplev/medier/Sider/Se-filmen-om-Det-Samarbejdende-Hospital.aspx