Public health nurse in a combined health visiting scheme - Health Visiting Service

Why you should choose us

With us you will be part of a broad group of health visitors with many years of experience and newly graduated colleagues. We have a healthy and good working environment with high psychological safety, where we help each other, share experiences and focus on learning, feedback and collegial sparring.

We have varied tasks and good opportunities for professional development. The health visitors are among other things group leaders in various group offers and are involved in developing services for pregnant, postpartum, children, youth and families in different life situations.

As a new colleague you will receive a good introduction and a mentor who will accompany you in the start. You will become part of a strong professional community with close collaboration both in health visiting and with our interdisciplinary partners.

We are looking for

As part of our professional community, we are looking for a health visitor who shares the same belief in children and youth as us, and who has courage, desire and ability to proactively contribute to both the health professional development across Family and Health Promotion as well as in the day-care and school area.

Professionalism and collaboration

We are 22 professionally ambitious and engaged health visitors, working in three teams based on districts. We meet regularly in our teams – where especially sparring and feedback are prioritized.

In addition to working with toddlers and schoolchildren, the health visitors also participate in cross-functional teams and preventive groups. Here we collaborate across professional disciplines to strengthen efforts around children and youth in distress.

In Fredericia we believe , “that all children and young people can do more than they think.”

Your profile

You are a trained health visitor and can work independently in the self-planned role where your coordinating skills come into play and are decisive for your well-being at work. Professional passion and complex tasks motivate you, and you are willing to continuously develop yourself both personally and professionally.

As team players you are open to development and contribute to lifting together. You are appreciative, curious and constructive in your approach to task solving and in meeting colleagues, children and parents. At the same time you take shared responsibility for the work environment by expressing your opinion in a professional and constructive way.

Why you should choose us

• We have a healthy and good working environment where you will feel close to your colleagues in Health Visiting, but also with the interdisciplinary partners. We are a group where some colleagues have been here for 30 years, and others are newly graduated. In the group we are good at helping each other and sharing our experiences with great psychological safety.
• A really good learning environment, which is open and reflective with ample opportunities for feedback and collegial sparring. With us there is room for professional development, solid basic offerings and varied tasks.
• The health visitors participate as group leaders in collaboration with cross-disciplinary colleagues in various group offerings. Among other things, groups for pregnant/postpartum in vulnerable situations have been implemented, as well as caregiver groups for children who have a sick family member or have lost a family member. We also offer parent courses, Ready for baby, group program for women with postpartum reaction, offers for “children & youth as relatives”, Young families. In addition, we have developed UngMod in collaboration with the Region, where young people can receive guidance on sexual health and a healthy-weight clinic for school children.
• A good introduction of our new colleagues is highly valued, and we know how important it is to settle in well. Therefore we pair a mentor at the start to ensure you get a good onboarding.

You will be organizationally placed in Family & Health Promotion, which is an interdisciplinary department consisting of Family Department, Administration, the Dental Service, Family and Youth Center and Health Visiting.

Want to know more

You are welcome to contact the head of Health Visiting Maise Dencher Hedelund/ 6192 0634 or the union representative Kirsten Brink Madsen/ 4123 7351.

Salary and conditions

In accordance with the applicable collective agreement between KL and the negotiating organization.

The position is 30-32 hours per week, and some Saturday shifts are to be expected during a year.

Fredericia Municipality is a tobacco-free workplace.

Start date

1 December 2026.

References

When employed, references will be obtained.

Criminal record check

Upon employment a criminal record check will be obtained. The employment is conditional on the criminal record being free of notes of significance for the job.

Children's certificate

When employed, which includes work with children and young people, a children’s certificate will be obtained. The employment is conditional on a child certificate without notes.

Employment interviews

Interviews will be held on 29 October 2026.

Apply online

Fredericia Municipality uses an electronic recruitment system where you send your application, CV, diploma and other relevant experience documents online.

Read more about online application at www.fredericia.dk .

Application deadline

25 October 2026.