Nurse for Acute Psychiatric Reception, Emergency Department, Aarhus University Hospital

Nurse for Acute Psychiatric Receiving, Acute Department, Aarhus University Hospital

Are you a nurse, and do you want an exciting job with acute patient pathways, shift work, weekday time off, and influence on your own on-call schedule? It is now possible to apply for a position as a nurse in Acute Psychiatric Receiving (APM) with a start date of February 1, 2027 - or by agreement.

We are a group of professional professionals who love working cross-disciplinary in the reception of the acute psychiatric patient - and we succeed when we collectively ensure that our patients are received, assessed, cared for and treated at a high professional level.  We can in APM offer an unpredictable and exciting everyday life, where there are never two days that are the same .

APM is a unique receiving and observation unit, which functions as an integrated part of our overall Emergency Department. We work closely across disciplines and specialties to create individual and specialized patient pathways — including the interaction between somatic and psychiatry. As a nurse in APM you are often the first to meet the acute psychiatric patient, and you will play a central role in the assessment and planning of the further treatment course. APM has five beds for observation and acute treatment for up to 48 hours.

Acute nursing in Acute Psychiatric Receiving entails

• reception, observation, care, treatment, admission, handover and discharge of patients
• a holistic approach with focus on ABCDE, triage (DEPT), TOKS and a strong nursing professional assessment
• close cross-disciplinary collaboration with psychiatrists, acute medical specialists, other nurses in the Emergency Department, the primary sector and secretaries, etc.
• focus on high quality, evidence-based practice, patient safety, education, development and research
• focus on communication, information, patient and relative/informant involvement, patient and relative involvement and documentation

We can offer

• a well-structured introduction period
• a tailored training and introductory program with cross-disciplinary introduction, inclusion of simulation and skills training, buddy days with onboarding responsible and learning conversations
• opportunity for further education within psychiatry, emergency medicine, etc.
• an challenging and exciting job that you can have great influence on
• a work environment where we all make an effort to raise psychological safety, thereby giving everyone the opportunity to develop professionally and personally and as an interdisciplinary staff group
• a colleague group with a strong social cohesion
• opportunity to influence your own duty schedule (wish plan)
• a highly specialized department in rapid development
• opportunity for part-time sharing after 1-2 years

Facts about the department

APM is an acute reception unit with space for 5 patients, who may have an aggravation of known psychiatric illness or have new psychiatric conditions. What the patients have in common is that they all need acute psychiatric assessment. APM accepts patients of all ages. APM is part of the overall Emergency Department, and we help each other across the board.

The entire Emergency Department has a high patient flow and receives patients from a catchment area of 300,000 inhabitants. The Emergency Department is Denmark’s largest acute department with 300 staff including Emergency Room, Trauma Center, Acute Adult Receiving, Acute Child Receiving, Acute Psychiatric Receiving, Center for Victims of Violent Crime, Hospitalisation, as well as Acute and Flow Coordination.

We are looking for a nursing colleague who

• can see themselves as an active part of the integration between psychiatry and somatics
• wants to pursue further education in psychiatric nursing as well as emergency medicine
• is eager to learn, challenge themselves and develop professionally and personally
• is keen to work with undetermined, acute and critically ill patients
• wants to take care to prioritize, coordinate and maintain an overview in a busy everyday life
• can work independently and see a strength in cross-disciplinary collaboration
• has strong communication and pedagogical skills
• wants to influence and develop nursing with a focus on good patient pathways and patient involvement
• wants to help develop an organization across units, specialties and professional groups
• wants to contribute positively to the work environment

We work day, evening and night (approximately 10-12 shifts in four weeks).

We work 8-hour shifts every other weekend during the training period, and afterwards there may be a wish for 12-hour shifts every third weekend.

The recruitment process

Application deadline is Thursday, December 3, 2026.

We expect to hold interviews on Wednesday, December 9, 2026.

If you want to know more

Further information about the positions can be obtained from Chief Nurse Katrine Horsman at telephone 2135 1828 or email [email protected]

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the applicable collective agreement. Employment is conditional on a satisfactory authorization and a satisfactory child protection clearance.

The position is, as a rule, a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continually carries out savings and reorganizations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU directive on salary transparency, which came into force on 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you about the starting salary or a range of starting salaries for a position before you are offered employment.

Here you can find Region Midtjylland's salary catalog for most professions and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Transparency prior to employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk