The Health Visiting Service in Esbjerg Municipality is seeking a new team leader

If you enjoy the classic work as a public health nurse and want to combine it with team leadership, you now have the opportunity to become part of an established Public Health Nursing and leadership structure.

The position will include 7.4 hours for the team leader function. The remaining time you will function as a public health nurse. In total 37 hours per week.

The position has a start date of 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Public Health Nursing in Esbjerg consists of 31 public health nurses, who are organized into 3 teams. There is a team leader attached to each team, who together with the head of Public Health Nursing and the area manager for Children & Health will form the overall leadership. In addition, there is an administrative staff member attached. The main task as team leader is a focus on daily operations and the development of the Public Health Nursing's core services. You report to the head of Public Health Nursing.

We can offer a workplace where

• We focus on the early preventive and health-promoting efforts for children and young people, and we work closely with our multidisciplinary partners to develop this effort
• We are a fixed part of the municipality's multidisciplinary effort in the project 'Families on the Move', in the project 'Minding the Baby' and in the Cos-P project in Daycare
• We choose professionalism – you will be well introduced and assigned a fixed mentor during your introduction period
• We focus on development – both individual professional development and organizational development
• We have good opportunities for continuing and further education, among other things by being able to participate in Esbjerg Municipality's internal course program for leaders
• In 2026/2027 we participate in the project 'Evaluation of Implementation of ADBB in public health nursing in Denmark', and in this context all public health nurses will be certified in the ADBB method
• We work with the Marte Meo method, and in time there will be an opportunity to take a Marte Meo education
• We have collegial sparring and supervision
• We place a strong focus on well-being in Public Health Nursing. We are and will be a good place to work…
• We choose good collaboration – both within the individual teams and across teams, with management and other collaboration relationships
• We are a mixed group of both new and experienced public health nurses, which provides a good dynamic and some good and exciting dialogues

We expect that you

• Are educated and have experience in the job as a public health nurse
• Have the desire to, and perhaps experience with, leading a team
• Are professionally engaged – and place the profession high
• Are able to create good collaborative relations and place high importance on cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Are skilled at communicating and have an appreciative approach to the job and people in general
• Are inclusive, clear, visible and robust
• Participate actively in our leadership group

Salary and employment terms according to the applicable collective agreement and the principles of local pay formation.

Further information about the positions can be obtained from the head of Public Health Nursing Susanne Feddersen at tel. 29 33 79 37 or at email [email protected] or from team leader Linda Kjær Steiner at tel. 29 64 73 63 or at email [email protected]

Job description can be requested from the above.

Salary and employment terms are set in accordance with the applicable collective agreement, including the current provisions on local pay formation. You can find information about the pay level in Esbjerg Municipality via this link: KRL . Here you can also find information about base salary and pension. In addition, depending on a concrete assessment, qualification and/or position allowances may be agreed depending on the contents of the position and your experience and qualifications.

In Esbjerg Municipality we work in a trust-based manner and see human diversity as a strength. Therefore, we encourage all qualified individuals regardless of gender, age or ethnic background to apply for the position.

When employed in the position, a criminal record and a child protection certificate will be obtained.

If you proceed after the interview, references will be sought from current and/or previous employers if you are still under consideration for the position. You will be informed before references are requested.

Application deadline

5 November 2026

Interviews will be held on 13 November 2026.

The application should be submitted electronically . Click on "apply for the position" at the bottom and attach your application, CV and relevant documentation.