We are expanding and are looking for one more social worker for our acute ward, Psychiatry in Slagelse

Are you the type who feels especially glad when 2 workdays are never the same? And do you like having many good colleagues and meeting all kinds of people in your professional work? Then a job with us is just for you.

Our acute unit consists of the psychiatric acute reception (PAM), psychiatric acute reception intensive (PAMI) - which in total is 22 beds. In addition you will also join our acute team, which ensures rapid outpatient follow-up.

"Part of the best things about the job is the professional freedom. I have the opportunity to make independent social-work assessments and use my professional expertise to find the solution that makes the most sense for the individual patient. There is trust in my assessments, and space to make individual assessments and solutions rather than finding standard solutions." – Michelle social worker PAM

In the psychiatric acute unit in Slagelse, we have departments where colleagues make each other look good and high ambitions to continually improve our work.

You will have a close sparring partner in our current social worker in the acute unit, with whom you together will allocate and solve the tasks on a daily basis. In addition you will have to engage in close collaboration with the other bed unit's social workers – so you will have good opportunities for collegial sparring.

Your tasks and areas of responsibility

• To uncover the patient's social conditions and support and ensure acute social-work interventions and contribute with relevant knowledge about legislation and social services to your health care colleagues
• To coordinate and support collaboration with external and internal partners, including planning and holding networking meetings
• To support the preparation of legally required discharge agreements/coordination plans

Qualifications

• Education as a social worker.
• Has experience with and interest in psychiatry and working with people in vulnerable life situations – preferably with experience with authorities case handlers within the specialized adult sector.
• Has knowledge of relevant social and employment legislation, the Health Act, the Psychiatric Act etc.
• Can make independent social-work assessments and translate them into concrete actions.
• Has experience with and interest in coordinating complex pathways across sectors.
• Has an understanding of the connection between mental illness, social conditions and the patient’s overall life situation.
• Can build constructive collaborative relationships with patients, relatives, municipalities, residential facilities and other partners.
• Can contribute social-work knowledge in a interdisciplinary environment and thrives on applying your profession.
• Enjoys working independently and taking professional responsibility within one's own role.
• Has good written and oral communication skills.

„When I introduce myself to a patient, I usually say that my role is to help with contact outside the department; it could be with the municipality or other partners if support after discharge is needed. For me, this describes very well what is special about the job. I am employed to help the patient. Period. My task is to create an overview, advise, coordinate with relevant partners and help ensure that there is a plan and the necessary support in place when the patient is discharged.” – Michelle social worker PAM

You will become part of Psychiatry West under Central and Western Zealand Hospital

A developing organization with about 520 employees. In the West there are main functions for adults over 17 years within emergency reception, inpatient, and outpatient functions. Psychiatry West also has special functions for treatment of affective disorders, traumatized refugees, PTSD and oligophrenia. We have a Fusion Clinic/Steno diabetes-psychiatry unit and work particularly closely with Holbæk and Slagelse hospitals.

Psychiatry West has its own research unit with a professor in clinical pharmacology and several PhD students. In addition we participate in many projects aimed at ensuring closer collaboration with our municipalities and police. We actively work to reduce the use of coercion and here the collaboration with somatics is also important. Our wish is for a psychiatry focused on recovery, inclusion of patients and networks, high professionalism, ethics and education.

In addition, the goal is to create the best possible learning environments for our various training programs for doctors, nurses, social and health assistants, etc., as well as ensure a healthy and safe working environment for patients and staff.

Further information

The position is full-time. We are also happy to hear from you if you prefer part-time employment, and we also wait for the right candidate. Interviews expected to be held on November 20, 2026.

If you have questions or would like to visit informally, you are always welcome to contact Chief Nursing Officer Nanna Jensen.

You can read more about Psychiatry West here.

Salary and terms of employment

The position falls under: Social workers

In connection with recruitment in Psychiatry, references are collected.

Area of employment

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

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

Starting salary for union employees

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of base salary, centrally set allowances and pension under the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the salary 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 Vest Zealand Hospital

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

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 is part of everyday life and happens in professionally committed communities. Also across departments.

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

We offer a solid research environment with 13 professors and a strong professional education environment, where every year we welcome about 2,700 students, trainees and doctors in further education programs.