Nurse for reception center Sandholm near Allerød

Are you a nurse who is passionate about making a difference for people in a difficult life situation and wants to work in the world's largest humanitarian organization, where humanity is the core value? Would you like to have a different daytime nursing job in a workplace driven by commitment, professionalism and togetherness, and where you meet many nationalities and have varying tasks? Then read on.
The Red Cross asylum department is looking for a nurse for the health clinic at center Sandholm in Birkerød. 
Sandholm is a reception center for all new asylum seekers who come to Denmark.
Read more about Reception Center Sandholm here.
 
About the work at our health clinics
As a nurse, you will be part of a strong interdisciplinary team consisting of other nurses, health nurses and associated psychologists, psychiatrists and doctors. In addition, the healthcare staff spar and collaborate with the asylum department's company responsible doctor, who monitors the overall healthcare business in the asylum department. The framework for healthcare services for asylum seekers is the Red Cross asylum department's contract with the Danish Immigration Service.
We work based on the principle of involvement and make an effort to ensure that the individual asylum seeker has access to health services as well as health promotion and disease prevention, which support the individual in taking care of their own health.
Our work is under continuous development. quality assurance of the treatment offered to the center's residents and patient safety through planning and implementation of quality development initiatives. This applies in particular to continuous focus on improvement and implementation of health professional instructions and work processes, continuous strengthening of professionalism and the professional approach in our treatment offer.
 
 
Your assignments
Overall, you must help to ensure that the health function's tasks are carried out in accordance with good professional practice and with the duties that are otherwise laid down in the legislation for health professions. Your primary task will be the medical reception of newly arrived asylum seekers. In addition, the following tasks will be included in your portfolio, albeit to varying degrees: 

Independent nursing consultations in an open clinic and scheduled interviews  
Visit for treatment
Follow-up of course
Coordination of the healthcare work around the individual resident, including collaboration with internal and external partners
Administrative tasks for bail applications to the Danish Immigration Service, etc. health treatment on e.g. hospitals 
Taking care of contact nursing tasks in relation to residents with special needs
Dissemination of knowledge to residents about the connection between living conditions, lifestyle, health and disease  

 
 
A little about you
It is a requirement that you have Danish authorization as a nurse. You would like to have a good knowledge of or be prepared to familiarize yourself with the complex health picture that characterizes the target group, including occurrences of physical and mental illness, trends and health-related challenges as a result of e.g. cultural influence, stress as a result of flight and other factors. In addition, we emphasize the following: 

Documented versatile experience as a nurse - preferably from a field with a target group characterized by a high degree of cultural diversity 
Good overview and ability to navigate everyday life with versatile tasks
You thrive on combining structure and systematicity in the performance of tasks with the ability to adapt and act on new needs
Takes responsibility and follows tasks to the door
Good collaboration skills and the ability to participate in interdisciplinary collaboration
Confident in oral and written communication in Danish due to documentation requirements and other written work internally in the organization and with external actors 
Good in English, knowledge of several languages will be an advantage
Good digital skills and preferably experience with electronic records 

 
 
We offer:

Exciting work in a politically controlled organization with a humanitarian value base
Good opportunities for professional and personal development through courses, continuing education and three or four annual theme and conference days together with employees from the other health clinics in the asylum department
A strong community with competent and dedicated colleagues, both within the healthcare field and across disciplines
Mandatory supervision
Work on weekdays during the day 

 
 
Salary and employment conditions: Happens according to collective agreement with DSR (Staten)
Working hours: 35-37 hours per week between [phone removed] 
Joining: As soon as possible after
is further agreed
Workplace: Sandholmgårdsvej 40, 3460 Birkerød 
Driving license: Will be an advantage
Certificates: We would like to point out that a child certificate will be obtained upon employment, and you must present a private criminal record. 
Additional information: Can be obtained by contacting acting health manager Dorte Nystrup, contact by email [email protected] and telephone [phone removed]
Application deadline: 14 April 2025
The position can only be applied for via our online recruitment system by clicking on the link "Apply for the job". For technical challenges contact [email protected]
Employment interviews: Expected to be held in week 17
The asylum department's overall task is to create a safe, dignified and meaningful everyday life, with a future perspective, for asylum seekers while they are under the auspices of the Red Cross.