The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is seeking a chief physician for our Day Ward for Schoolchildren and Adolescents in Viborg, BUA, AUH

Can you maintain and help continue the development of our new day ward with assessment and treatment services for young people aged 7 to 17? Do you value professionalism highly and have a knack for supporting professional development and ensuring good patient pathways? Are you a visible, clear, and capable staff leader? If so, you are exactly who we are looking for!

Job Description

We are seeking a chief consultant who, together with our chief nurse, will lead the continued development of a modern day ward in child and adolescent psychiatry, where professionalism is highly valued.

You will closely collaborate with our chief nurse to handle the various leadership tasks, including planning good patient pathways, staff management and leadership, financial responsibility, and the ongoing focus on ensuring operations and development of the ward.

You will play a central role in translating national ambitions into concrete improvements for patients and staff.

Together with the chief nurse you will, among other things, contribute to

• maintaining and further developing our attractive working environment to continue attracting and retaining skilled and experienced employees
• optimizing capacity utilization through efficient workflows, high professional quality, and appropriate use of the ward’s total resources
• further developing collaboration with municipalities, primary care, somatic departments, and other partners so that children, youth, and families experience coordinated and cohesive pathways across sectors
• actively contributing to realizing the intentions of the Health Reform by strengthening integration between psychiatry and somatics and by developing new forms of collaboration across organizational and professional boundaries
• with basis in the 10-year plan for psychiatry, being a driving force in developing the future child and adolescent psychiatry, where increased capacity, high quality, innovation, research, competence development, and attractive work communities go hand in hand for the benefit of patients, relatives, and staff.

Qualifications

You are ambitious and want to help lead and develop a new ward and wish to contribute to the development of the overall Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

In addition we place emphasis on that you

• are a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry
• have the ability and desire for staff leadership and undertake the overall management task together with the chief nurse
• have experience with leadership and development
• actively contribute to ensuring a high-quality diagnostic and treatment offering for children and young people
• have the will and ability to manage workflows and scheduling in a multidisciplinary team with a focus on involvement
• can create buy-in and engagement around changes and development
• are clear in your communication, structured, and have a good overview
• possess strong collaborative skills at all levels.

About the ward

Day Ward for School-age Children and Adolescents in Viborg is a diagnostic and treatment service in BUA, Region Central Denmark (Region Midtjylland). The Day Ward aims to assess and treat school-aged children and adolescents aged 7-17 with psychiatric disorders at the main functioning level. A course in the day ward typically lasts two to six weeks. During this period, patients attend on weekdays during daytime hours from 8:00 to 20:00.

We are about 25 interdisciplinary staff, and together we focus on ensuring patients and their families a cohesive process where high professionalism is present throughout. We also have a strong focus on personnel leadership and a good working environment, where working hours and tasks consistently relate. We want a workplace where both recruitment and retention of good experienced staff are valued highly.

As chief consultant you will become part of BUA’s leadership team of about 25 leaders with a focus on how we as a single leadership group can operate and develop BUA for the benefit of patients. Including how we harmonize our diagnostic and treatment offerings.

We offer

• a close leadership collaboration with an experienced chief nurse, where the leadership task is carried out jointly
• that you become part of a leadership group of about 25 leaders who work together to develop the entire BUA and have easy access to each other
• a mentorship scheme with a leadership introduction program for new leaders developed by the leadership group in BUA
• an workplace that values patient and staff involvement and the working environment as important guiding principles
• an engaged and skilled staff group
• opportunities for further education in leadership
• opportunity to undertake clinical activities to a limited extent
• an ward where quality in both assessment and treatment is of great importance
• excellent physical facilities in a scenic environment
• a capable ward management secretary who supports the leadership of the chief consultant and chief nurse.

There may be interviews on 22 October.

Beyond a motivated application, you must fill out a form for professional assessment.

Applicants’ qualifications will be assessed according to the 7 doctor roles.

In Region Central Denmark, the professional assessment is conducted according to “Guidelines for professional assessment of applicants to specialist physician positions in Region Central Denmark.” Please note that the responses must be entered as part of the application procedure. It is therefore not sufficient to attach the form for assessment of medical competencies.

Read the job description here.

You can apply for the job by clicking on "Send application" and following the instructions.

Attach your application with information about education, previous employment (CV), possibly authorization and specialist physician authorization (state authorization ID). The attached files must be in pdf or Word format.

If you have any further questions, you are welcome to contact the department leadership or the chief nurse of the ward. Chief Psychologist Christina Vingborg at tel. 6163 8957 or chief nurse Pia Riis Kolding at tel. 2116 2676.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the applicable collective agreement. Employment is contingent on a satisfactory child welfare and criminal record check and a satisfactory authorization.

About the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUA)

BUA is a department at Aarhus University Hospital with wards in Skejby, Viborg, and Gødstrup. We provide multidisciplinary assessment and treatment for children and youths from 0-18 (21) years with mental illness and developmental disorders. In assessment and treatment we also involve the patient’s family, network, possibly other hospital departments and municipalities in the region.

BUA comprises 4 inpatient wards and 8 clinical wards distributed in Skejby, Viborg, and Gødstrup, as well as a research unit and a medical secretary unit in Skejby. The majority of treatment is outpatient. BUA covers four main areas: Infants, School-age Children, Adolescents, and Eating Disorders. The staff consists of doctors, nurses, psychologists, pedagogues, social workers, and others.

The department received 5,212 external referrals in 2025 and had contact with about 9,500 unique CPR numbers. In 2025 the department had a net budget of DKK 330 million and as of 1/12-2025 571 full-time equivalents distributed among 634 employees.

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

As Region Central Denmark continually implements savings and reorganizations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Central Denmark is obliged under the EU transparency directive, which took effect on 7 June 2026, to inform you about starting salary or a salary range before offering employment.

Here you can find Region Central Denmark’s salary catalog for most professional groups and positions found in Region Central Denmark: Transparency prior to employment - Employee.rm.dk

Department: BUA Day Ward, School-age Children and Adolescents Viborg

Application deadline: 20 October 2026

Location: Søndersøparken 15, 8800 Viborg, Denmark, 8800, Viborg, Denmark