Chief Consultant for the Clinic for Acute Psychiatry, Midt Hospital Unit

Do you want to help shape the future of acute psychiatry?

We are seeking a Chief Physician for the Clinic for Acute Psychiatry, who will help deliver results and continue the good work together with our two experienced Chief Nurses.

Together you will play a central role in setting the direction and developing the clinic so that patients continuously receive high-quality treatment.

We hope you can join on 01.01.27 and we look forward to welcoming you to the team.

You will become part of a dynamic and competent team where we work with all types of patients who require an acute psychiatric intervention. We work purposefully to prevent hospital admissions, avert acute self-harm, and assess, investigate and treat patients – and by involving patients, relatives and external partners, create good patient pathways.

The clinic is located in Viborg, Skive and Silkeborg, where the team works to offer high-quality treatment programs to patients. The clinic consists of experienced nurses, psychologists, secretaries, social and health care assistants and doctors.

Positive collaboration climate and good sparring opportunities

Our Chief Physician Christina Thorup states

”We have a very positive collaborative climate among the group of Chief Physicians and Chief Nurses. We meet regularly and get along well, which makes it easy to find good solutions for cross-department tasks, including concrete patient cases. It is always possible to get sparring from a good colleague if there is something I’m unsure about, which was a great comfort when I was new in the position.”

Your main tasks

As Chief Physician you will be responsible for the medical treatment and quality in the clinic, and you take an important role in developing and prioritizing medical decisions. You will have line management responsibility for the doctors, while the Chief Nurses oversee the other professional groups. In addition to leadership duties you will be the treatment-responsible Chief Physician for a number of patients and thereby participate in the regular clinical work.

• Set the direction for the clinic in close cooperation with the Chief Nurses
• Ensure high quality in assessment, diagnosis and treatment
• Perform clinical leadership and supervision of doctors and other staff in the clinic
• Participate in planning and implementation of treatment pathways in close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
• Assess disease severity, risk factors and need for treatment
• Contribute to strategic planning and development of the clinic’s overall offering

In short, you will get a position with influence, responsibility and meaning. You can read more about the position in the job description here

You will become part of

In our department the work environment is characterized by openness, collaboration and mutual respect, and there is room to be both a leader and a person.

We would like you to contribute to a culture where values such as dialogue, quality and continuous learning form the basis for high professionalism in the treatment.

As Chief Physician you will have

• Two functional leadership allies
• A close and trusting collaboration with functional leaders and departmental management, where leadership is viewed as a shared responsibility
• Intent Based Leadership as the leadership professional framework
• High professional standards and a broad multidisciplinary breadth, where you become part of a strong and engaged leadership community
• Opportunity for leadership education
• Supervision together with fellow leaders
• A clinic with skilled and engaged staff
• A strong medical group across outpatient clinics and inpatient wards
• The possibility of becoming a key person in developing a consistent offering across sites in Psychiatry, HE Midt
• Opportunity to work on development projects, implementation of new knowledge and practice-oriented learning
• A strong professional environment where learning, reflection and professional sparring are a natural part of everyday life
• Opportunity to use the Psychiatry Bus between Aarhus and Viborg

We expect that you

• Are a Specialist in Psychiatry with broad clinical experience
• Can ensure professional treatment of high professional quality
• Are interested in leadership as a field
• Have knowledge of or interest in quality development, implementation and evidence-based assessment, care and treatment
• Are professionally well-founded and clear in your communication
• Can create direction, motivation and job satisfaction in the staff group
• Contribute to the good and healthy work environment

In collaboration with your functional leadership counterparts

• Use the clinic’s resources optimally, including respecting patients’ rights to assessment and treatment
• Share responsibility for the clinic’s economy
• Are good at collaborating and creating engagement among colleagues
• Thrive in linking development, teaching and clinical practice
• Are motivated to make a difference for patients and relatives

Experience with leadership, operations and development tasks in psychiatry is an advantage, but not a requirement. The most important thing is that you want to take on a leading responsibility and contribute to the development and running of the clinic.

Who are we?

Psychiatry is part of the Central Region Hospital Unit in the Region of Central Jutland. We treat adults for a range of psychiatric disorders. Patients primarily come from the municipalities of Viborg, Silkeborg and Skive. We are committed to ensuring assessment, care and treatment of high quality with the patient at the center.

You can read more about the clinic and psychiatry as a workplace psykiatri-midt/

Want to know more?

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact

• Chief Physician Christine Ebbesen at 2058 0091
• Chief Nurse Kamilla Ottesen at 29404690
• Chief Nurse Iben Jacobsen Svenstrup at 23318454

The appointment takes place at the Central Region Hospital Unit, read more about the overall hospital unit here hospitalsenhedmidt.dk/

Interested applicants, regardless of background, are encouraged to apply for the position.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement in the area. In accordance with the Child Protection Act in connection with the employment of personnel, a child protection check will be obtained in connection with potential employment. Employment is conditional on a satisfactory criminal record. Employment is with the Central Region Hospital Unit, with duties currently at the Central Region Hospital Unit, Psychiatry.

Your application

Applications with documentation of education, specialist training, previous employment, etc., as well as the completed form for evaluating medical competencies for the applicant for the position of Specialist in the Central Region, must be received electronically no later than 9 November 2026

Employment interviews are expected to be held on 16 November 2026

Start on 01.01.26 or by agreement

The position is, in principle, a full-time position.

As the Region of Central Jutland continuously conducts savings and reorganizations, employees on relocation who apply for the position will have priority.

In accordance with the EU's transparency directive, which took effect on 7 June 2026, the Region of Central Jutland is obliged to inform you of the starting salary or a salary range before offering employment. Here you will find the Region of Central Jutland’s salary catalog for most occupations and positions found in the Region of Central Jutland: Transparency before employment - Employee.rm.dk