Chief Physician for Cardiology – Regional Hospital Gødstrup

Do you want to lead Cardiology and set the direction for the department's future?

In Cardiology at Gødstrup Regional Hospital we are looking for a visionary chief physician who will lead a department with ambitions for strong professional standards and results at a high international level. Together with the chief nurse and the department's leaders and staff, you will help set a clear direction for the department's continued development.

We place emphasis on high professional quality, research, education and multidisciplinary collaboration – and on a culture where we challenge and support each other, while caring for patients and colleagues. We are an department with many professional groups working together toward one common goal: to ensure the best conditions for the patients.

About the position

As head of department you report to the health and hospital management, and you will become part of a department leadership circle that has a strong fellowship and helps and learns from one another. We are focused on transformation, involvement and sustainable leadership and have a focus on creating coherent health offerings closer to the citizens.

In a time where the framework for the health service is changing, you will help translate the reforms into concrete professional and organizational priorities and ensure that the department is an active partner in developing coherent patient pathways across hospitals, sectors and geography.

In our approach to leadership we address our task, role and responsibility with a view to the whole for both core tasks, staff, patients and relatives. We will succeed through a collaborative culture and manage our department leadership in an independent fellowship between the chief physician and the chief nurse. Together you share responsibility for the strategic development, professional direction and daily operations of the department in close collaboration with the overall management team.

You will be a visible leader who creates direction and following through dialogue, trust and clear communication. At the same time you are expected to actively contribute to the development of the specialty regionally and nationally.

The position includes, among other things, responsibility for

• setting a clear strategic direction for the department's development
• strengthening the multidisciplinary collaboration in and around the department
• supporting research, education and professional development
• developing an attractive and sustainable working environment for both leaders and staff
• translating the health reform into relevant professional and organizational solutions and strengthening collaboration across RHG, the region and the rest of the health system

About the department

Cardiology is a department with strong professional traditions, high ambitions and a great commitment to developing the cardiovascular specialty. We have for many years built a strong department of which we are proud – but we are equally focused on where we should be in the coming years.

Cardiology handles the cardiology function for residents in the 6 municipalities under the West Jutland Health Council. The department has about 160 staff, of which the functional leadership group consists of 6 leaders. We are seeking a chief physician who can both protect the strong foundation that makes us strong today and at the same time challenge us to be better tomorrow, so we can help shape the future offerings to residents in the western part of the Central Denmark Region.

In Cardiology we believe that the best results are achieved when people have responsibility and influence and experience that their professional competencies make a difference. Therefore we work with a flat leadership structure and a large managerial latitude, where multidisciplinary involvement and dialogue are central elements. We have close interaction with LMU and emphasise that decisions are made with regard to the professionalism, the staff and the patients.

Integrity characterizes our way of collaborating, and we make an effort to create a good interaction based on joint decision-making and active involvement of patients and relatives.

As chief physician you will be central to the department's continued development. Together with the chief nurse you will unite staff and leaders around a common project, create development through dialogue and ensure that Cardiology also in the future is an attractive place to be a patient, employee and partner. You must be a visible, curious and approachable leader in daily practice – and at the same time you must be able to navigate safely in a changing health system that continually sets demands on how we organize ourselves.

You can read more about Cardiology as a workplace by clicking here and access the position and function description by clicking here.

Your profile and leadership values

• You are a trained specialist physician with clinical experience in cardiology
• You have leadership experience appropriate for the position – preferably supplemented with relevant leadership training
• You have experience with or an interest in strategic leadership in a complex organization and an understanding of the impact of health policy decisions on the department's future work
• You are able to create a collaborative space where we share perspectives, coordinate understanding, activate knowledge and learn from our mistakes
• You create direction by involving, finding solutions together and establishing followership and ownership
• You are able to create well-being through openness, trust and mutual expectation alignment
• You are a guarantor of integrity and have the courage to show vulnerability and be in process
• You have a positive mindset that contagiously affects your surroundings
• You are motivated to deliver results and quality at a high professional level in an environment where the good workplace is created in common

Something else that is important at Gødstrup Regional Hospital

In the hospital, which we call the “hospital of opportunities,” you will be part of a department leadership circle with a strong cross-organizational fellowship and collaboration, where good relationships characterized by mutual respect, trust and curiosity form a solid foundation.

Central to our approach to people: Everyone has something to contribute, because we think in possibilities and solutions. With us you will meet initiative and willingness to pave new paths for patients, professional excellence and a good working environment. We are ambitious in our patient care and are standing on our toes to develop as an attractive workplace and are focused on the opportunities in transformation, digitalization and sustainable leadership.

In addition, we are committed to ensuring that we shape the future health landscape in the western Jutland and ensure that the health reform's intentions of more proximity and equality in health become a reality.

Further information

If you need further information, you are welcome to contact Medical Director Mikkel Seneca at tel. 3158 3303 or Nursing Director Rikke Degn at tel. 2819 4002.

Applications must be received by October 25, 2026 .

Interviews will be held on November 18, 2026 . Second interview on November 24, 2026 .

A personality assessment will be used in the recruitment process with feedback Monday, November 23, 2026.

Starting date February 1, 2027 or by agreement .

You can apply online by clicking on “Apply” and attaching your application and CV. Your application must include a description of your competencies within the 7 medical roles, which will form the basis for the medical assessment. Hiring will take place by agreement between Danish Regions and the Association of Specialist Doctors regarding medical chiefs, and the position is full-time.

A satisfactory child protection certificate and authorization are a prerequisite for employment.

You can read more by clicking the links below

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

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Department: Cardiology, Leadership and Staff

Application deadline: 25 October 2026

Location: Hospitalsparken 15, 7400, Herning