Clinic for Suicide Prevention in Region Zealand is seeking two psychologists for our clinic – one for a permanent position and one for a one-year maternity leave cover.

The Suicide Prevention Clinic continues to expand capacity, so would it be something for you to help make a difference for people with suicidal thoughts and suicidal behavior? And would you like to work in a professionally strong, interdisciplinary environment where treatment, development and professional sparring go hand in hand?

About the Suicide Prevention Clinic

The Suicide Prevention Clinic is a specialized treatment offering under Psychiatry in Region Zealand. We have clinics in Greve, Vordingborg and Slagelse and receive patients from across the region.

We offer treatment to adults with persistent suicidal thoughts and/or suicide attempts, who typically find themselves in a life crisis or have developed stress reactions. The target group is primarily people where suicidal thoughts are not part of a severe psychiatric disorder.

We also offer therapeutic treatment to relatives and bereaved after suicide.

Our task is to meet people in often acute and difficult life situations and together with them create understanding, hope and concrete ways forward.

Workplace

You will become part of a single unit across the clinics in Greve, Vordingborg and Slagelse with psychologists and other professional groups who collaborate closely on the task.

The two positions are expected to be allocated as follows

A psychologist for a one-year maternity leave cover with primary function in Greve and a psychologist for a permanent position with primary function in Slagelse and Greve. Working hours can be negotiated, but as a rule the positions are full-time.

The treatment primarily takes place through in-person visits, but video consultations are also part of our offering.

Your professional task

As a psychologist you will be a central part of the treatment work. You will have the opportunity to conduct independent treatment courses as well as participate in close interdisciplinary collaboration.

Your tasks will include, among others

• psychotherapeutic conversations focusing on suicidal thoughts and suicidal behavior
• initial conversations and assessment of the patient’s current mental state and suicide risk
• development and use of crisis plans as part of the treatment
• documentation and professional records
• collaboration with physicians and other professional groups on assessment and treatment plan
• conversations with relatives and bereaved

The treatment is planned as shorter therapeutic courses, where the patient is typically offered up to eight sessions over 2–3 months.

Your profile

You are a trained psychologist and have an interest in suicide prevention, psychotherapy and psychopathology.

It is an advantage if you

• have psychotherapy education or experience — it could be in the form of a cognitive framework, for example CFT (compassion-focused therapy) or similar, but not essential
• work recovery-oriented and promote hope and the possibility of recovery
• have experience from psychiatry or other clinical practice
• have experience with assessing suicide risk
• have experience with shorter therapeutic courses
• are licensed or on the way to authorization

We do not expect you to tick all the boxes.

We value professional curiosity, reflection and the desire to develop together with others. You should be able to work independently and at the same time thrive in an environment where we use each other actively. We expect you to participate constructively in interdisciplinary discussions, ask for sparring when relevant, and contribute with your own professional expertise.

With us you get

• a workplace with specialized professional focus on suicide prevention
• opportunity to closely follow patients through shorter, focused treatment courses
• regular supervision and possibilities for both internal and external professional sparring
• close interdisciplinary collaboration with psychologists, doctors, nurses, social workers and medical secretaries
• a work environment where professional competency, collaboration and good collegiality are highly valued

We work in a structured way and have well-established workflows around intake, treatment and follow-up. At the same time there is room for professional reflection and to develop our practice.

Practical information

Application deadline: 19.10.2026

Employment interviews are expected to be held in Greve, Rådhusholmen 5, 1st floor, on October 22, 2026.

Employment to be started on December 1 or as soon as possible thereafter

If you want to hear more about the position, the tasks or everyday life at the Suicide Prevention Clinic, you are very welcome to contact:

Psychologist Nanna Jelen ([email protected]) or clinic head and chief nurse Jens Lysgaard Jørgensen ([email protected]). Contact can also be made via the department’s phone number 58537373.

Employment is conditional on receipt of a satisfactory criminal record check for public use

Employment area

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

Read more about the meaning of the employment area 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 fixed allowances and pension under the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay 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 Vestjyllands Hospital

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

As an employee you become part of a forward-thinking, professionally and organizationally robust hospital where we make a difference for the people who need us. Learning and development are part of everyday life and occur in professionally committed communities. Also across departments.

Midt- and Vestjyllands 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 educational environment, where every year we welcome about 2,700 students, apprentices and doctors in postgraduate programs.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact

Name

Jens Lysgaard Jørgensen

Email

[email protected]

Position

Chief Nurse

Phone

58537373

Name

Nanna Sofie Møller Jelen

Email

[email protected]

Position

Psychologist

WORKPLACE

Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital, Psychiatry in Greve

QUICKNR.

055736

JOBTYPE

Full time

POSTED

2 October 2026

APPLICATION DEADLINE

19 October 2026

EMPLOYMENT START DATE

1 December 2026