Consultant for the Foot and Ankle Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge

Specialist in the Foot-Ankle Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bone Surgery, Zealand University Hospital Køge

At the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bone Surgery, Zealand University Hospital Køge (SUH Køge), there is a vacancy for a specialist in the foot-ankle section starting from 01.01.2027.

The Foot-Ankle Section's Functions

The section is deeply involved in the overall treatment of all foot-ankle disorders and traumas. The section has a well-established outpatient clinic and its own operating room in the same-day surgery unit. There is a fixed assignment of a chief training physician, who also runs their own outpatient clinic.

The section collaborates closely with the Wound, Infection and Amputation Section as well as the Trauma Section. In addition, there is close cooperation with podiatrists and plaster technicians.

The Foot-Ankle Section handles primary, regional and highly specialized functions. This includes talus and calcaneus fractures, Lisfranc dislocations, and Charcot arthropathy surgeries.

The section is a front-runner in the region regarding treatment of a range of foot and ankle disorders and has had great success with new treatment methods, e.g., seriegips (sugar casts) and the construction of Charcot treatment.

The section is staffed for three consultants and one department physician. The section also provides education in foot-ankle competencies in the main orthopedic training program. The section's doctors are active in the department's teaching and research.

Position Functions and Desired Qualifications

The position is to be filled by a specialist in orthopedic surgery with a particular interest in foot-ankle surgery.

The position includes daily clinical work with rounds, outpatient clinics and operations within foot-ankle surgery. It is expected that the specialist will contribute with a high professional standard in treatment and bring the latest evidence into the department's treatments.

Applicants can, if necessary, expect training in all foot-ankle treatments offered by the department.

It is expected that the specialist will actively contribute to the development and management of both pregraduate and postgraduate educational tasks.

As a specialist, one participates in the department's on-call team with 1-2 shifts per month with presence.

Other Specialties at Køge

Anesthesiology with an intensive care unit and palliative care unit, surgery, rheumatology, otorhinolaryngology, maxillofacial surgery, clinical biochemistry, clinical physiology, diagnostic imaging including CT, MR and ultrasound diagnostics and internal medicine including endocrinology, cardiology and medical gastroenterology. There is also an emergency department with its own medical staff.

Management

At Zealand University Hospital Roskilde and Køge, departmental management has been established with decentralization of a number of managerial, financial and administrative tasks.

The Chief Physician and Chief Nurse form together the department management, which has the overall leadership and operational responsibility for the department. The department management is thus responsible for allocation of functions, work tasks and resources. The distribution must be based on professional and functional considerations, including the coherence of patient pathways. In addition, considerations of rational resource use must be taken into account.

The Chief Physician, the senior consultants and the section heads determine, after consultation with the department's other consultants, guidelines for the department's diagnostics, treatment, triage and medical education tasks. Within these guidelines, the department's consultants and other physicians have autonomous responsibility.

Department of Joint and Bone Surgery

The Department of Joint and Bone Surgery in Køge comprises two inpatient wards with a total of 60 beds. In the central surgical unit the department has 3-4 operating rooms (two with laminar flow) and in the day-surgery unit 3-4 operating rooms daily. The department also runs a large outpatient clinic, a foot center, an interdisciplinary spine center, and a wound outpatient clinic. The department has an acute 24-hour service and receives acute and elective patients from a large part of Region Zealand as well as elective patients according to the free choice of hospital agreement.

The department is divided into 9 sections for specialized diagnostics and treatment. In addition to the Foot-Ankle Section, there is a wound, infection and amputation section, shoulder-elbow section, trauma section, hip section, knee section, spine section, pediatric section and a sports surgery section.

The department handles a wide range of regional responsibilities as well as highly specialized functions. The department is thus one of the most specialized departments in Eastern Denmark.

Medical Staff of the Department

The Department of Joint and Bone Surgery has a norming of 26 consultants and 11 senior registrars. In addition, there are currently 19 junior doctors/1st-year registrars. Every year 9 interns are trained in the department, and there are continuously 11 main training doctors distributed among 5 doctors in their 1st and 2nd years and 6 doctors in their 3rd and 4th years.

Organization of Medical Work

The doctors in the 9 partly self-governing subspecialized sections work with fixed operating and outpatient days.

The department's registrars participate in 24-hour on-call duties as on-call backup along with the on-call shift.

Consultants mostly have day duties. The consultants participate in a part on-call rotation on weekdays every 2-3 weeks until 19:00 as well as a daytime on-call with subsequent standby duty one weekend every 3-4 months. Both with a view to rounds.

Education

Sjaellands University Hospital in Roskilde and Køge participates in Copenhagen University Hospital, a collaboration between the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the hospitals in the Capital Region and Region Zealand. The department is responsible for teaching medical students at all relevant stages and is involved in the rollout of the Master's track at Zealand University Hospital from spring 2019. The department has 4 clinical professors and a research lecturer. The department's Clinical Research Unit, CEBO, is led by the department's professor.

Salary and Employment Terms

Salary and terms of employment according to the applicable collective agreement.

Additional Information

Additional information about the position can be obtained by contacting Chief Physician Pasha Attarzadeh, 47 32 33 01, [email protected] or Section Chief Consultant Anna Kathrine Pramming, 47 32 34 25, [email protected] .

Applicants are asked in the application – with the best possible documentation – to address the seven competencies specifically.

About Zealand University Hospital

Zealand University Hospital is Denmark’s youngest university hospital and a key piece in Region Zealand’s ambitious hospital plan. Our mission is the patient, and the vision is supreme quality. In a world full of new possibilities and expectations, we see ourselves as pioneers who want to define a new, better and different way of running the health care system.

Our catchment area is characterized by a higher number of citizens with chronic illness and social challenges than the national average. Therefore, we work deliberately with innovation, new forms of collaboration and solutions that bring treatment closer to citizens.

With us you will be part of an ambitious workplace where cross-disciplinary collaboration, high professionalism and continuous improvements are a natural part of daily life. Our leadership values are innovation, followership, integrity and community, and they set the direction for how we work, develop and achieve good results – for both citizens and employees.

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