Consultant physician with a psychiatric profile sought for Denmark's prisons, Prison Sector West

Would you like to work in an exciting and educational niche of the health care system?

Vest Prison Circle is seeking a new department physician with a psychiatric background.

About the role as the psychiatric department physician in the Health Unit you will be responsible for the psychiatric treatment of the inmates at the sites, the sites Sdr. Omme Prison, Nr. Snede Prison, Møgelkær Prison, Aalborg Remand Prison, as well as our small remand houses in the central Jutland area, with primarily in-person presence during daytime on fixed scheduled weekdays.

The primary triage/visitation is performed by the Health Unit nurses, where at all sites there are assigned permanent nurses in the clinic, who handle the primary health care in collaboration with the department physicians at the sites. In addition to collaboration with other health professionals, there may be cooperation with the prison's other professional groups, e.g. prison guards, social workers and addiction treatment staff.

We emphasize that you

• Are a trained psychiatrist.
• Wish to help make a difference for some of society's most vulnerable, and understand that even a small difference can make a big difference for the inmates.
• Have good abilities to engage in collaborative relations with the Health Unit's other staff and the prison's staff in general.
• Wish to contribute to raising the professional level, and understand that consistency and standardization in patient care are essential.
• Contribute to and share responsibility for creating a good working environment with job satisfaction, well-being and good collaboration with your colleagues.
• Are present, and have a positive, humane outlook on life.
• Reliable in attendance.

We offer

• A workplace where the aim is to have time and opportunity for professional sparring across sites while working on various health care tasks.
• The possibility to work in a different part of the health care system.
• A flexible workplace where you will have great influence over your working hours.
• Opportunity for sparring with the other psychiatrists in the Health Unit.

About us

The Health Unit is still a relatively newly established unit, and has an independent health professional leadership that, among other tasks, has the job of raising and ensuring the quality of health care across all sites in Vest Prison Circle, while operations are optimized and made more efficient.

Salary and employment conditions

Employment and remuneration are in accordance with the Danish Agreement for Doctors in the State, concluded between the Ministry of Finance and Young Doctors and the corresponding local agreements. In addition, allowances may be agreed depending on experience and qualifications.

The employment area is Denmark's prisons, Vest Prison Circle. You will become part of the Health Unit, which organizationally belongs to the West Circle Office, Mosevej 5b, 8240 Risskov.

This is a 37-hour position with attendance on fixed agreed weekdays.

There will also be a need to handle minor psychiatric issues via email or telephone contact between you and the site nurses, therefore a certain availability time for email/dialogue, telephone dialogue, and telemedicine consultations is included in the hours.

There is no on-call obligation, and only in very special and rare situations is urgent attendance required.

The position is to be filled on January 1, 2027 or by other agreement

Application

You apply for the position via the link "Search for the position"

Your application with CV, documentation of education and prior experience must be received no later than Monday, November 16, 2026.

We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, which will take place at the West Circle Office, Mosevej 5b, 8240 Risskov.

It is a prerequisite for employment that you, in connection with the interview, consent to Denmark's Prisons obtaining and assessing information about you in the Central Criminal Register. Before employment we must receive documentation for CV, e.g., employment references.

If you are invited to an interview, you must bring identification, e.g., passport or driving license, to the interview.

Denmark's Prisons encourages all qualified applicants regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnicity to apply.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the coordinated department physician Mette Thestrup Christensen [email protected] or Chief Nurse Camilla Hungeberg [email protected]