Deputy Head of the Department of Clinical Porters

Souschef for the Department of Clinical Porters, Sterile Central Units, Aid Equipment Depots & Bed Linens at Rigshospitalet in the Service Center.

Do you have an ambitious approach to operations and service, and would you like to contribute to ensuring development and training of all staff, as well as assist in the department’s development in relation to quality and direction.

The department is part of the Service Center with over 1,600 employees spread across seven departments and supports the clinic with a wide range of operational and service activities, including meal preparation, cleaning, sterilization, patient transport, supply of clinical goods and equipment, and operation of the patient hotel.

Do you want to help create strong operations, develop leaders and ensure good conditions for staff and patients?

At Rig Hospitalet we are looking for an engaged and proactive sous-chef for Patient Transport, etc., who is willing to share responsibility for the daily operation and development of a department with great significance for the hospital’s overall task execution.

We are looking for someone who is motivated by achieving results through people, and who thrives in a complex organization where collaboration, quality and efficient use of resources are crucial.

You will become part of a management team where trust, respect, curiosity and clarity are valued, and where we believe that the best results are created together.

A central role in management

As sous-chef you will be the close collaboration partner and sparring partner of the functional head and will play an important role in the overall management, operation and development of the department.

You will, together with the functional head and other department leaders, ensure that our strategic goals and decisions are translated into concrete actions in daily operations.

You will have a broad contact surface and will work closely with functional leaders, staff, clinical departments and other partners in the Service Center.

The position requires that you can see the whole and also get close to the operations when needed.

Your key tasks

You will among other things

• Support the daily operation and ensure coherence between the department’s different functions.
• Contribute to planning, coordination and prioritization of tasks and resources.
• Ensure systematic follow-up on operating targets, quality, productivity and service.
• Contribute to strengthening and developing collaboration with the clinical departments.
• Support and spar with the department’s functional leaders on operational, managerial and personnel matters.
• Contribute to a good working environment with focus on well-being, collaboration and job satisfaction.
• Promote a respectful, trust-based and development-oriented leadership culture.
• Assist in developing leaders and employees’ competencies.
• Support the implementation of organizational changes and new ways of working.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the department’s strategic goals and action plans.

We seek a leader with strong operational understanding

We imagine that you have relevant leadership experience, experience in leading leaders, experience from the hospital sector and preferably familiarity with the porter area and/or the sterile central.

You have worked with operations management, personnel management and organizational development and understand the challenges of leading in a complex organization with many professional groups and stakeholders.

We emphasize that you

• Have experience with leading and developing employees and leaders.
• Have knowledge of financial management, budgets and follow-up.
• Can translate strategic goals into concrete actions and results.
• Can prioritize and make decisions in a complex and rapidly changing operation.
• Have strong collaboration skills and can build relationships across professional groups and organizational levels.
• Can handle operational and personnel challenges constructively.

Your leadership style is important

We believe that good leadership is about achieving results through others.

Therefore we are seeking a sous-chef who is focused on developing people, creating followership and ensuring the best possible conditions for both leaders and staff to succeed.

You are a leader who meets others with respect and curiosity, and who can combine a trust-based approach with direction, expectation alignment and follow-up.

We place particular emphasis on that you

• Are proactive, relationship-building and trust-inspiring.
• Communicate clearly, respectfully and on equal terms.
• Are decisive and solutions-oriented.
• Are curious, development-oriented and open to new solutions.
• Can create followership, engagement and job satisfaction.
• Have a holistic understanding of the organization’s tasks and goals.
• Demonstrate integrity, responsibility and good situational awareness.

We offer

With us you get an exciting and varied leadership position in an organization with an important societal task.

You will become part of a management community where we work with open dialogue, shared responsibility and an ambition to continuously improve.

We offer a workplace where

• You will play a central role in the management and development of the department.
• There is focus on collaboration, quality and continuous improvements.
• We prioritize integrity, respect and trust in our leadership work.
• You will have the opportunity to develop both professionally and in leadership.
• Your efforts directly influence the hospital’s operations and thus the patients.

A position at a lively and development-oriented workplace, where there is a focus on strong leadership and time for leadership with a high degree of influence on the department’s development.

Salary and employment

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the current collective agreement with the possibility of negotiating supplements based on qualifications.

Working hours are 37 hours per week.

Start on January 1, 2027 or as soon as possible.

Further information about the position can be obtained from the functional head Pernille Strandholm [email protected]

You apply for the position by submitting application, CV and relevant educational documents as well as any references via the link in the advertisement.

Applications must be received no later than November 13, 2026.

Rigshospitalet is a smoke-free workplace.