Doctor for an unclassified position in the Eating Disorders Unit at the Psychiatric Center Ballerup

Are you interested in treating eating disorders, and would you like to gain more experience with both assessment, psychotherapeutic and medical treatment of mental disorders? You will perform your daily duties on the two 24-hour units for eating disorders with primary affiliation to the open ward 38. The intensive unit has 8 beds, and the open unit has room for 16 patients.

Everyday work and responsibilities

We treat patients with moderate to severe anorexia in a phased program. The main focus during inpatient care is behavior change to normalize weight and eating patterns as well as treatment of somatic complications.

There is psych psychotherapy, dietary guidance and eating training, psychopharmacological treatment, physiotherapy and social work assistance. In addition, we pay attention to assessment and treatment of psychiatric comorbidity and work on motivation to treatment during and after hospitalization.

In this context your tasks will be

• initial assessments
• admission of patients for planned hospitalizations
• development of treatment plans
• participation in treatment conferences and networking work
• the clinical work during rounds

All of which under supervision by experienced doctors and specialists and other staff. We place emphasis on a safe working environment with opportunities for professional sparring and a focus on learning.

The patient pathways and treatment principles are well described, and all staff support each other in daily work. Therefore there are good conditions to work as a physician, even if you do not have experience with the specific target group.

With us you get

• Common introduction and training and then on-call shifts
• Opportunity for supervision and joint teaching
• Always two doctors present on duty in addition to back-up and a specialist at the front, so you are not alone on shifts
• University environment with both undergraduate and postgraduate education and research

The professional environment at Psychiatric Center Ballerup

Become part of a large center with a good professional and collegial environment among our around 80 doctors of whom over 40 are specialists, a large group of younger doctors. We have:

• Emergency reception and 10 inpatient units
• 2 psychiatric outpatient clinics (FACT) in Gladsaxe and Ballerup, OPUS teams, 2 psychotherapeutic outpatient clinics and elder psychiatry outpatient clinic
• Special roles within eating disorders, PTSD and transcultural psychiatry with internationally leading research environments
• Education of doctors and other professionals

Employment terms

The position is 37 hours per week including on-call duties, and to be filled as soon as possible.

The position can be filled as a junior doctor at grade 1 (house officer) or grade 2 (1st junior physician) if you have authorization to work independently and several years of experience as a physician.

You will be employed according to the collective agreement for junior doctors, including provisions on working hours.

The outpatient clinic is open Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00. Your working hours will therefore primarily fall within this time frame.

The region is a 24/7 area, and you will, as needed, be scheduled for shifts outside the outpatient's opening hours in accordance with the collective agreement working time rules.

The position includes on-call duties, and you will therefore be part of the on-call team at the entire Psychiatric Center Ballerup.

Are you interested?

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact the department head physician Therese Nilsson at mail or chief physician Jens Drachmann Bukh at mail or on the telephone 2262 2813.

Apply for the position by uploading a motivated application, CV including information about education, certificates and any other qualifications via the link on this page.

The application deadline is November 22, 2026.

We look forward to reading your application and will invite for interviews on an ongoing basis.

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