Epidemiologist with strong analytical skills and experience with quality development in the healthcare system (Aalborg, Aarhus, Odense or Copenhagen)

The Health Sector Quality Institute (SundK) is seeking a strong analyst for data-driven and evidence-based quality development across the health system - with a focus on cardiovascular diseases and chronic illnesses.

Would you like to contribute to strengthening the quality of the Danish health system? We are looking for an engaged colleague who will help develop a more data-based, targeted and effective quality work across the sectors and actors of the health system - for the benefit of patients and citizens of Denmark.

You will play a central role in driving, analyzing, interpreting and communicating results from the clinical quality databases - and contribute to translating insights into concrete quality improvements across the health system. The work is carried out in close collaboration with health professionals, management, patients and other key actors with the common goal of ensuring high and uniform quality in the investigation, treatment and follow-up for patients.

The position provides an opportunity to influence and develop the efforts for people with chronic illness - currently among other things by supporting the implementation of care pathways for people with chronic disease (chronic care packages) and following the expansion of the packages to the relevant patient groups and the impact on quality for the patients.

About the job

You will be employed in the Quality Unit A, where the focus is on the cardiac area, musculoskeletal area and chronic diseases. The unit consists of about 20 employees who work broadly with SundK’s core tasks: clinical guidelines, visitation guidelines, analyses and assessments, patient safety work and clinical quality databases.

As an epidemiologist you will contribute analytical competencies to SundK and have a varied daily life with good opportunities to contribute to the development of both the institute’s and the quality unit’s work to strengthen quality, equality and coherence in the care path for people with chronic diseases.

You will be attached to the function of clinical quality bases and will in daily work collaborate closely with, among others, data managers and quality consultants on the development and operation of several clinical quality databases. You will become part of steering groups in selected quality databases, where you collaborate with health professionals, management representatives and patients on data-supported quality development.

In the steering groups you contribute to identifying and discussing central quality challenges and selecting tools to address these. In continuation of this you will contribute to a suitable construction of quality databases, including the establishment of relevant and robust quality indicators that can illuminate central quality challenges.

In addition you will work with analysis and interpretation of data as well as communication of knowledge and recommendations with a view to supporting concrete quality improvements within specific disease areas and interventions.

We offer

• a dynamic organization in rapid development
• an opportunity to influence the development of treatment quality for people with chronic disease
• a diverse portfolio of tasks including both operations and development within central areas of the health system
• a strong interdisciplinary collaboration in SundK as well as close cooperation with health professionals and other actors across the country
• a high professional level, dedication and good opportunities for collegial sparring
• flexibility and influence over the planning of your work tasks
• a casual and welcoming collaborative culture.

Your tasks

You will, among other things,

• Support the development, updating and implementation of clinical guidelines in the psychiatry area
• Facilitate workgroups and meetings with clinical experts and professional societies
• Advise on the selection of good topics, literature searches, evidence assessment and formulation of recommendations
• Contribute to translating research and evidence into practice-oriented recommendations
• Ensure progress in guideline projects in close collaboration with the professional environments
• Contribute to further development of methods, processes and tools in guideline work
• Take part in cross-cutting collaborations with, among others, quality consultants and epidemiologists in SundK on quality, data and improvement of patient pathways.

Your tasks will include

• participating in the unit's work with data-supported quality development focusing on the area of chronic diseases, including SundK’s support of chronic care packages
• represent SundK in the steering groups of the quality databases and contribute with epidemiological methods and an improvement focus, including defining populations and quality indicators
• analyzing and interpreting data with a view to translating results into usable knowledge and concrete quality improvements
• communicating results in a recipient-oriented and academically solid manner, both in writing and orally
• documenting the contents of the databases and ensuring transparency in data quality, evidence base and methodology
• advising partners locally and nationally on data-supported quality development
• collaborating with colleagues on quality development and prioritization in the health system, including the development of visitation guidelines, clinical guidelines, analyses and assessments
• collaborating with health system actors on quality development within the unit’s focus areas with an eye to synergies with SundK’s other core tasks.

About you

We emphasize that you

• have experience with quality development in the health system, preferably across sectors and professional disciplines
• have experience with data analysis, preferably based on the national health registers
• have worked with epidemiological methods
• can navigate in complex settings and maintain focus on progress in the shared task
• have insight into and an interest in the organization of the health system
• have a relevant academic education, preferably supplemented with a PhD degree.

As a person you are

• a frontrunner who can take responsibility for and drive new tasks
• a strong team player who can achieve consensus across different professional disciplines and organizations
• good at aligning, communicating expectations and boundaries as well as achieving progress in your collaborations
• solution-oriented and see new possibilities
• systematic, analytical and able to create overview
• a skilled communicator who can translate complex results into clear and usable messages
• proactive with a flair for change management.

Salary and employment terms

The position is 37 hours per week and desired to be filled by January 1, 2027.

Salary and employment terms follow the applicable collective agreement. Depending on your competences, experiences, educational background and the content of the position there may be an opportunity for employment as a special consultant.

Working location may be in Odense (Forskerparken), Aarhus N (Hedeager), Aalborg (NOVI Science Park) or Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet). You should expect some travel activity due to internal and external collaborations.

You will be employed by Region Midtjylland with the work site in Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense or Copenhagen.

Habilitation policy: As of January 1, 2027 SundK will introduce a habilitation policy to support openness, transparency and trust in SundK's work with quality development and patient safety in the Danish health system.

As an employee of SundK you will be covered by the habilitation policy. Read more here: https://www.sundk.dk/nyheder/sundk-vedtager-habilitetspolitik/

Application

Submit your application, CV, certificate of education and relevant attachments via our online recruitment system no later than Thursday, October 29, 2026 . We anticipate conducting interviews November 5, 2026 in Odense (Forskerparken).

Would you like to hear more? You are welcome to contact epidemiologist Christian Skødt Antoniussen, tel. 2170 2204 or unit leader Charlotte Cerqueira 2921 4916.

About SundK

The Health Sector Quality Institute has as its overarching purpose to support strengthened, data-based and more targeted quality work as well as better prioritization and resource use for the benefit of patient treatment in Denmark. The mission is to ensure high and uniform quality as well as efficient prioritization throughout the health system in close collaboration with the health system’s actors.

We create synergy between five core areas

• Clinical guidelines
• Visitation guidelines
• Nationwide clinical quality databases
• Assessments and analyses of treatment forms and health technologies
• Work with unintended events and the Danish Patient Safety Database

We are just over 180 employees spread across our four offices in Aarhus, Aalborg, Copenhagen and Odense. See more about Sundhedsvæsenets Kvalitetsinstitut on our website  SundK.dk

As Region Midtjylland regularly carries out savings and reorganizations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU's pay transparency directive, which came into force on June 7, 2026, obligated to inform you about starting salary or a salary range before offering employment.

Here you can find Region Midtjylland's salary catalog for most professional groups and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Salary transparency before employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk