Experienced healthcare professional consultant for quality and integrated patient pathways

Do you want to help create better and more coherent pathways for patients?

In connection with the health reform, the health service is facing a major transformation, where more tasks must be solved closer to the citizens and in closer collaboration between hospitals, municipalities and general practice. It sets requirements for robust patient pathways, high quality in task execution and targeted development of daily operations.

Therefore we are looking for an experienced health-professional consultant for the Unit for Quality and Patient Pathways, who can develop and implement solutions in the clinical everyday life. You will play a central role in quality development and cross-sector collaboration at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital. In close collaboration with clinical environments, you will be able to translate development needs into concrete improvements that create value for the patients.

Your tasks will include

• Drive and coordinate development and implementation projects
• Support quality development in the clinic and improve workflows and patient pathways
• Strengthen the quality of care pathway plans in collaboration with clinical departments and municipalities
• Facilitate meetings, workshops and cross-cutting development processes
• Develop cohesive patient pathways across hospital, municipalities and general practice
• Contribute to management support and other operations and development tasks

You will have a broad contact surface and will collaborate with both clinical management, staff, municipal partners and general practice.

We are looking for you who

• Have a health-professional education, preferably as a nurse, and a relevant master's degree, e.g. cand.cur., MPH or cand.scient.san.
• Have experience with quality and development work in hospital
• Have experience with cross-sector collaboration
• Are analytically strong and can create overview of complex issues
• Have experience with project management and coordination of cross-cutting initiatives
• Are good at communicating both in writing and verbally

We place particular emphasis on that you

• Have experience from clinical practice and understanding of the conditions under which staff and managers work
• Are a strong facilitator, who can bring together different professional groups and create progress in processes
• Work independently, in a structured way and follow up tasks to completion
• Have good collaboration skills and can navigate in a complex organization with many stakeholders
• Thrive in the intersection between operations, development and implementation

Who are we?

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital is one of Denmark’s largest acute hospitals and one of the national cancer centers. The hospital covers several major specialties, has several highly specialized functions and conducts research at an international level. We are about 7,700 employees with an annual budget of just under 6 billion DKK.

The Department for Quality, Coherence and Development is located at Gentofte Hospital and consists of two units with a total of 35 employees: Unit for Quality and Patient Pathways and Unit for Research, Innovation and Digitisation.

The Unit for Quality and Patient Pathways supports the hospital's departments and management in cross-sector collaboration, patient safety, quality and improvement work, as well as patient and relative involvement.

We offer a position on a busy and solution-oriented workplace characterized by professional pride and willingness to improve. Together with the hospital's other staff, clinical departments and the region's other hospitals and centers, we work purposefully to ensure that our patients and employees feel well treated. In the unit we have engaged staff and an informal and constructive work climate.

Working hours, terms and application deadline

The position is permanent with an average weekly working time of 37 hours. We have flexitime and possibilities for remote work.

Salary and employment terms will as a rule be in accordance with the AC or DSR collective agreement. There is a possibility to negotiate allowances corresponding to your qualifications.

We have offices at Gentofte Hospital. However, there will be meeting activities and similar at Herlev Hospital and at the municipalities in the hospital's planning area.

The position is hoped to be filled on 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The application deadline is Wednesday 4 November 2026. First interviews are expected to be held in week 46 and any second interviews in week 47.

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to call Unit Manager Trine Riis on tel. 25 31 82 00.