Head of Cross-Sector Collaboration, Health and Hospital Planning, Aarhus University Hospital

Do you want to help set the direction for how Aarhus University Hospital, together with municipalities and general practice, creates coherent patient pathways closer to the citizen?

As the functional head of Cross-Sectoral Collaboration, you will be an important part of AUH's work with the health reform – and with a health system that has a stronger population responsibility and better coherence between the hospital and the local health services.

We are seeking an experienced leader with in-depth knowledge of cross-sectoral collaboration who can set the direction for the competent staff in the team for Cross-Sectoral Collaboration, which is part of Health and Hospital Planning in the Hospital Staff. You know the conditions, actors and fora of the sectors and can build on the established collaborative relationships so we maintain momentum in a time of major changes. And you must be a good and present people manager for your staff.

About the position

You will take responsibility for the team for Cross-Sectoral Collaboration, which supports AUH's collaboration with municipalities, general practice and civil society. The team operates at the intersection of the Health and Hospital Management (SHL), the clinical departments and the cross-sectoral collaboration fora and is a central part of AUH's work to implement the health reform.

We are seeking a functional leader who can dive straight into the task and further develop the team's work and the collaborations that are already established with municipalities, general practice and the region. You will have overall responsibility for the team's task portfolio with a focus on coherence, prioritization and good processes for follow-up, and you will ensure a balance between new tasks from the reform and the existing tasks.

The task requires that you can create alignment through leading specialists, prioritizing in a broad and complex task portfolio and translating political and strategic goals into concrete collaboration models and solutions.

You will also be part of the management group in Health and Hospital Planning together with three functional heads and the head of the department and will join the Hospital Staff's overall management team. You should contribute to strong cohesion both within the department and across the Hospital Staff as a whole.

Your core tasks

• support the development of coherent patient pathways across sectors
• ensure coherence in the chain between Health and Hospital Management, Aarhus Health Council and Strategic Director Forum – including secretariat support and preparation of decision bases
• support health agreements and new cross-sectoral collaboration models with municipalities, general practice and civil society
• contribute to developing and driving the strategic collaboration with municipalities and general practice and build strong cross-sector relationships
• translate intentions from national, regional and local health plans into concrete actions and solutions at AUH
• coordinate with internal partners in Region Midtjylland, including Health Planning (SUPL) and the region's other hospitals, and ensure AUH's contribution to the processes running regionally
• support the implementation of citizen-centered solutions and task transfers between the hospital and the local health services
• involve data on disease burden, activity and needs in the work with population health management and cross-sectoral initiatives
• advise department management and SHL on cross-sectoral issues.

Your profile

We seek a leader with solid experience from the cross-sectoral area and good relational skills, who can lead a professionally strong team that acts as the link between the hospital and its partners. We emphasize that you know the tasks in depth from practice and understand how the collaboration between hospital, municipalities and general practice works in everyday life – in both the formal fora, in the concrete patient pathways and in interaction with the region. You thrive in a role with many stakeholders and have experience delivering results in collaborations where no single actor has full mandate.

We expect that you

• have leadership experience with personnel responsibility for academic staff
• have several years of practical experience with cross-sectoral collaboration between hospital, municipalities and general practice
• know the cross-sectoral collaboration structures, including health agreements, health councils and collaboration with the practice sector
• are well acquainted with the internal partners in Region Midtjylland, including Health Planning (SUPL), and with the planning and decision-making processes that run regionally toward political approval
• have experience in secretariat support for management and political fora and in preparing decision material
• have experience in building and maintaining strong relationships with leaders and key personnel across sectors
• have insight into the health reform and the national and regional frameworks for the health service as well as an understanding of the framework conditions of a politically led organization
• have analytical skills and good data literacy
• have a relevant academic degree
• are good at communicating in writing and orally in Danish
• can translate complex problems into direction and prioritization
• create collaboration and followership across strong professional environments and sectors.

About Health and Hospital Planning

Health and Hospital Planning is part of the Hospital Staff at Aarhus University Hospital. The department combines classical hospital planning tasks with new strategic development tasks in close collaboration with municipalities, general practice and other actors in the health system. Tasks range from planning the hospital's capacity, facilities and specialties to analyses and decision bases for the management system and cross-sectoral collaboration.

The department is led by the head of Health and Hospital Planning and consists of four teams with about 30 staff from different backgrounds. The department is newly established by bringing together teams from two staff departments, and you will have the opportunity to help shape its shared culture and working methods. We value professionalism, collaboration and an informal tone. There is room to think big and good opportunities for development.

The workplace is located at Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard at AUH.

Appointment process

The application deadline is 22 November 2026 and we expect interviews to be held on 26 November 2026.

Start date 1 January 2027 or according to agreement.

Questions about the position should be directed to Anders Vedsted, Head of Health and Hospital Planning, by email [email protected] , where a possible phone call can also be arranged.

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

The position is, as a rule, a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continuously implements savings and reorganizations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

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