Head of Unit for Law in the Health Service

Do you want to go right to the core of one of Denmark's largest health-law units? Can you contribute to high quality in legal casework and create the best framework for providing health-law assistance in the Zealand Region?

At the turn of the year, the Capital Region of Denmark and Region Zealand will become Region Østdanmark. This means that new organizations, collaborations and workflows must be created across, and that we will have the opportunity to think about functions and solutions in new ways.

In Corporate Health we are looking for a skilled unit head for the Legal Affairs in Healthcare, who will be a key player in shaping the health-law field .

Structure of Legal Affairs in Healthcare .

As unit head you will play a central role in helping to shape Legal Affairs in Healthcare in Region Østdanmark.

The unit is based on the understanding that the health reform and the establishment of Region Østdanmark create new opportunities and impose new requirements on the health system. This development calls for a strong cross-cutting legal unit that creates the legal framework for a cohesive, close and sustainable health system in the region.

Your task will primarily be to build a unit that supports both stable operations and the necessary transformation of the health system through legal advice and qualified support of the region's authorities’ tasks and management decisions. At the same time, the unit should help to clarify authority, responsibility and scope across the entire health system and across sectors.

As a central legal unit, the unit should be a professional partner for the entire corporate group, hospitals, municipalities, general practice sector, authorities and other partners. The goal is to create a strong common legal environment that supports cohesive patient pathways for all citizens in Region Østdanmark and a secure implementation of the health reform.

The new legal unit consists of three sections, each with a section chief who reports to the unit head, and the unit has a total of 44 employees.

You will become part of the Health Corporate leadership, which consists of the management, 13 unit heads and 18 section heads, and you will report to the Director of the Health Corporate, Charlotte Hosbond.

Leadership in Health Corporate

As a leader in Health Corporate we expect that you

• Can exercise strategic leadership and translate goals and ambitions into action
• Are a qualified sparring partner for the political level, the corporate management and the executive leadership
• Actively contribute to the overall leadership group and share responsibility for the whole across
• Can navigate confidently among many stakeholders and collaborators both inside and outside the region
• Are curious about the reality that characterizes, for example, hospitals and the other units in the regions, as well as in cross-sector collaboration with others
• Create trust, direction and engagement through a clear, relational and participatory leadership style.

Your profile

We are looking for a unit head who

• Is a cand.jur. (Master of Law) and has several years of experience in professional leadership and personnel management
• Has a strong legal expertise and can contribute to solving complex health-law issues and set direction for the legal task performance as well as interact with other professional areas
• Has an eye for case flows and processes and can ensure that the unit's areas of operation have the right framework to deliver the necessary quality, production and case processing time
• In leadership work focuses on supporting, mentoring and developing and ensuring a good working environment. Your leadership should be clearly grounded in values such as openness, trust and dialogue. You have a sense for both detail and the big picture.

In addition we place emphasis on the following personal characteristics and competences

• You have strong analytical capacity and thus good prerequisites for strategic and forward-looking thinking. You must be able to handle and act in high complexity without losing overview
• You have well-developed communication skills that help ensure buy-in in a broad sense. You are able to convey messages precisely and motivatingly at all levels
• You are relationally strong and collaborative. You are outgoing and network-building in relation to the many actors and stakeholders in the area, and you thrive in relationship-based work
• You are holistic and collaborative and focused on joint value creation
• You are proactive, with both the ability and willingness to help find new ways to handle the many and complex challenges that the region faces
• You are a caring manager who has an eye for what the situation and the individual employee needs.

Contributing to building something new

With the establishment of Region Østdanmark on January 1, 2027, you will become part of Denmark’s largest region – an organization with around 2.8 million citizens and more than 65,000 employees. The merger is also the largest union of a public workplace in Denmark.

As of January 1, 2027, Legal Affairs in Healthcare will have bases in Hillerød and Sorø. Together with you we will decide where your primary base should be.

However, you must be prepared for ongoing meetings and tasks across the region – even though we in daily work manage many things via Teams, emails and phone.

The practical

Interested? Then send us a motivated application, CV and exam papers no later than November 4, 2027.

The position is full-time and to be filled on January 1, 2027

We will hold first interviews on November 12 and 13, 2026 and second interviews on November 20, 2026. Tests may be part of between the first and second interview.

Salary and employment terms are in accordance with the Chief Officers’ Agreement (22.02.01) with placement as other administrative chiefs at grade 51 plus annual allowance. There will additionally be an opportunity to negotiate salary based on your specific qualifications.

Would you like to know more?

If you have questions, please send a text to Helene Buch Jürs (PA for Director Charlotte Hosbond), at mobile: 21447198 or email: [email protected] , and you will subsequently be contacted by the Director of Health Corporate, Charlotte Hosbond.

You can also read more here

Region Øst at: https://www.regionoest.dk/

Capital Region of Denmark: https://www.regionh.dk/

Region Zealand: https://www.regionsjaelland.dk/