Internal position at Western Psychiatry, Psychiatry in Slagelse

There’s a shorter commute to Vest than you think – if you’re curious about psychiatry you could become our new I-physician.

Would you like to try your hand at psychiatry as a clinical specialty and research field? Then you may be our new physician colleague in Psychiatry Vest.

We have two I-positions with start on 1 January 2027 or by arrangement. 3800ZV1-50-i-06 and 3800ZV1-50-i-15.

Our I-positions consist of an intensive acute period (6 months) in our psychiatric emergency reception (PAM) and a period (6 months) at a general or specialized inpatient ward.

The daily work will mainly consist of independent ward rounds and on-call duties, both under supervision of the principal supervisor and clinical supervisor.

Additionally, a cognitive psychotherapy program is offered, together with accompanying individual supervision of 10-15 sessions and the possibility for group supervision.

We offer a well-established and diverse educational program, as well as the opportunity to teach yourself.

Region Zealand’s Psychiatric Research Unit is also located in the Psychiatric Hospital, and there will be a dynamic medical and multidisciplinary research environment that includes psychotherapy, psychopathology, forensic psychiatry, personality disorders, early detection of psychosis and research across psychiatry and somatics.

There is the opportunity to participate in the I-course, basic course in psychotherapy and research workshops.

Who are we?

The Psychiatric Hospital is located close to the somatic hospital, with which we collaborate clinically, in research and teaching.

Psykiatriserv Vest has a bus scheme between Copenhagen and the Psychiatric Hospital in Slagelse, with stops in DGI-byen and Valby. The bus runs on all weekdays. A portion of travel time counts as working time.

Who are you?

We want engaged junior doctors who see opportunities within the psychiatric specialty and have completed the KBU.

Previous internship in psychiatry as a medical student is a plus. For suitable applicants there will be good opportunities for longer-term attachment to the Slagelse Psychiatric Hospital.

You will become part of Psychiatry Vest under Midt- og Vestsjællands Hospital

An organization in development with about 520 employees. In Vest there are main functions for adults over 17 years within emergency reception, inpatient and outpatient functions. Psychiatry Vest also has specialized functions in treatment of affective disorders, traumatized refugees, PTSD and oligophrenia. We have a Fusion Clinic/Steno diabetes-psychiatry unit and work closely with Holbæk and Slagelse hospitals.

Psychiatry Vest has its own research unit with a professor in clinical pharmacology and several PhD students. In addition, we participate in many projects aimed at ensuring closer collaboration with our municipalities and police. We actively work to reduce the use of coercion and here cooperation with somatics is also important. Our aim is psychiatry with a focus on recovery, involvement of patients and networks, high professional standards, ethics and education.

In addition, the goal is to create the best possible learning environments for our various training programs for doctors, nurses, social and health care assistants, etc., and to ensure a healthy and safe working environment for patients and staff.

Further information

If you would like further information about the position, please contact our educationally responsible senior physician Taus Biba. We expect to hold recruitment interviews on an ongoing basis.

You can read more about Psykiatrien Vest .

Salary and terms of employment

The position is covered by the collective agreement: Subordinate doctors. In connection with employment in Psychiatry, a reference will be obtained.

Area of employment

Region Zealand and Region Hovedstaden will, on 1 January 2027, become Region Østdanmark as a result of the health reform. Your area of employment will be Region Østdanmark with all associated organizational units.

Read more about the meaning of the employment region on Region Østdanmark’s website.

Starting salary for employees under collective agreement

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of base salary, centrally set allowances and pension under the relevant collective agreement. In addition to starting salary, the pay may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See starting salary on the region’s website

About Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital

At Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital we work every day to promote healthy living by preventing and treating in a coherent health effort. As a hospital we unite psychiatry and somatics. Our goal is that patients and citizens experience good and safe pathways of high quality.

As an employee you become part of an innovative, professionally and organizationally robust hospital where we make a difference for the people who need us. Learning and development are part of everyday life and happen in professionally committed communities, also across departments.

Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital covers a catchment area of about 230,000 residents. We have 766 beds and about 5,000 employees spread across 20 departments, including 16 somatic and psychiatric specialties.

We offer a solid research environment with 13 professors and a strong professional educational environment, where every year we welcome about 2,700 students, trainees and doctors in postgraduate training programs.