Introductory positions in internal medicine at Bornholm Hospital

Would you like to qualify in the assessment and treatment of acutely ill medical patients? Bornholm Hospital's Department of Medical Diseases has three introductory positions in internal medicine available for filling by December 1, 2026. The positions are for 12 months.

You can apply for the positions if you have completed your KBU.

Responsibilities

• See acute patients as an on-call middle-grade, together with our on-call supervisor and our skilled and experienced nurses in the Emergency Department
• At night you are the sole medical doctor, with the medical on-call supervisor summoned from home, and the possibility to come in.
• Ward rounds on our medical ward
• Outpatient function in a medical outpatient clinic, in rotating specialties
• Possibility of fixed administrative tasks

Specialties and competencies

• As a middle-grade you see most things within internal medicine specialties including neurology and pediatrics, and you see patients of all ages. You will also see psychiatric patients, as Bornholm does not have a 24-hour psychiatric emergency department.
• You will strengthen your competence in broad internal medicine, with all types of patients, and also have the opportunity to find out which specialty you want to work further with.
• Possibility, together with your on-call role, to follow one or two specialties more closely, e.g. by having a fixed ward-round function in a specialty for a period or by following a selected outpatient clinic.

Learning environment and advantages

• Lots of experience and many patient contacts
• Practical learning, training in clinical procedures and teaching
• Participation in two daily interprofessional conferences with specialists from at least 5 different specialties.
• Opportunity to teach
• Accommodation close to other junior doctors
• You will become part of the good community our junior doctors enjoy, both at work and in your free time
• Beautiful Bornholm nature in your leisure time

We promise that it will be an exciting and educational time.

About you

• You are curious about medical patients who often have multiple comorbidities
• You wish to contribute to creating good patient pathways
• You have good collaboration skills and are ready to collaborate with many different professional groups
• You are good at maintaining a good tone, even in a busy shift.

About us

Bornholm Hospital belongs to the Region Hovedstaden and is the island’s only hospital.

The Department of Medical Diseases receives a broad and unsorted patient clientele within internal medicine and houses many specialties – including cardiology, pulmonology, endocrinology, neurology, geriatrics, palliative care, nephrology with dialysis, and oncology.

The Department of Medical Diseases functions as a unified unit and is normed to 43 beds and 5 children’s places, including a palliative ward with 5 beds. The Department of Medical Diseases has about 4,000 admissions and 30,000 outpatient visits annually.

The hospital has associated specialists in a number of specialties and thus also participates in specialized treatment pathways. In the palliative area, we cooperate with Diakonissestiftelsen.

We have about 6 KBU programs per six months, 2-3 doctors in introductory positions, 4 doctors in partial introductory positions with BFH, 1 HU doctor in general medicine and 1 HU doctor in geriatrics.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms follow the collective agreement for Junior Doctors.

It is a condition of employment that a clean criminal record certificate can be obtained.

Authorized healthcare professionals with patient contact who do not have a Danish education must, when employed in the Region Hovedstaden, meet the Danish language proficiency requirement* in another manner.

Further information

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Chief Consultant Knut Augustin at tel. 38 67 18 33, email: [email protected] or Chief Physician Diana Utech Kaiser at tel. 38 67 19 26, email: [email protected].

Apply for the position

Send your application, CV and other relevant documents via our online recruitment system no later than Oct 25, 2026. We expect to hold interviews in week 44, either on Bornholm or virtually.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Read about Bornholm Hospital at www.bornholmshospital.dk

Curious about the job and life on the island

You can meet some of our staff here and read more about our strategy, our characteristics and life on the island: https://www.bornholmshospital.dk/job-og-uddannelse/Sider/default.aspx

About life on Bornholm: Bornholm is in many ways special. We have waterfalls, cliffs, the roar of the sea and the finest sand. All within a short distance. We enjoy the island’s many quality raw materials. The cultural and leisure life is marked by music and food festivals, local sea kayak and winter bathing clubs are springing up, and we are blessed with impressive experiential hiking and cycling routes. Never further away than it is affordable to go outdoors and combine daily life with leisure, friends and well-being. And all of this while Copenhagen and access to the big city are just a short time away.

If you are not already familiar with Bornholm, you can get good advice by visiting the site www.næstestopbornholm.dk

Read about Bornholm on the Facebook page “Næste stop Bornholm”, www.brk.dk or www.bornholm.info

*Authorized healthcare professionals with patient contact who do not have a Danish education must, upon employment in the Region Hovedstaden, have passed a Danish test (Danish training 3, corresponding to the 9th grade final exam) or at least be able to pass the test no later than 1 year after employment, or have obtained equivalent language competencies in Danish in another way.

Application deadline: Oct 25, 2026

Location: Bornholm Hospital