Clinical Genetic Department, OUH is seeking a medical secretary or healthcare administrative coordinator

Do you want to be part of a department that puts the patient first? If you find genetics exciting and you love making a difference - then we are the right place for you. We are looking for a dedicated medical secretary or health administrative coordinator for a temporary position, expected to last 6 months, with start date 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible. The department's secretariat consists of six medical secretaries and a secretariat manager.

In the team we are not afraid of renewal and innovation, and the staff have the opportunity to influence workflows and task solving. The secretariat is driven by team spirit and interaction. As a medical secretary or health administrative coordinator you will be an important contributor with the patient at the center. You will therefore have close multidisciplinary collaboration with the department's other professional groups. We have a flat structure, where there is not a long way from thought to action.

The majority of the secretariat's work is linked to the outpatient function and the laboratory. The secretariat has developed instructions for all functions.

The department handles all functions within the specialty clinical genetics. We have a well-functioning genetic counseling service with more than 3,000 cases per year across the entire specialty, from regional to highly specialized levels. The department is also part of several European reference networks for rare diseases (ERN) and has established a Center for Hereditary and Complex Diseases (CAKS), which the secretariat also serves.

In the laboratory, a wide range of genetic analyses are performed in a clinical setting. The Clinical Genetics Department handles the prenatal analyses for the entire region. The laboratory is DANAK-accredited and performs more than 6,500 clinical analyses per year.

To the department is linked the research unit Clinical Genetics under the Clinical Institute, SDU. The research unit is physically located at the department and very active.

Your tasks will primarily consist of

• Registration of newly referred patients
• Follow-up of patient pathways
• Handling notes from the dictation list
• Booking and registration
• Telephone service
• Mail handling

We expect that you

• Are trained as a medical secretary or health administrative coordinator (non-negotiable requirement)
• Are engaged and quality-conscious in task execution
• Have a positive approach to renewal and changes
• Can join a collaborative work environment
• Show professional and friendly patient guidance
• Contribute to a good social working environment

We offer

• A personal onboarding program
• Collaboration with helpful, engaged and experienced colleagues
• Influence on your working hours including the possibility of a flex agreement. The secretariat must be staffed from 8:00 to 15:00, Monday to Friday
• Secretariat meetings every other week focusing on well-being and knowledge sharing
• Possibility of home-working days after completing the training period
• A diverse and challenging everyday life, where the tasks are solved through a good social collegial network, which is regularly nurtured outside the hospital's premises

If you have questions

From 12.10.2026 you can contact the secretariat manager, Rikke Dreyer: tel. 2758 8759.

The job description for medical secretary can be read here and will be the same for a health administrative coordinator.

Salary and employment terms

In accordance with the agreement between the Regional Pay and Tariff Board and HK.

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of the base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in Sundhedsadministrativt personale - overenskomst 32.09.1 - løn pr. 1.4.2026 . In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiable allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See Starting salary for positions in Region of Southern Denmark

Employment interviews are expected to be held on 28.10.2026