Doctor (tier 1) sought for the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Midt- and West Zealand Hospital Slagelse. Are you our new colleague?

At the Children's and Adolescent Department at Midt- and Vestsjaelland Hospital Slagelse we have a one-year position as a physician (unclassified) in pediatrics to be filled as of February 1, 2027.

About the position – what can we offer you?

Are you carrying a pediatrician in you? Or are you simply curious about whether pediatrics is for you? Then this position might be something for you. We offer attractive educational opportunities in a well-functioning department where high professionalism, good training and a safe and stimulating work environment form the foundation for our department.

Here you will have ample opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of neonatology, acutely ill children and adolescents, children and adolescents with chronic conditions, and children and adolescents with psychosocial disorders in close cooperation with your colleagues. Our aim is that you never feel alone.

You will join the 10-12 shift on-call rota and will always have a back-up on site. Furthermore, you will participate in other functions in the department such as rounds and outpatient clinics.

Ask our medical team what characterises our department and the answer is clear: High professional quality, a good educational environment and a strong sense of community with engaged colleagues where we help each other across the board. The morning conference starts at 08:30 due to train times and colleagues with longer travel.

Our educational environment is vibrant with a structured teaching program. Much of our teaching is based on interdisciplinary simulation training twice a week in acute neonatology and pediatrics, as well as larger simulation trainings in collaboration with colleagues from other departments. The department participates in teaching 6th semester medical students from the University of Copenhagen and generally views the education of physicians and other professionals as one of the department’s core competencies.

Our expectations of you

• You have an interest in – and preferably experience with – pediatrics
• You are curious to learn new things and meet patients and families where they are
• You contribute to a good working environment where we pull together and help each other
• You are easygoing and good at engaging in strong cross-disciplinary collaboration and community
• You contribute to our good educational and teaching environment
• Research experience (and interest) is an advantage but not a requirement

About the Department

You will become part of a dedicated department and medical team with chief physician and senior doctors in close collaboration with the permanent senior doctors, specialists and junior doctors in pediatrics as well as 12-14 junior doctors.

We have a ward with room for 18 children and a neonatal unit with 9 beds for ill newborns and premature babies from 28+0 weeks of gestation. In addition, we have a Pediatric Emergency Department and a large outpatient clinic, where we support good patient pathways, good education and a good working environment through structured supervision.

We handle approximately 5,000 contacts per year in the Pediatric Emergency Department and about 12,000 outpatient visits per year. Our interdisciplinary teams manage patient pathways in the areas of neonatology (regional function), endocrinology and diabetes, gastroenterology, nephrology, asthma, allergy and pulmonology, social pediatrics (regional function), neuro-pediatrics, rheumatology (regional function) and pediatric cardiology.

We have four clinical lecturers and a clinical research lecturer, who together with the department’s other doctors handle teaching and examinations of medical students.

We have an active research environment where our research responsible senior physician and research lecturer are passionate about involving young doctors in research; hence many of our junior doctors are involved in research projects in the department, and we currently have three PhD students. We also have a longstanding research collaboration with the Danish Pediatric Asthma Center (COPSAC) with several PhD students attached to the ABC Clinic in Næstved.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Salary and employment terms

The position is intended to be filled on 1 February 2027 or by agreement.

Employment is on contractual terms (Agreement for Subordinate Physicians 33-06-1) and is conditional on a satisfactory child safeguarding clearance.

If you are curious, you are very welcome to contact Chief Physician Cæcilie Trier Sønderskov at [email protected] for more information.

Application

Applications are to be submitted via the link and should include a motivated application, CV and relevant documentation, where you in the CV relate to the 7 physician roles.

Employment interview will be held on Monday, 14 December from 12:00 to 16:00

Area of employment

Region Zealand and Region Capital Copenhagen will become Region East Denmark on 1 January 2027 as a result of the health reforms. Your area of employment will be Region East Denmark with all its associated organizational units.

Read more about the significance of the area of employment on the Region East Denmark website.

Starting salary for unionized employees

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

See the 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 combine 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 a forward-thinking, 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 demanding communities. Also across departments.

Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital covers a catchment area of about 230,000 residents. We have 766 beds and around 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 we each year welcome about 2,700 students, apprentices and doctors in further education programs.