Methodology consultant with experience in psychiatry for the Health Service Quality Institute (Odense, Aalborg, Aarhus or Copenhagen)

Do you have clinical experience from psychiatry and would you help support the development of clinical guidelines in close collaboration with the country\'s leading professionals in the field of psychiatry?

Then perhaps you are the one we are looking for as a method consultant at the Danish Health Authority\'s Quality Institute (SundK).

SundK, in connection with the 10-year plan for Psychiatry and Mental Health, has been tasked with supporting Danish Multidisciplinary Psychiatry Groups in developing clinical guidelines. Therefore, we need another method consultant in SundK\'s Quality Unit B - Psychiatry, Acute Illness, Pregnancy and Children.

About the position

You will become part of the Quality Unit B, which among other things supports the Danish Multidisciplinary Psychiatry Groups (DMPG) in the development and updating of clinical guidelines.

DMPG brings together professionals across specialties and sectors with the shared goal of ensuring high and consistent quality in assessment, treatment and follow-up for people with mental disorders. As a method consultant you will play a central role in collaboration with the professional environments and contribute to ensuring that the guidelines are developed on an evidence-based basis and translated into usable recommendations for clinical practice.

You will work closely with psychiatrists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers and other professional groups from across the country.

In addition you will be part of SundK\'s cross-cutting Guidelines Function, where we develop common methods, tools and workflows across the organization.

Your tasks

You will among other things

• Support the development, updating and implementation of clinical guidelines in the psychiatry area
• Facilitate working groups and meetings with clinical experts and professional associations
• Advise on the selection of good topics, literature searches, evidence assessment and formulation of recommendations
• Contribute to translating research and evidence into practice-oriented recommendations
• Ensure progress in guideline projects in close collaboration with the professional environments
• Contribute to further development of methods, processes and tools in the guidelines work
• Participate in cross-cutting collaborations with, among others, quality consultants and epidemiologists in SundK on quality, data and improvement of patient pathways

With us you get

• A central role in the development of future quality work in the psychiatry area
• Opportunity to work closely with some of the country\'s strongest professional environments
• A varied daily life with both methodological work, process facilitation and development tasks
• An engaged and interdisciplinary work environment with high professional standards and helpful colleagues
• A high degree of autonomy and the opportunity to influence tasks and ways of working
• Good opportunities for professional and personal development.

About you

We imagine that you

• Have a relevant health sciences or health professional education and experience with quality development, evidence work or similar methodological tasks
• Have clinical experience from psychiatry and insight into the challenges and opportunities that characterize the field
• Have an interest in evidence-based practice, quality development and clinical guidelines
• Work in a structured and analytical way
• Are good at building relationships and facilitating collaboration across professional groups and organizations
• Can drive processes independently while also engaging in close cooperation.

Salary and employment terms

The position is 37 hours per week with a permanent appointment as of 01 January 2027.

Salary and employment terms follow the applicable collective agreement with the possibility of negotiation of allowances.

You will be employed in Region Central Denmark with a work location in Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense or Copenhagen.

As of 1 January 2027 SundK will introduce a conflict-of-interest policy to support openness, transparency and trust in SundK\'s work with quality development and patient safety in the Danish healthcare system.

As an employee of SundK you will be covered by the conflict-of-interest policy. Read more here: https://www.sundk.dk/nyheder/sundk-vedtager-habilitetspolitik/

Application

Submit your application, CV, certificates and any other relevant documents via our online system no later than 9 November 2026. We will conduct interviews on 16 November 2026 in Aarhus.

If you have questions about the job as a method consultant in our Guidelines Function, you are welcome to contact Functional Manager Sasja Jul Håkonsen at tel. 2478 6241. For personnel matters and the quality unit\'s tasks you are welcome to contact Unit Manager Katrine Abildtrup Nielsen at tel. 29 66 42 95.

About SundK

The Danish Health Authority\'s Quality Institute (SundK) has as its overarching purpose to support strengthened, databased and more targeted quality work and a better prioritization and resource use to benefit patient care in Denmark. The mission is to ensure high and consistent quality and efficient prioritization across the healthcare system in close cooperation with the actors in the healthcare sector.

We create synergy between five core areas

• Clinical guidelines
• Referral guidelines
• National clinical quality databases
• Evaluations and analyses of treatment forms and health technologies
• Work with adverse events and the Danish Patient Safety Database

We are a little over 180 employees distributed across our four offices in Aarhus, Aalborg, Copenhagen and Odense. See more about Sundhedsvæsenets Kvalitetsinstitut on our website SundK.dk

As Region Midtjylland periodically carries out savings and reorganizations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU transparency directive that came into force on 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you of the starting salary or a salary range for a position before offering employment.

Here you can find Region Midtjylland\'s salary catalog for most professional groups and positions found in Region Midtjylland:  Transparency before employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk