Orthopaedic Surgery, Horsens Regional Hospital, seeks a competent specialist for our sports surgery department as of 01 February 2027

Start date: 1 February 2027 or by agreement.

Working hours: 37 hours per week.

About the position

We are seeking a skilled and experienced consultant (specialist) in orthopaedic surgery who wishes to further develop in sports surgery for our sports surgery sector.

We will expand the sports surgery sector at Horsens Regional Hospital as part of the “Structural transformation of Orthopaedic surgery in the Central Denmark Region.”

This means that the sports sector at Horsens Regional Hospital must be “lead” in sports surgery in close collaboration with the Central Denmark Region Hospitals and Aarhus University Hospital in the Central Region.

There is active work on professional, organizational, and technological solutions that will rethink and secure patient pathways in a cross-disciplinary and cross-organizational setup with good collaborative relationships. At the same time, there is high multidisciplinary research activity in the sports sector.

The position is desired to be filled by a consultant in orthopaedic surgery with documented interest and experience in sports surgery.

It is a shift-based position with presence at the hospital.

The Sports Surgery Sector has one chief physician and three consultants. The department is generally research-active and it is expected that you participate in research according to individual wishes and opportunities. Support is offered in the hospital’s research unit.

Upon recruitment as a consultant, you will become part of the department’s leadership group on equal footing with the other consultants, and you will report to the department management.

Your tasks include

• Clinical professional responsibility, including diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with sports-traumatic problems.
• Active participation in research and quality development.
• Supervision and training of junior doctors and other healthcare personnel in the department.
• Contribution to achieving the department’s production targets, ensuring proper diagnostic and treatment pathways and ensuring high quality and patient safety.
• Participation in general trauma surgery with focus on knee injuries

We are looking for a consultant who

• Has extensive professional knowledge and experience in sports surgery and who wishes to further develop in sports surgery.
• Is committed to both clinical and organizational work.
• Is good at working cross-disciplinary, cross-organizational, and has strong collaborative skills.
• Has experience with or interest in sector-relevant research projects and quality improvements.
• Is a positive, innovative, and decisive leader who can inspire and support colleagues.
• Can see the potential in transforming from “Choose wisely” to the approach
• Participates actively in supervision and teaching of both younger colleagues and students.

We offer

• A position in a department with a strong and cooperative team.
• A safe and warm work environment characterized by flat structure, humor, and mutual respect.
• Support for further education and research projects in close collaboration with the hospital’s research unit.
• Opportunity for development within sports surgery.

About Orthopaedic Surgery

The department covers orthopaedic surgery at a main function level – and we have competencies in trauma, hand, shoulder/elbow, hip, and sports traumatology as well as foot/ankle surgery. Additionally, we cover shoulder, foot/ankle, hip arthroscopy, and sports traumatology at the regional level. Horsens Regional Hospital has status as an Emergency Hospital, where we cover trauma reception – including acute orthopaedic surgery.

Orthopaedic surgery consists of various function areas; a clinic and a ward, as well as a number of agreed operative slots in the central operating division (COP) with a “preparation and recovery section (F&O)” and in the Day Surgery Center (DKC).

The department management consists of a chief physician and a chief nurse, and in addition the leadership group includes two senior head nurses, a leading educational responsible consultant, and a healthcare administrative leader to handle the near management of 15 medical secretaries, 50 nurses and social- and health assistants. There are 21 consultants, 10 training doctors, and a varying number of physicians in unclassified positions, for whom the chief physician has direct personnel management.

About Horsens Regional Hospital

Horsens Regional Hospital is one of the smaller hospitals in the Central Denmark Region, and we consider this one of our greatest strengths. We are there for patients day and night, but we are also good at sharing, including about shifts. With our hospital size we have a closeness and a sense of community that larger workplaces may find difficult to match. This makes daily collaboration easier because we know each other and know we have each other’s backs. Both when we succeed, and when we occasionally make a mistake. Then we learn from it together.

Our vision is 'Horsens Regional Hospital as an attractive workplace, education and treatment site, and partner with a focus on both employees and patients. You will meet almost 2,000 colleagues at Horsens Regional Hospital. Across departments and specialties we meet each other as people while also having our own professional profiles. This also applies when welcoming new colleagues.

In 2024, we took the first steps to become a ’Choose Wisely’ ambassador, where we work cross-disciplinary to identify and avoid unnecessary examinations and treatments for the benefit of patients and the healthcare system’s overall resources.

You can read more about Horsens Regional Hospital and Orthopaedic Surgery at www.horsens.rm.dk .

Salary and employment conditions

Salary and employment terms are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between Danish Regions and the Association of Young Doctors. Employment is conditional on a satisfactory child-protection clearance.

Employment is with Region Midtjylland with service currently at Orthopaedic Surgery, Horsens Regional Hospital.

Further information

Chief Physician Ole Juul, telephone 61668866 or email: [email protected]

Your application

Your application must be received no later than 22 October 2026.

Interviews are expected to be held on Tuesday 27 October 2026.

As Region Midtjylland continually implements savings and reorganizations, employees who are displaced and apply for the position will have priority.

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

You can find Region Midtjylland’s salary catalog for most job groups and positions in Region Midtjylland: Transparency before employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk