Position as consultant paediatrician at the Department of Highly Specialized Neurorehabilitation, Inpatient Rehabilitation for Children and Young People – Hammel

A position as a consultant with specialty in pediatrics at Regionshospitalet Hammel Neurocenter (RHN), Hospitalsenhed Midt, within the complex and highly specialized area of rehabilitation of children and adolescents with acquired brain injury, is available for occupancy from January 1, 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Hammel Neurocenter is a highly specialized and internationally prominent university clinic that, as a professional development and research hospital, conducts neurorehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury based on individually tailored pathways built on a bio-psycho-social model of disease (the WHO-founded ICF criteria) with high interdisciplinarity and an inclusive approach.

About the position

We are seeking a pediatrician who, as part of the team in our clinic for children and young people (S6), is able to take responsibility in both the clinical, medical, scientific and/or organizational development of the field at Denmark’s leading neurorehabilitation hospital.

The position is a versatile clinical post with an expectation of involvement in teaching, education, and research within the highly specialized neurorehabilitation area. As part of the employment there will also be an expectation of active participation in elevating pediatric and adolescent neurorehabilitation across sectors at national and international levels.

The position is practically a full-time role, but we are open to considering a possible part-time arrangement where you would have functions at two hospitals and be involved in the medical work at both sites. Working hours and tasks are to be agreed between the hospitals after further arrangements.

The medical tasks in S6 include, among others

• active participation in the interdisciplinary team work including active involvement in care pathway management
• prognostication after brain injury
• handling of autonomic disturbances
• management of pathways where the patient is in a vegetative or minimally conscious state or where the patient has shunt-related issues

In addition there are professional tasks related to, for example, treatment of spasticity and epilepsy, which are general for the patient group at RHN.

We are seeking a physician who in clinical work

• has an understanding of the whole person in the rehabilitation process
• can lead in difficult patient cases characterized by significant cognitive symptoms
• has a good overview of complex pathways for neurologically injured patients, often with significant comorbidity
• has ambition to participate in professional development
• can participate in an interdisciplinary cross-professional collaboration around the patient’s treatment
• can be pathway- and professional-responsible in a potential subspecialty

The daily clinical work consists of

• ward rounds and general clinical work
• interdisciplinary conference activity
• patient-family meetings in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team
• collaboration across sectors and outpatient work

Patient and family collaboration is essential in the treatment of brain-injured patients with a significant effect on treatment outcomes, which is why the consultant must be able to work from an inclusive approach. Thus, good communication skills with recognition, respect, listening approach, and clarity about one’s own professional discipline are required, both in the core task, in the interdisciplinary collaboration, and in patient-family collaboration.

Social medical tasks and cross-sector collaboration are an important part of discharge processes to ensure coherent patient pathways. Necessary training and upskilling will be offered within the above areas in collaboration with the medical group or externally through continuing education activities, after agreement with the chief physician.

Applicants, based on the special needs of the patient group at S6, should possess pediatric competencies, preferably pediatric neurology, neurology or neurosurgery, or have prior experience with specialized neurorehabilitation of children. Applicants with academic further education, including a PhD, will be given high priority.

We are organized with fixed medical attachment to the individual departments, which provides both great continuity and substantial responsibility for patient pathways. The current consultant position is in the team for pediatric and adolescent neurorehabilitation.

Consultants at Hammel Neurocenter are expected to participate in organizational tasks such as LMU, admission, development work, management meetings, student teaching, supervision of student researchers, teaching in the medical group or in the interdisciplinary team. In solving these tasks, the consultant is expected to closely collaborate with the department’s leadership regarding patient pathways, professional development, etc.

There is no staff responsibility, but there is an expectation to contribute to a good working environment and well-being in the department.

The medical staff comprises 16 consultants (13 in Hammel, 2 in Skive and 1 in Lemvig) with the following specialties: neurology, neurosurgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, and general practice, in addition to a number of junior doctors in various positions. The close interdisciplinary collaboration between the physicians is a natural and necessary part of the work.

A comprehensive individualized introduction to the specialty and RHN will be planned.

About RHN

RHN treats patients with severe acquired brain injury (for example, stroke, trauma, anoxic injury, SAH, infections, tumors).

The Neurocenter has been designated by the Danish Health Authority to oversee high-specialized neurorehabilitation in Western Denmark, with a patient base of about 3 million.

The Neurocenter is professionally responsible for neurorehabilitation beds in Hammel - 76 beds, Skive - 27 beds, Lemvig - 13 beds, and Silkeborg - 4 beds. At Region Hospital in Silkeborg, Hammel Neurocenter is linked to Neurointensive Rehabilitation, where patients on ventilators can be received for early neurorehabilitation.

RHN is organized into four subspecialties: Subspecialty for early neurorehabilitation, cognitive subspecialty, sensorimotor subspecialty, and a Subspecialty for Children and Young People with associated clinics.

The Neurocenter has about 550 staff, 17 professional groups and 10 departments. It is a university clinic with 1 professor and several PhD students under Aarhus University. In addition, there is a training center that hosts a number of courses in topics related to neurorehabilitation, as well as a Knowledge Center that collects and disseminates neuro-therapeutic knowledge.

Read more about RHN at www.hammelneurocenter.dk and at www.neurocenter.dk , the latter containing information about the professional part of RHN.

Leadership arrangement

Center leadership consists of the chief physician, the chief nurse, and the chief therapist. RHN has a leadership structure with a far-reaching decentralization of responsibility and competence. Value-based leadership is exercised combined with a focus on dialogue, involvement, decentralization and results.

About Hospitalsenhed Midt

Hospitalsenhed Midt comprises the four Regional Hospitals Viborg, Silkeborg, Hammel Neurocenter and Skive and has about 4,700 employees and an annual budget of DKK 2.9 billion. The four regional hospitals together form a hospital unit with a strong professional profile and, due to the complexity and breadth of the specialties, one of the widest specialized hospital units in Jutland. See more about Hospitalsenhed Midt here.

Additional information

Additional information about the position can be obtained by contacting: Chief Physician Kåre Severinsen at tel. 2636 8600 / 7841 9007

Your application

The application must be received by November 8, 2026 with documentation of education, previous employment, etc.

Interviews are expected to be held in week 46, 2026.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement in the field.

With reference to the Childcare Certificate Act in connection with employment of staff, a childcare certificate will be obtained in connection with a possible appointment.

Employment is with Region Midtjylland with service initially at Hospitalsenhed Midt Regionshospitalet Hammel Neurocenter. Read more about the entire hospital unit here.

Interested applicants, regardless of personal background, are encouraged to apply for the position.

The position is in principle a full-time position.

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

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU directive on salary transparency that came into force on June 7, 2026, obliged to inform you of the starting salary or a salary range before offering an appointment. Here you can find Region Midtjylland’s salary catalog for most professions and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Transparency before appointment - Employee.rm.dk