Rehabilitation Center for Muscular Dystrophy seeks a full-time psychologist for 1.5-year maternity leave cover

Are you eager to work with highly specialized rehabilitation for adults and families with complex difficulties - and are you looking for a place with high professional ambitions and room to grow? Then you might be the person we are looking for in our psychology team at the Rehabilitation Center for Muscular Dystrophy (RCFM).

As a psychologist at RCFM you will become part of a multidisciplinary, dedicated and dynamic environment with a high level of expertise. We are a team of 18 consultants with a holistic approach, working to make a difference for people with muscular dystrophy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). We meet users and their relatives in the home, at courses and on an outpatient basis. In addition to the Aarhus department, we have a department in Høje Taastrup. In total, there are about 50 employees, consisting of doctors, occupational and physiotherapists, psychologists, nurses, social workers and coordinators.

We are seeking a psychologist to work with children and adults with muscular dystrophy (not ALS) in our psychology team and in our consulting function. The psychology team consists of three psychologists in Aarhus and two psychologists in Høje Taastrup.

We offer you

• Contract for 37 hours.
• A well-functioning workplace with good colleagues and very high professional standards.
• A meaningful job, where we offer interventions tailored to the individual user's needs.
• Exciting and meaningful tasks.
• A strong mono- and multidisciplinary environment with expert days for immersion.
• Flexibility to plan your tasks and working hours yourself.
• Possibility of home office days.
• Ongoing supervision.
• Opportunity to participate in ongoing organizational development.

Responsibilities

• Psychological conversations with users and their relatives, where we offer 1-5 supportive sessions focusing on the challenges of living with a muscle disease. The conversations can take place virtually, at home or at RCFM. The conversations can take place virtually, at home or at RCFM.
• Psychological professional sparring for private practitioners about the particular aspects of living with muscular dystrophy. Many users and relatives benefit from conversations with us, while some need a larger psychological effort in private practice.
• Consultancy work with multidisciplinary assessment of users' rehabilitation needs and preparation of rehabilitation reports, in an equal collaboration with other professionals at RCFM. These conversations typically take place in the users' homes.
• Multidisciplinary meetings with local partners associated with the user, e.g. kindergarten and school meetings, meetings with home care and assistive technology therapist.
• Teaching of professionals and users of RCFM. Some takes place at our own courses for users and their relatives, other as sparring for users, relatives and staff at schools, institutions and care centers.
• Support for RCFM’s users if they have difficulty navigating the system.
• Psychological sparring for colleagues with other professional backgrounds.
• Participation in the development of offers with group conversations.

What is special about RCFM?

• The psychologist conversations are part of the overall, multidisciplinary rehabilitation program.
• Part of the tasks take place in the users' own homes.
• We have a close and equal multidisciplinary collaboration and jointly assign RCFM’s services.
• We work in multidisciplinary teams around the individual user, but also have many independent tasks.
• We have a strong collegial community where we have each other’s backs.
• We have a basic knowledge of each other’s professionalities. The job requires you to be interested in acquiring knowledge beyond psychology and to be eager to apply it when the situation calls for it.
• All consultants have 10-15 travel days per year, some with overnight stays.
• RCFM has close collaboration with the Danish Muscular Dystrophy Foundation and its member department. We provide training on topic-specific themes at the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation’s member events.
• A smaller portion of the tasks takes place in the evenings or on weekends.

We expect that you

• Are a trained psychologist with clinical psychology training and have experience with multidisciplinary collaboration.
• ·              Can work independently and are good at prioritizing your tasks and planning your calendar yourself.
• Can contain difficult conversations and let them stay at work – and reach out to a colleague for sparring when it is not possible.
• Have a strong interest in acquiring knowledge about your colleagues’ professionalities - and have a keen eye for when another professional is needed beyond your own.
• Can collaborate across professional boundaries in the role of consultant.
• Have a positive attitude towards others and actively contribute to the collegial community.
• Thrive in using your professional knowledge in an advisory and guiding function.
• Have experience of talking with people in grief and crisis.
• Have experience with families with children.
• Have experience with group conversations.
• Would like to learn about rehabilitation for muscular dystrophy at a high specialized level.
• Can express yourself well in Danish, both spoken and written.
• Can conduct individual conversations in English.
• Have a driving license.

The job does not require prior knowledge of muscular dystrophy, but experience with rehabilitation is an advantage.

Employment conditions

The position is located in Aarhus, from where the consultancy function covers Jutland, Funen and the islands. There is a lot of travel during working time, so a driving license is required. There will be meetings around the country, and you must be prepared for 10-15 travel days per year within the country’s borders.

37 hours per week - with flexible working hours, occasionally weekend or evening work. The position is temporary for the period from 01.01.2027 to 30.06.2028.

Salary and working conditions corresponding to qualifications according to the regional collective agreements.

Application deadline: Wednesday 28.10.2026 at 12:00

There will be 1st interview on 05.11.2026 and 2nd interview on 12.11.2026. Personality testing can be expected to take place on 10.11.2026 for applicants advancing to the 2nd interview.

Contact Chief Medical Officer Mette Makholm Pedersen or psychologist Anne Bøgeskov if you want to hear more about the position. You can read more about RCFM at www.rcfm.dk

Mette Makholm Pedersens email: [email protected] and phone number: 2265 2441

Anne Bøgeskovs email: [email protected] and phone number: 2265 2428