Senior Bioanalyst at Clinical Genetics, Vejle, SLB

Would you like to take the next step in your professional and managerial development? Do you have solid experience from a clinical-genetic laboratory, and are you motivated by creating direction, quality and good frameworks for both staff and daily operations?

We are looking for an engaged and academically strong senior bioanalyst who wishes to join the leadership and help further develop our department.

About the position

As a senior bioanalyst you will play a central role in daily coordination, personnel management and development of our laboratory area. You will be close to both staff, operations and department management and will have the opportunity to shape our professional and organizational development.

The position requires solid knowledge of clinical-genetic laboratory workflows and an understanding of the interaction between the laboratory’s different functions, daily operations and clinical task solving. We place emphasis on your ability to translate your professional experience into practical leadership and to help ensure continuity, quality and development in a complex laboratory daily life.

Your tasks will include, among others

• To assume personnel management of the bioanalyst group in the laboratory.
• To support the daily laboratory operations and ensure appropriate work and resource planning with a view to staffing, competencies and tasks.
• To be a professional sparring partner for staff, functional bioanalysts and the department management.
• To contribute to ensuring high quality and patient safety through systematic quality work, including instructions, deviation handling and ongoing improvements.
• To support competence development, onboarding and introduction of new staff.
• To contribute to well-being, a good working environment and a well-functioning multidisciplinary collaboration.
• To participate in and drive professional development and improvement projects, including implementation of new laboratory methods, technologies and automated workflows.
• To create coherence between the department’s goals, daily practice and the organization’s overall strategies.

About the department

Clinical Genetics, Hospital Sønderjylland (Region of Southern Denmark), together with Odense University Hospital, carries out genetic assessment and counseling in the Region of Southern Denmark.

The department has about 60 employees and consists of an outpatient clinic and a highly specialized laboratory. We provide genetic counseling to about 4,500 referred patients annually with both general genetic and oncogenic issues.

The department’s laboratory is DANAK-accredited and performs more than 4,500 analyses annually using both molecular genetic and cytogenetic methods. We use a wide range of analytical technologies, from classic karyotyping to advanced genome sequencing, including long-read WGS. The laboratory is characterized by ongoing technological and methodological development, where quality, automation and optimization of workflows are central focus areas.

Research and professional development are given high priority and are an integrated part of the department’s work. The department has a professor, two clinical lecturers and a postdoc, and there is close collaboration between the different professional groups around the development of new methods and diagnostic possibilities.

The department has a two-tier leadership with a chief physician and a chief bioanalyst and is characterized by high professionalism, joint influence and close cross-disciplinary collaboration. We place emphasis on a good working environment, where employees’ competencies are utilized, and where we collectively work to ensure the best possible diagnostics and counseling for our patients.

Your qualifications

We expect that you

• Are educated as a bioanalyst and have solid practical experience from a clinical-genetic laboratory, preferably with particular insight into molecular genetic analyses and workflows.
• Have an in-depth understanding of daily laboratory operations within clinical genetics, including the link between sample handling, analysis processes, quality assurance and issuance of analysis reports.
• Have documented experience with coordinating laboratory tasks, work planning and prioritization of resources in a daily life with many different tasks.
• Have experience with quality work, instructions, deviation handling and continuous improvement of the laboratory’s workflows.
• Have experience with training, competence development and professional sparring with colleagues.
• Preferably have experience with implementation of new laboratory methods, technologies or larger changes in workflows.
• Have an interest in leadership and a desire to undertake greater personnel and operational responsibility. It is an advantage if you already have or have started relevant leadership development.
• Can create overview, make decisions and remain calm in a busy daily life.
• Communicates clearly, respectfully and appreciatively and can build good relations across professional groups.
• Has a mindset for both staff, operations, quality and development and can translate ideas into practical solutions that work in practice.

We place particular emphasis on documented experience in clinical genetics and the ability from the start to participate qualifiedly in the professional and operational leadership of the laboratory. It is also important to us that you are eager to develop your leadership skills and can combine professional insight with approachable and clear personnel leadership.

We offer

• An exciting and versatile leadership position with opportunities for both professional and personal development.
• A central role in a highly specialized clinical-genetic department with dedicated and competent staff.
• Opportunities to influence both daily laboratory operations and the department’s long-term development areas.
• Close collaboration with department leadership, functional bioanalysts and the department’s other professional groups.
• An academically ambitious environment where quality, development, collaboration and well-being are highly prioritized.
• Introduction, managerial sparring and opportunities for continued competence development so you have a good start in the role.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are governed by the applicable collective agreement between Danish Regions and Dbio. The starting salary for the position can be found via the following link: Starting salary for positions in Region of Southern Denmark

In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

Application deadline: 28 October 2026

Employment interviews: 29 or 30 October 2026

Start date: As soon as possible.

Further information: If you have questions about the position, you are very welcome to contact chief bioanalyst Lene Byriel (email: [email protected] , telephone 79406710)