Senior Consultant sought for Inpatient Wards S7 and S8 at the Department of General Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital

Do you want to set the professional and strategic direction for the treatment of affective disorders? Are you passionate about evidence-based psychiatry, clinical leadership and a strong multidisciplinary work environment? Then you may be our new leading chief physician.

We are seeking a visionary and clinically well-founded specialist in psychiatry for our two affective inpatient wards S7 and S8, which are both specialized open wards where we primarily treat patients with depression and bipolar disorder.

About the job

As the leading chief physician you will be responsible for the medical leadership of the area, which includes, among other things, that you will have a particular role with respect to supervision and guidance of the wards' junior doctors. In addition you will share responsibility for the overall operations, goal attainment, research, education and professional development together with the chief head nurses and other relevant leaders.

You will play a central role in the professional development of the area in close collaboration with the chief head nurses and the Department Leadership.

We place a high priority on professional development and therefore, in cooperation with the department’s clinical professor and the Unit for Psychiatric Research as well as the department’s other research-active staff, there is ample opportunity to plan research projects.

The department has a well-established research environment in affective disorders, which you are thus also expected to actively participate in. In addition, the entire department has many junior doctors and students, and you are therefore expected to participate in teaching activities in relation to this.

Finally, you will naturally have an important role in the wards’ internal collaboration with the other inpatient wards located in the new university hospital, Hospital City, while the outpatient clinics will subsequently be gathered in a single Ambulatory House located on Brandevej – located in Aalborg East. The latter is expected to be fully implemented in early 2027.

As the leading chief physician you will furthermore have a particularly close collaboration interface with the other leading chief physicians in the department’s other areas as well as the department’s education team, especially the physicians responsible for education.

About you

It is a prerequisite that you are a specialist in psychiatry, have a strong professional profile and that you wish to work in an exciting position with both clinical and educational activities as well as possibly research. That you thrive in a multidisciplinary work environment with many colleagues and collaborators, have good communication skills and are able to structure your daily life in connection with the development activities – and of course you are an active team player in a changing daily life.

We expect that you have

• Danish authorization as a specialist in psychiatry
• Good collaboration skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to motivate and provide professional sparring
• Ability to achieve results based on shared direction and coordination

Clinical experience and competencies within affective disorders will be an advantage.

We offer

The Department of General Psychiatry, Aalborg is a large department with many colleagues, and we invite you into a strong multidisciplinary community with a strong focus on ensuring a good working environment.

We work according to the region's I-TOP values, and place a very high emphasis on seeing and meeting patients where they are, by putting their needs first and doing what works for the patient. In the Patient’s Team we work to ensure cross-sector collaboration in the integrated patient pathways together with the patient and relatives.

About us

Psychiatry in the Region of North Jutland is organizationally part of Aalborg University Hospital and comprises five departments: three of these are located in Aalborg (Department of General Psychiatry, Aalborg; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry) and two based in Brønderslev (general adult and geriatric psychiatry). You can read more here.

Department of General Psychiatry, Aalborg comprises five areas with open and intensive ward units, a regional psychiatric emergency department with reception, and a comprehensive outpatient function. The clinical development in the area is prioritized highly, and there is attached a clinical professor. Teaching of medical students is an integrated part of the other activities in the department.

The ward management in the area consists of a leading chief physician and a leading head nurse. The Department of General Psychiatry, Aalborg is part of Aalborg University Hospital and is together with the somatic part relocated to the new university hospital, Hospital City, where the Department Leadership therefore also has a residence. The ward management in the area consists of a leading chief physician and the two leading head nurses in S7 and S8.

The Outpatient Clinic for Anxiety and Personality Psychiatry as well as the Outpatient Clinic for Affective Disorders (Team Bipolar and Team Depression) remain located on Mølleparkvej until the relocation to the combined Ambulatory House on Brandevej in Aalborg East has taken place, expected early 2027. The Outpatient Clinic for Psychoses and the Outpatient Clinic for Youth with Psychoses (OPUS) are already in facilities on Brandevej.

The department’s catchment area is the municipalities of Aalborg, Rebild, Vesthimmerland and Mariagerfjord for patients at the main function level and in addition the entire Region North Jutland for patients followed at the regional function level.

Applicants will be evaluated according to the 7 physician roles (www.kompetenceskema.rn.dk). Documentation of Specialist Authorization, field-specific education and CV must be attached.

Want to know more?

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact Chief Physician Peter Uggerby at 3057 8209 or [email protected].

The practical

Interviews are expected to be held: Friday, October 23, 20226

• The position is 37 hours per week
• Salary and employment terms according to the applicable collective agreement for leading chief physicians and chief physicians employed in the regions.
• We will obtain references for the person we wish to hire. If required for the position, we also obtain a criminal record check and a child protection certificate.
• In Region North Jutland we have a smoke-free working time.
• You submit your application by clicking the “Søg Job” button and filling out the form that appears. You can attach your application, CV and any other documents, including a list of publications. We only accept applications via the link in the job advertisement. Applications sent by email will not be processed.

Application deadline: 19 October 2026

Department: Mølleparkvej 10 9100

Location: Aalborg University Hospital