Specialist Doctor, Department of Spine Surgery, Joint and Connective Tissue Diseases, Rigshospitalet

In the Department of Spinal Surgery, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, a position as a consultant physician is available for filling on 1 February 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The workplace is the Clinic for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej.

Department's organization and tasks

The Department of Spinal Surgery, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases is the Capital Region's only rheumatology department and also comprises a large spinal surgery function, which serves both the Capital Region and Region Zealand.

The clinic at Blegdamsvej handles diagnostic work and treatment of rheumatology patients at a high specialized level for all of Eastern Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

The management of the rare inflammatory diseases takes place in close collaboration with a number of Rigshospitalet's other departments.

We can offer you

• A dynamic working environment.
• Continuing education, development and research activities.
• Exciting and varied tasks.
• Skilled and engaged colleagues.

We expect

• That you always have value creation for the patient as the goal of your actions.
• That you have great medical and organizational insight.
• That you can operate in a complex organization with a high degree of independence.
• That you are diligent, curious and creative.

The current position

The consultant must, in cooperation with the department's other consultants and the department's training doctors, participate in the daily clinical work.

The position involves on-call work. On weekdays, on-call will entail presence on duty in the time period 08:00-18:00 and on-call from home in the time period 18:00-22:00. On weekends, on-call will entail presence on duty in the time period 08:00-14:00.

The consultant is expected

• To support the department's research, including taking the initiative for research projects.
• To participate in the ongoing education of health-care staff in training, including acting as supervisor for doctors in rheumatology main training.
• To take on administrative tasks after further agreement with the chief physician.

Qualifications

Specialist recognition in internal medicine: rheumatology. Candidates who have experience in the treatment of diseases within the highly specialized rheumatology field will be preferred. Candidates with prior and current research activity will also be preferred.

Further information

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting the chief physician Mikkel Faurschou, [email protected] .

Application

Applicants should in the application relate to the 7 physician roles and to the greatest extent possible document their qualifications within these roles. The application must include copies of examination certificates, authorizations and curriculum vitae.

Applications are addressed to the Department Administration, Department of Spinal Surgery, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Valdemar Hansens Vej 12, 2600 Glostrup. The application is to be submitted electronically and must be received by the department administration no later than 10 November 2026.