Specialist Doctor for Local Psychiatry Middelfart - with a particular focus on the assessment of complex psychopathology

Are you keen to make a difference for patients with complex psychiatric issues – and at the same time have the opportunity to shape your own professional profile? Then you might be the person we are looking for as a specialist in the Local Psychiatry Clinic in Middelfart.

About the Local Psychiatry Clinic in Middelfart

The Local Psychiatry Clinic in Middelfart is an integrated part of the Middelfart Nearby Hospital and handles the outpatient part of general psychiatric treatment.

We are organized into three F-ACT teams

• F-ACT 1: Evaluation and treatment of patients with psychotic disorders.
• F-ACT 2: Evaluation and treatment of patients with affective disorders and anxiety disorders.
• F-ACT 3: Evaluation and treatment of patients with personality disorders, eating disorders, PTSD and ADHD.

In the Local Psychiatry Clinic we are 3 specialists/consultants and one chief consultant. The Local Psychiatry Clinic in Middelfart is part of the Psychiatric Department Middelfart and handles the general psychiatric tasks corresponding to the Municipality of Middelfart and Assens as well as the forensic psychiatric function for the entire region. The department has 102 inpatient beds, of which 18 are general psychiatric.

Your tasks

You will, as a starting point, be attached to F-ACT 3, where you will have a special responsibility for the assessment of patients with complex psychiatric problems.

Your tasks will include

• Visitation, examination and diagnostics as well as coordination of the assessment process in F-ACT 3.
• Contribute to ensuring high quality and efficiency in the assessment work in close cooperation with the other specialists in Local Psychiatry, including clinical psychologists and the chief nurse.
• Actively participate in planning and prioritization of work tasks as well as in the implementation of overarching decisions, professional guidelines and new workflows.
• Assist with administration and coordination of training activities for junior doctors in the Local Psychiatry Clinic.
• Engage in cross-sector collaboration, including via the specialist telephone, where you provide professional advisory and guidance to general practitioners.
• Provide supervision and teaching – both mono- and interprofessional – and thereby contribute to the professional development of staff and colleagues.
• Participate in the Psychiatric Department's overall task solving, including teaching, research and development as well as vacation planning and other operational tasks.

We are looking for you who are passionate about assessment

We are seeking a psychiatrist with broad psychiatric experience and strong clinical competencies. It is an advantage if you have particular interest in or experience with assessment of complex psychopathology.

As a rule you will be attached to F-ACT 3 with a special focus on assessment tasks within the team’s target group. If you have other professional interests or special competencies, there are also good opportunities to bring these into broader assessment tasks.

We emphasize that your professional interests and competencies have room to grow. In close dialogue with the rest of the medical faculty, you will have the opportunity to help shape your role so that it matches your competencies and creates value for our patients, relatives and partners.

A close and engaged medical collegium

We are a small specialist collegium that work closely together – both on clinical task solving, professional development and the organizational planning of work.

We place high priority on professional sparring and have a strong focus on how we as specialists can develop our competences while also leveraging our different professional interests.

We place great emphasis on a good working environment. You must be able to work independently and take responsibility for your tasks, but you should also be willing to actively participate in a community where we help each other and use each other’s qualifications and perspectives – both mono- and interprofessional.

We expect that you

• Are a specialist in psychiatry or expect to obtain specialist recognition soon.
• Have broad psychiatric experience and good diagnostic competencies.
• Have an interest in or experience with assessment of complex psychopathology.
• Can work independently and in a structured manner.
• Have good collaboration skills and a desire for professional sparring.
• Contribute constructively to both mono-disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Wish to contribute to developing both assessment, treatment and the organization.

We offer

• An exciting specialist position with particular focus on assessment.
• Opportunity to shape your own professional function and develop your competencies.
• A close and engaged specialist collegium.
• Good opportunities for professional sparring, supervision and development.
• An workplace with focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and a good working environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to research, teaching and development of psychiatry.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment for the position follow the Subordinate doctors - Agreement 33.06.1 The starting salary for the position can be found via the following link: See starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark .

The department only hires staff with a satisfactory criminal record. With the consent of the person employed, we request a public criminal record with information up to 10 years back.

Would you like to know more?

Further information about the position can be obtained from

Chief Consultant Henriette Bruun

Tel. 24 98 37 51

Chief Physician Louise Ahrendt

Tel. 99 44 81 02

Application deadline 30.10.2026. Job interviews 20.11.2026.

Commencement on 01.01.2027 or by agreement.

Department: Psychiatric Department Middelfart

Job title: Specialist

Working hours: Full time

Workplace: Middelfart

Application deadline: 30-10-2026

Application deadline: 30 October 2026