Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Southern Denmark - Aabenraa Site

Are you the specialist physician who is passionate about working with children, adolescents and their networks in diagnostic and treatment pathways? Are you professionally engaged and do you want to help develop the treatment offerings in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry while contributing to making the everyday operations in the outpatient clinic run optimally for patients, networks and colleagues? Then it is you we are looking for!

We offer a permanent position as a specialist physician of 37 hours/week in our outpatient clinic in Aabenraa as of March 1, 2027 or by agreement.

As a specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry you will be a central part of our main function outpatient clinic, which works with assessment and treatment of children and adolescents aged 4 to 17 years within the main function. You will be permanently attached to our Youth Team. We have a focus on psychiatric assessment and treatment in a holistic perspective.

We continuously work to ensure our patients and their relatives the best possible treatment while we focus on the working environment of staff and collaboration with other actors in and outside the regional psychiatry. We have a close collaboration with the country’s other Child and Adolescent Psychiatric departments as well as relevant somatic departments. This is to continually stay professionally updated and to be able to adjust the offering to our patients when changes occur in treatment options and target group definitions etc.

We work team-based, interdisciplinary and have a holistic approach to children and adolescents with mental disorders and their families. You will therefore collaborate with other hospital departments, social services, schools, pedagogical-psychological advisory services, general practitioners as well as day and night institutions.

There will be opportunities to participate in national conferences as well as relevant continuing education.

Your responsibilities will include

• Assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. We strive to give the child, the young person and the family a qualified assessment and treatment, taking into account the needs and wishes of the child/adolescent and the family.
• Work focused on developing and ensuring the quality of the assessment and treatment work.
• Collaboration with other professional groups such as psychologists, nurses, pedagogues, social workers, occupational therapists, etc.
• Participation in multidisciplinary meetings and contribute to the development of treatment strategies.
• Guidance and supervision of junior doctors and other professionals in the team.
• Professional responsibility for the operation of a clinical sub-area, in close collaboration with the chief physician and a clinical psychologist.
• Providing advice to external partners and carrying out network work with schools and social services.

We offer

• good opportunities for professional and personal development
• a supportive and collaborative working environment
• mentoring programs and backup from experienced specialist colleagues and clinical psychologists in daily practice

We are looking for you who are

• specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• open, flexible, independent and have the interest and commitment to further develop the specialty.
• thrives in multidisciplinary collaboration and is good at communicating across professional groups.
• good at maintaining an overview and structuring your work tasks, even in a busy daily life.
• flexible in solving the overall medical tasks in the department.

About the department

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Southern Denmark is anchored under Odense University Hospital and distributed across four locations (Odense, Esbjerg, Vejle and Aabenraa). The overall management of the four locations is handled by the department management, consisting of a chief physician and a chief nurse. The immediate management is exercised by a functional management consisting of a senior nurse and a leading chief physician. As a specialist, your nearest line manager will be the leading chief physician.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Southern Denmark has around 600 employees, of whom about 70 are skilled and accessible doctors.

Participation in on-call arrangements

During daytime on weekdays (08:00-18:00) there are two on-call shifts covering the region. One responsible for the three Jutland locations and one responsible for the Odense location.

In the period 18:00-08:30 Monday to Thursday and from 18:00-09:30 on Fridays, there is a shared regional on-call covering the entire region in an emergency duty.

The on-call is primarily covered by the specialist group, with junior doctors also participating to a lesser extent.

The on-call has a physical presence in Odense from 09:00-15:00 on Saturdays, after which the remaining part of the shift from 15:00-09:30 is covered as an emergency duty or off-site duty.

On-call on Sundays and holidays is covered by the regional common on-call (chief physician) and carried out from home.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms for the position follow the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on your experience and qualifications. See starting salary for positions in Region Southern Denmark This means that during the interview mutual expectations about your salary level will be discussed. If you are not already employed in Region Southern Denmark, there will be a three-month probationary period.

We would like to note that Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Southern Denmark is a smoke-free workplace.

Application deadline

We look forward to receiving your application no later than Friday 30 October 2026.

Employment interviews are expected to be held on Monday 9 November 2026 in the afternoon or by arrangement.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the leading chief physician Thorsten Schumann at tel. +45 28 99 47 02.

We look forward to hearing from you!