Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Southern Denmark - cadastral area Aabenraa

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 would you like to help develop the treatment offerings in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry while contributing to making daily life in the outpatient clinic function optimally for patients, networks and colleagues? Then it’s you we are looking for!

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

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

We continuously work to ensure our patients and their relatives receive the best possible treatment while also focusing on the working environment for 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 stay professionally updated and to adjust the offering to our patients when changes occur in treatment options and target group definitions, etc.

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

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

Your responsibilities will include

• Assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. We work to provide the child, the young person and the family with a qualified assessment and treatment that takes into account the needs and wishes of the child/young person and family.
• Work focused on developing and ensuring the quality of 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 younger doctors and other professionals in the team.
• Professional responsibility for the operation of a clinical sub-area, in close cooperation with the chief physician and a senior psychologist.
• Providing advice to external partners and carrying out networking work with schools and social services.

We offer

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

We are looking for someone who is

• a specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• open, flexible, independent and have an interest and commitment to further develop the specialty.
• enjoys working in a multidisciplinary collaboration and is good at communicating across professional groups.
• good at keeping an overview and structuring your tasks, even in a busy daily routine.
• 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 on four campuses (Odense, Esbjerg, Vejle and Aabenraa). The overall management for the four campuses is handled by the department management, consisting of a chief physician and a chief nurse. The immediate management is exercised by a functional leadership consisting of a chief nurse and a leading senior physician. As a specialist physician your closest line manager will be the leading senior physician.

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

Participation in on-call duty

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

From 18:00-08:30 Monday to Thursday and from 18:00-09:30 on Fridays, there is a joint regional on-call that covers the entire region in a standby duty.

The on-call is primarily covered by the specialist physician group, with some involvement from doctors in the main training program.

The on-call is physically present 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 standby or off-site duty.

The on-call on Sundays and holidays is covered by the regional joint on-call (leading physician) and is managed 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 negotiated allowances depending on your experience and qualifications. See starting salary for positions in Region Southern Denmark This means that at the interview there will be a discussion of mutual expectations regarding your salary level. 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 October 30, 2026.

Employment interviews are expected to be held on Monday November 9, 2026 in the afternoon or after agreement.

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

We look forward to hearing from you!

Department: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Job title: Specialist physician

Working hours: 37 hours per week

Workplace: Aabenraa

Application deadline: 30-10-2026

Application deadline: Oct 30, 2026