Specialist in Emergency Medicine

Are you eager to join an ambitious college of specialist doctors that works to establish a leading academy for emergency medicine?

Emergency Department / Emergency Medicine is still a newly established specialty in Esbjerg. Since 2023 we have been working to establish an acute medical concept that should eliminate all non-medically justified waiting time for the acutely ill patient, and ensure that only patients who need it are handed over to the hospital's other specialties. The goal is to give all health professional hands in the hospital the opportunity to work with exactly the patients you have been trained to handle.

Emergency Medicine is the broad frontline specialty that should give the approx. 70% of the acutely ill patients who only need acute medical hands the treatment they precisely need in the shortest possible time. The 30% who need other specialties should be stabilised, clarified, and handed over to the relevant specialty as quickly as possible

We have established Mobile Emergency Department, MAM, which provides an acute medical offer to patients who need acute medical treatment but can be treated at home. MAM is staffed by a doctor and a nurse who, in collaboration with AMK, travel to the patients instead of bringing them in.

We have a productive and competent research unit that regularly publishes and contributes to the department's patient-facing development

We receive about 48,000 patients per year.

Your functions in the Emergency Department As a specialist in emergency medicine, your core task with the patients, together with our introductory and main training doctors. You lead acute medical calls, receive other acute patients and supervise our training doctors. You teach in the morning based on Tintinalli’s “Emergency Medicine” or according to your own special competency area.

You participate in the training of medical students and other professional groups.

You learn to lead the hospital's tactical preparedness.

If you do not already master standardized ultrasound examinations, you will be trained in them until you are able to certify other doctors yourself.

You participate in the specialist meetings and contribute to the professional leadership of the Emergency Department.

You are trained to operate the Mobile Emergency Department.

You learn the role of the front-line doctor who handles forward triage for pre-hospital care, interacts with nearby health services and general practitioners, and supports hospital triage.

See also the job descriptions for respectively acute medical on-call back-up and doctors at Mobile Emergency Department .

We expect that you: • Are a specialist in emergency medicine

• Actively participate in the leadership roles that accompany a senior physician
• Will work in a culture characterized by a flat hierarchy, accountability, respect and multidisciplinary collaboration
• Always prioritise the patients
• Are active in improvement processes and in quality work
• Show interest in research or support for research processes
• Are proactive in procedural training including POCT ultrasound – both your own training and others'
• Are ambitious in your own and the department's ambition to establish an acute medicine academy

The practical Working hours: This is a full-time position in a on-call role. You should expect 3-4 night shifts and 2 weekend shifts per month. Administrative time is provided for concrete tasks after dialogue with the department leadership.

Salary and terms of employment: Start date by agreement. In accordance with the applicable collective agreement between Danish Regions and the Association of Specialists. The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for a position. You can find the starting salary here based on the collective agreement and position mentioned in the job advertisement.

Your application: Should include a cover letter and CV.

Interviews: Conducted on an ongoing basis.