Specialist Physician, Social Medicine Unit

1-year vacancy as a specialist in social medicine for the Social Medicine Unit

A fixed-term position as a specialist at the Social Medicine Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, is hereby advertised for filling from 01.12.2026 or as agreed.

Do you want to work concretely and cross-disciplinarily with equality in health? Do you like to work holistically and get very close to the patient’s everyday life and rehabilitation? Do you find it exciting to work with complex medical histories?

In daily work there is a particular focus on assessing functional ability and the possibility of employment in collaboration with the municipalities' job centers. The medical task consists of surveying an often complex medical history and making an overall assessment of the impact of health and social conditions on a person's functional capacity. There may be a need to follow up loose ends when patients have several treatment courses, with the aim that the patient can best manage their own life and livelihood.

The daily collaboration partners are the social-professional staff in the municipalities' job centers as well as the unit's doctors, psychologists and other professionals.

About you

• You are a specialist in social medicine or another relevant specialty, preferably with experience in the social/medical public health field.
• You have a view of the whole person with interest in all aspects within the bio-psycho-social understanding of disease
• You enjoy delving into and creating an overview of complex medical histories
• You can work independently
• You have good collaboration skills
• You are a proficient communicator, both written and oral

We offer

• Opportunity to work concretely and cross-disciplinary with equality in health
• To work holistically with health and disease within a bio-psychosocial framework
• Opportunity to work with a focus on the individual’s functional ability and prerequisites for activity and participation in everyday and working life
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with other professions and professionals from other sectors
• No on-call duties

About the Social Medicine Unit

The Social Medicine Unit consists of Social Medicine Section , Center for Functional Disorders , Clinic for Complex Sequelae after Cancer and Psychological Adolescent Clinic with a shared secretariat and research unit.

The unit’s foundation rests on seeing the whole person and focusing on the interaction between health, personal circumstances and the surrounding environment’s significance for the individual's possibility to participate and be active in their life.

The appointment will be at the Social Medicine Section. The main task of the Social Medicine Section is to provide health professional advice regarding the citizen's health issues to the North Jutland municipalities with a holistic perspective and with a focus on functional ability and rehabilitation. The department works cross-disciplinary and the health professional work is carried out by specialists in social medicine, general practice and psychiatry as well as psychologists. The position is no on-call.

Since the work mainly takes place in the region's municipalities, some driving in one’s own car should be expected in connection with the work.

Salary and employment

Salary and terms in accordance with the agreement between Danish Regions and Young Doctors.

Do you have questions or would you like to know more?

The Social Medicine Unit is a department at Aalborg University Hospital. You can read more about the department on the hospital's website: www.aalborguh.dk , or you can contact:

Chief physician Julie Rasmussen at 41 17 44 55 or Clinical Professor and Head of Department, Kirsten Fonager 41 17 45 14.

Application deadline Sunday 8 November 2026. Interviews will be held Friday 13 November 2026.