Consultant position, Department of Cardiology, Aabenraa

We are seeking a specialist in cardiology who wants to join our professional community, as well as contribute to developing and shaping research in the Department of Cardiac Diseases in collaboration with a well-functioning research unit at Sygehus Sønderjylland.

The position is desired to be filled on 1 March 2027 or by arrangement.

The role includes the possibility of buy-out for research for 40% of the working time.

Are you keen to become part of the team in a well-functioning department with focus on high professional standards, development, education, research and job satisfaction? Then we would like to hear from you.

The clinical part

The Department of Cardiac Diseases is an autonomous department with its own medical conferences and independent cardiology on-call and backup on-call. The department consists of about 100 employees, currently 12 specialists and a varying number of junior doctors in training posts (HU cardiology, intro, KBU programs, and HU in other specialties).

The department is characterized by a good working environment and high staff as well as patient satisfaction. We place high value on education, collaboration, professional sparring and collegiality. We rank highly in evaluations from both students and early-career doctors

The Cardiology ward at Åbenrå has 22 beds, and adjacent to the ward there is also a cardiac medical day hospital. Acute patients are admitted at FAM.

The Cardiology outpatient clinic in Aabenraa sees about 26,000 visits per year, including

• Large echocardiography outpatient clinic incl. TEE activity, GUCH-outpatient clinic, stress echocardiography and specialized oncology echocardiography.
• Invasive function with pacemaker implants and exchanges as well as implantation of loop recorders.
• Well-established cardiac CT and cardiac MR function.
• Pacemaker and ICD outpatient clinic.
• Holter monitoring, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring and exercise testing.
• Large heart failure and atrial fibrillation clinic.
• Lipid clinic, AK clinic and rehabilitation clinic.

At Sønderborg Hospital there is a smaller cardiac outpatient clinic, staffed by a small group of nurses and secretaries. The specialists cover in shifts a day function in the Sønderborg outpatient clinic, where ambulatory controls, echo function, supervision of nurses and supervisory function for the medical ward and intensive care unit are handled on weekdays 8-15.

We work closely with Department B, OUH and have weekly videoconference meetings within the areas of endocarditis, valvular disease and ischemic heart disease.

Our scheduling is flexible, and we are open to individual wishes regarding work organization.

You will join the cardiology on-call team, covered by specialists and residents in cardiology. There is a presence duty from 08:00 to 21:00 with subsequent on-call from home with 30 minutes' notice.

The main location is the Åbenrå site. There may be 1-2 working days per month at the Sønderborg site.

Research part

Research at Sygehus Sønderjylland supports the hospital's core tasks and is patient-oriented, implementable and of high quality. The research is therefore closely integrated in the clinical daily life and is organized in close collaboration with the Institute for Regional Health Research at the University of Southern Denmark. There are about 70 researchers employed across the hospital's departments and across professional groups. The research work is supported by a central research service that assists with advice in all phases of the research process such as fundraising, statistics, and data management.

The research is anchored in Cardiology, and the research work includes independent research, professional development, researcher education, teaching including examinations, supervision, assessment work as well as contributing to building a new research unit.

It is expected that the applicant has a PhD and is qualified at associate professor, assistant professor or professor level in accordance with the current note on the university position structure. It will be the University of Southern Denmark that handles research appointments in close collaboration with Sygehus Sønderjylland.

About you

We are looking for a colleague who

• Is a specialist in cardiology or internal medicine: cardiology.
• Is passionate about the cardiac medical specialty and wants to engage in the continued development of the department at a high professional level.
• Is a team player with good collaboration and the ability and desire to participate in interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Is flexible in task solving and a good role model.
• Has competence in research, and a desire to develop the area.
• Salary and conditions in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

If you can see yourself as our new colleague, please send your application no later than 27 October 2026.

Interviews are expected to take place on 4 November 2026.

Regarding the clinical part you are welcome to contact Chief Physician, PhD Lene Svendstrup Christensen at [email protected] and tel.: 7997 6420

Further information about the research position can be obtained from professor and coordinating research leader Helene Skjøt-Arkil at [email protected] and telephone 7997 1113