Student assistants to the Department of Multidisciplinary Trauma Care, Lillebælt Hospital

Do you want to gain practical experience with clinical research and at the same time contribute to an important effort for refugees with trauma - PTSD and other trauma-related mental disorders.

We are looking for two student assistants for monitoring and data collection in connection with data collection for the Danish Trauma Database (DTD). The database is part of a cross-regional collaboration.

It is a requirement that you are a psychology student, mid-way through your bachelor's degree/start of your master's degree and speak, write and understand Danish at conversational level.

About the Department of Multidisciplinary Trauma Treatment

The Department of Multidisciplinary Trauma Treatment (ATT) is an independent psychiatric outpatient clinic at Sygehus Lillebælt in the Region of Southern Denmark with about 50 staff.

We diagnose and treat people with PTSD and other trauma-related disorders at regional and high-specialized function, including traumatized refugees.

You can read more about us on our website: Department of Multidisciplinary Trauma Treatment, ATT

About the Job

As a student assistant you will be part of a dedicated and multidisciplinary staff group consisting of among others doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers and physiotherapists.

In close collaboration with one of our skilled psychologists you will collect data and carry out:

• start measurements with patients prior to treatment start
• end measurements with patients in connection with their completion of treatment
• follow-up measurements with patients six months after end of treatment
• registration of the patient's responses in the Danish Trauma Database.

Initially you will introduce the patients to the measurements and answer any questions they may have about participation in the research project.

In addition, in collaboration with our secretariat you will invite patients to start, end and follow-up measurements via e-Boks and keep track of which patients should be invited when.

As a student assistant at ATT you will gain experience both with clinic-near systematic data collection and with insight into clinical work through direct patient contact. You will also become part of patient relationships where it is important to frame the conversation. Most patient contacts will be with an interpreter.

There will be a thorough introduction to the task, a mentorship program in a safe environment and a good collegial cooperation around solving the tasks.

About you

We expect that you

• have an interest in research, psychiatry and the part of our target group that has a refugee background
• work systematically
• are responsible, can work independently and are reliable
• can participate in close cooperation with colleagues around your tasks.

Further information about the position

Both positions are temporary until the end of 2027. The positions are paid hourly and with an estimated hourly workload for each position of about 8-10 hours per week. Presence is at our department in Middelfart.

Employment is from mid-November 2026 or as soon as possible.

Interviews are held on an ongoing basis and take place at Nærhospital Middelfart, Østre Hougvej 55, Plan 3, 5500 Middelfart.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, November 1.

You are welcome to contact the department head Dorte Uhd at telephone 9944 4742 and psychologist Viktoria Løssing Bernicken at telephone 9944 4708 if you have questions about the position before you send an application.

Salary and employment conditions

Employment terms for the position follow the AC collective agreement (33.01.1) (graduate students) or the Administration and IT staff etc. agreement (32.01.1) (bachelor students).

The salary for the position is for a graduate student 172.20 DKK/hour, plus a pension percent of 20.57%. For a bachelor student the salary will be approximately 158.83 DKK/hour, plus a pension percent of 16.28%.