Team for Mania and Depression seeks psychologist in maternity leave cover

One of our primary clinicians is going on maternity leave, and therefore we are seeking a maternity cover for the Team for Mania and Depression, RHH, Psychiatry.

With us you get

• A good working environment with psychological safety
• A dedicated and interdisciplinary team where everyone is passionate about working in psychiatry
• A structured introduction with a mentor scheme in the first year
• Weekly interdisciplinary conference
• Supervision and ample opportunity for interdisciplinary sparring in everyday work
• Competence development in methods, approaches, and psychometrics
• Possibility for influence regarding working hours
• A well-organized quality organization

We are looking for you who

• Are a trained psychologist
• Have psychiatric experience
• Are flexible and a strong team player
• Have strong reflective abilities and are development-oriented – both in relation to the clinic and your own professional development
• Have good collaboration skills
• Have good skills in communication, both written and spoken
• Have good abilities within structuring, planning and can maintain overview and priorities in work tasks
• Are good at seeking relevant sparring, advice and guidance when needed, including recognizing own limitations and development points
• Have a positive mindset and can-do attitude

In Team for Mania and Depression you will, among other things, have the following responsibilities:

• Primary clinician tasks for a number of patients
• Contribute to ensuring that the outpatient patient receives a qualified treatment offer according to current guidelines
• Independently, cross-disciplinary and cross-sectorally plan and implement targeted treatment with a view to the treatment packages and treatment pathways
• Independently handle relational work with regard to the psychiatric patient
• Ensure coherence, continuity and coordination in the treatment course for the outpatient psychiatric patient
• Prepare treatment plans based on interdisciplinary discussions and be responsible for following up on these
• Provide psychoeducation to patients and relatives, both individually and/or in groups
• Contribute to continuity and coherence in patient care during admission as well as discharge of the team's patients
• Possibility for therapy programs and assessment tasks in the team depending on experience in this

About Clinic 2

In Clinic 2 you will be part of a well-functioning department focused on task solving and the development of good patient pathways for the individual patient. At the same time we pay attention to your professional development, and our internal development opportunities are good.

The clinic is multidisciplinary, and internally you will become a close partner to, among others, nurses, medical secretaries, psychologists and doctors.

We place a high value on collaboration with patients and relatives, and we have a positive and appreciative approach to each other.

Team for Mania and Depression offers treatment to patients in the clinic in Horsens and in satellites in Skanderborg and Odder, but we also sometimes go out on home visits.

Employment terms and salary

The position is a one-year maternity cover with 37 hours per week, starting 1/12-2026.

Salary and employment terms are set according to the applicable collective agreement and according to the principles of local salary formation.

Certificates

We will obtain a criminal record check in connection with recruitment.

Further information

You are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Helle Thomsen at telephone 51515853 or Deputy Head Kamilla Jensen at telephone 20517751 if you need more information about the position.

Application deadline and time for interviews

We look forward to receiving your application no later than 20/10-26. Interviews are expected to be held 22/10-26 in the morning.

About Regionshospitalet Horsens, Psychiatry

In Psychiatry in Horsens we diagnose and treat patients with all forms of psychiatric disorders. We are organized into three clinics, while our three inpatient wards have a wide range of all patient categories.

The department has about 300 employees and is located at Regionshospitalet Horsens with satellites in Skanderborg and Odder. RHH provides regional adult psychiatric care to citizens in the municipalities of Horsens, Skanderborg, Hedensted and Odder.

You can read more about our department here and also visit our Instagram: psykiatrienihorsens , where you can see short clips from our daily life.

The position is, as a rule, a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continuously implements savings and reorganizations, employees in reallocation who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU Transparency Directive, which came into force on 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you of starting salary or a salary interval for a position before you are offered employment.

Here you can find Region Midtjylland's salary catalog for most occupational groups and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Transparency prior to employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk

Department: Psychiatry Clinic 2

Application deadline: 20 October 2026

Location: Strandpromenaden, 35, 8700, Horsens, Denmark