We are seeking a visionary Chief Physician for Medicine 2 (Cardiology Department) at Central and Western Zealand Hospital

Would you be our next Chief Physician for Cardiology at Midt- and West Zealand Hospital?

As Chief Physician in Medicine 2 you will have the opportunity to set direction and achieve results, and you do not have to do it alone. We believe that good leadership is about setting direction, creating following, and giving others the opportunity to succeed. As Chief Physician with us you do not necessarily have to be the most specialized professional in the department, but you must be able to create the framework for others to succeed and thus ensure development, job satisfaction and the high quality in patient care that is our pride and ambition.

Together with the Chief Nurse and the rest of the department’s leadership team, you will be responsible for the strategic development and operation of the department. The task is to ensure high-quality patient pathways in our department while supporting a good working environment for the staff. The department is undergoing a positive development with particular focus on cross-disciplinary collaboration with the Emergency Department on patient pathways with expected short length of stay.

You will have the opportunity to strengthen and develop collaboration and working culture internally in the department and engage in a trusting and multidisciplinary collaboration with the other departments at Midt- and West Zealand Hospital and partners in the region.

In Medicine 2 the basic idea is that strong results are created through close, trusting, and equal management collaboration, where we dare to challenge each other, make joint decisions, and stand together on the direction.

You will contribute to developing the clinical quality in patient pathways, meeting indicators and targets, development of the cardiovascular area, and good training programs for doctors and medical students.

We place particular emphasis on

• You are an experienced consultant with good knowledge of the medical field
• You have leadership experience and ambitions to develop your leadership skills
• You are curious about the field and staff
• You have the courage to set a direction and make decisions – even when they are difficult.
• You are curious about colleagues' challenges and joint solutions
• You focus on financial and resource management

We believe you can see new development opportunities for safe patient care pathways through innovation, quality development and clinical research. Our goal is to create a department that speaks to the region’s health profile and to citizens’ needs for health equity.

We want you, with a trust-based and appreciative leadership style and clear communication, to keep focus on the primary task in a busy everyday life, to work systematically and data-driven with quality development, and to be able to see challenges from multiple sides to obtain the best solutions and invite other perspectives in on an ongoing basis.

Medicine 2 is the hospital’s cardiology department with two inpatient wards and two outpatient clinics, an integrated endocrinology outpatient clinic, a Diagnostic Center, and a Thrombosis and AK Center. See more about Medicine 2 in this video: https://regionsjaelland.23video.com/video/133509048/praesentation-af-afdeling-for-1

That is why you should choose Midt- and West Zealand Hospital, Slagelse

At Midt- and West Zealand Hospital we focus on professionalism, cross-disciplinary collaboration, quality, education and research.

You will become part of a hospital with high professional ambitions, where cooperation, quality, education and research are central guiding stars.

Your workplaces will be in Slagelse and in Næstved, which are easily accessible by public transport with direct train connections from, among others, Odense, Copenhagen and the rest of Zealand. The hospital is located a short distance from the station. For commuters by car there are good parking facilities, and there is the possibility of overnight stays at a staff hotel if needed.

We offer a workplace with a focus on professional quality, continuity in patient pathways and frames that support both clinical work, education and research. At the same time we attach importance to a sustainable working life, where flexibility, collegial sparring and orderly conditions are a natural part of everyday life.

Employment is conditional on receipt of a satisfactory child certificate

Application deadline: Tuesday 10.11.2026

Interviews will be held: 3.12.26 and a potential second interview on 15.12.26 at Midt- and West Zealand Hospital, Ingemannsvej 30, Slagelse.

Expected start: 1 March 2027.

If you would like to visit us or want to know more about the opportunities, you are welcome to contact Chief Nurse Camilla Vest 93 56 84 89 or contact director Henrik Stig Jørgensen 40 86 16 94.

Area of employment

Region Zealand and Region Capital will become Region Østdanmark on 1 January 2027 as a result of the health reform. Your area of employment will be Region Østdanmark with all its associated organizational units.

Read more about the meaning of the area of employment on Region Østdanmark’s website.

Starting salary for employees under collective agreements

The region is obliged to inform you about the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension under the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See the starting salary on the region’s website

About Midt- and West Zealand Hospital

At Midt- and West Zealand Hospital we work every day to promote healthy living by preventing and treating in a coherent health effort. As a hospital we combine psychiatry and somatics. Our goal is that patients and citizens experience good and safe pathways of high quality.

As an employee you will become part of a forward-thinking, professionally and organizationally robust hospital, where we make a difference for the people who need us. Learning and development are part of everyday life and happen in professionally committed communities. Also across departments.

Midt- and West Zealand Hospital covers a catchment area of about 230,000 citizens. We have 766 beds and around 5,000 employees distributed across 20 departments, including 16 somatic and psychiatric specialties.

We offer a solid research environment with 13 professors and a strong professional educational environment, where we welcome about 2,700 students, trainees and doctors in continuing education programs each year.