We are looking for a specialist physician who will be part of the team that is in the process of building a strong position in Pulmonology at the Midt- and West Zealand Health Authority

The Pulmonology Department at Mid and West Zealand Hospital – Slagelse, has succeeded in recruiting several specialists, and we are about to start building the strength position that the Region has decided should be at Mid and West Zealand Hospital. Whether you are a recent graduate or a senior consultant, we have room for more, so if you are ready to take responsibility in the development plan, you can still become part of the fantastic team!

At Slagelse Hospital we have 24 beds, as well as a large pulmonary medicine outpatient clinic, which in addition to pulmonary medicine patients at the main function level also, in collaboration agreement with Herlev/Gentofte, includes the highly specialized function for interstitial lung diseases and sarcoidosis. In addition, we will take on responsibility for the outpatient pulmonary medicine patients at Holbæk Hospital, and we already have pulmonary medicine specialists employed with primary function in Holbæk.

We are currently putting the final touches on the development plan. Here we consolidate and expand several of our main function tasks and strengthen our partnership agreement with Herlev/Gentofte Hospital.

In the Pulmonary Medicine Department, Medicine 1, we emphasize high professional standards and aim to create the best patient pathways – also within the acute area in collaboration with the Emergency Department and the hospital's other specialties.

In addition to good patient pathways, Medicine 1 places a high priority on the education of younger colleagues.

Who are you?

You are a specialist in pulmonary medicine. You should be good at collaborating both internally and externally.

Our Department

The department handles the pulmonary medicine tasks in Slagelse and is in the process of building the outpatient responsibility for pulmonary medicine at Holbæk Hospital. As of October 1, 2026, we will have 9 specialists in pulmonary medicine and will handle the main training in pulmonary medicine. In the bed section in Slagelse, all aspects of High-flow, NIV treatment (including home NIV), and ultrasound-guided pleural drainage are managed.

In the outpatient clinic, in addition to main function patients, we also handle the highly specialized area of interstitial lung diseases and sarcoidosis (collaboration agreement). The outpatient clinic also handles non-mmalignant bronchoscopies. As of October 1, 2026, we have recruited an additional 1 specialist to take care of outpatient pulmonary patients in Holbæk.

You will become part of Medical Department 1, which in addition to pulmonary medicine includes gastroenterology and rheumatology as cross-specialties with a total of 44 beds spread across two sections, as well as 32 beds in the Medical Emergency Department. There is extensive outpatient activity within the specialties.

In addition to the main training program for pulmonary medicine, we also provide advanced training for specialists within several internal and general medical specialties. There is therefore a very strong focus on education in the department.

The department also provides teaching for medical students from the University of Copenhagen and has affiliated clinical professorships, which are currently not filled.

If you would like, you can read more about the department here: Pulmonary Medicine Department , Midt – Vestsjællands Hospital and Region Zealand.

You will have a short path to the department management, which is always listening and, if needed, ready to solve challenges together.

About the position

You participate together with other specialists in ward rounds, outpatient activities, supervision, as well as pulmonary medicine specialty function in the acute reception. In addition, you participate in medical on-call functions. As a specialist, you will have the opportunity to be the driving force within one of the pulmonary medicine areas.

About you

• You should be ambitious about the pulmonary medicine specialty
• You should be able to work and be active in interdisciplinary collaboration
• You should be good at communication
• You can work independently
• You work to ensure the good patient pathway
• You should place high value on professional and organizational quality
• You should be open to working with digital solutions in patient pathways

We offer

• Close clinical-technical sparring within the cross-specialties
• Good working and educational environment
• Well-functioning interdisciplinary collaboration
• Short communication path to management
• An emergency hospital in strong growth
• A department with great development potential within internal medicine and cross-specialties
• Opportunity to influence the development of the pulmonary medicine specialty

Further information

If you would like to hear more about the position and the opportunities that lie in the job, please contact Chief Physician Laila Thorgersen, 30381641, [email protected]

Or Chief Physician Lene Marie Isaksen; 93576410, [email protected]

Application

Applicants are asked to address the seven competencies in the attached application material in a concrete and systematic way, as Region Zealand applies these in the professional assessment the seven medical competencies .

Start: January 1, 27 or by agreement.

Application deadline: November 17, 2026

Interviews are expected to be held on November 20, 2026

Area of employment

Region Zealand and Region Capital of Denmark will on January 1, 2027 become Region East Denmark due to the healthcare reform. Your area of employment will be Region East Denmark with all its associated organizational units.

Read more about the significance of the area of employment on Region East Denmark's website.

Starting salary for employees under collective agreement

The region is obliged to inform you about the starting salary for the position. You will be given the base salary, centrally set 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 Vestsjællands Hospital

At Mid and West Zealand Hospital, we work every day to promote healthy living by preventing and treating in a coordinated health effort. As a hospital we combine psychiatry and somatics. Our goal is that patients and citizens experience good and secure 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.

Mid and West Zealand Hospital covers a catchment area of about 230,000 inhabitants. We have 766 beds and about 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 education environment, where we welcome about 2,700 students, trainees and doctors in further training programs each year.