We are looking for a specialist psychologist for our Day Ward for School Children and Adolescents in Viborg, which is part of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUA) in the Central Denmark Region, AUH

If you are passionate about working with children and young people in a multidisciplinary environment, you now have the opportunity to become part of our dedicated team.

The position is a permanent 37-hour-per-week position with commencement on 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is in Viborg, but with the possibility of flexibility regarding workdays at Aarhus University Hospital Skejby or Gødstrup.

In the day ward you will join a dynamic multidisciplinary team consisting of doctors, psychologists, nurses, pedagogues, social workers, teachers and secretaries.

You will have a central role in the department to help ensure professional development and quality. You will be responsible for planning the pathways in cooperation with the team and environmental staff as well as conducting assessment conferences.

You are expected to be able to manage complicated patient pathways and be available for sparring with both internal and external partners.

The assessment takes place through environmental observations in both structured and unstructured settings in close cooperation with our teachers from the internal school. In addition, we use structured and unstructured interviews, psychological tests and conversations with both patients and parents.

The treatment is most often environmental-therapeutic or via medication.

There is also close collaboration with other actors and sectors so knowledge is transferred and transitions between sectors feel smooth for both the children and their families, as well as for the professionals.

About the Day Ward for School Children and Young People in Viborg

The day ward is a new diagnostic and treatment service in BUA, Region Midtjylland. The day ward opened on 2 January 2025 and aims to diagnose and treat school children and adolescents aged 7-17 years.

The day ward offers diagnostic and treatment programmes typically lasting 2-6 weeks.

Patients arrive on weekdays during daytime between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Treatment includes among other things environmental-therapeutic observations, structured conversations, psychoeducation and multidisciplinary assessment.

Dagafsnit for Skolebørn og Unge, Viborg - Aarhus Universitetshospital .

In the day ward we focus on offering programmes to children, young people and their families who need a more comprehensive offering than what can be provided in an outpatient clinic, but where overnight admission is not required.

We continuously work to develop our offering and ensure a good balance between diagnostic and treatment tasks, so that we can best help our children and young people move forward in life.

In addition we prioritize close collaboration with other actors and sectors to ensure smooth sector transitions and knowledge sharing, so that both children, young people and their families as well as the professionals experience a coherent course.

We can offer

• a position with good opportunities for professional development
• a workplace with well-functioning multidisciplinary collaboration and high professionalism
• flexibility with regard to tasks and scheduling
• a good working environment with engaged colleagues
• great physical surroundings in scenic nature.

Applicants' qualifications

• specialist psychologist in child and adolescent psychiatry or specialist psychologist in adult psychiatry with experience with the target group
• a strong professional profile with good overview and ability to prioritize
• can participate in close collaboration with the department management on the professional development in the department
• has good collaboration skills and can contribute to a good working environment
• you must be flexible and adaptable.

Contact

Further information is available from Chief Nurse Pia Riis Kolding at tel. 2116 2676 or acting chief consultant Malene Budde at tel. 2029 1919.

The application deadline is 15 November 2026 and interviews will take place on 20 November 2026.

You can read more about the Children’s and Adolescent Psychiatry Department on our website: www.bua.rm.dk .

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De-escalation and alarm running

In the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department we place employee safety high. All employees receive training in de-escalation and are expected to be able to use de-escalation methods in required situations. Depending on the location, all employees must thereafter be able to perform the task as alarm runners on an alarm team.

About the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department (BUA)

BUA is a department under Psychiatry in Region Midtjylland. We perform multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents from 0-18 (21) years with mental illness and developmental disorders. In assessment and treatment we also involve the patient’s family, network, possibly other hospital departments and municipalities in the region.

BUA consists of 8 clinical wards spread across Skejby, Viborg and Gødstrup as well as a research unit and a medical secretariat in Skejby. The majority of treatment is outpatient. BUA covers four main areas: Infants, School Children, Adolescents and Eating Disorders. The staff comprises doctors, nurses, psychologists, pedagogues, social workers and more.

The department received in 2025 5,212 external referrals and had contact with about 9,500 unique CPR numbers. In 2025 the department had a net budget of 330 million DKK and as of 1/12-2025 571 full-time equivalents distributed over 634 employees.

The position is in principle a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continuously carries out savings and reorganizations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU's wage transparency directive, which came into force 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you of starting salary or a range for starting salary for a position before you are offered employment.

Here you can find Region Midtjylland's salary catalog for most occupations and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Transparency before employment - Employee.rm.dk