We are seeking a cardiology specialist for Zealand University Hospital, Nykøbing F.

Are you a cardiology specialist with a team-player mindset? Do you want to contribute to ongoing development and innovation at a university hospital with broad boundaries and flexible working hours? Then it’s you we are looking for!

We are seeking a cardiology specialist for Nykøbing F.

As the position is newly created, you will have a good opportunity to influence content and work planning according to your wishes and after agreement with the chief physician. There is also, upon special interest, the possibility of taking on a functional responsibility after agreement.

We are seeking a specialist or a senior consultant-qualified specialist with an interest in the development of our heart department.

Medical Diseases in Nykøbing F. consists of four units: Lung Diseases, Geriatric Diseases, Stomach-, Bowel- and Liver Diseases, and Heart Diseases.

About us

Heart diseases, bed ward has 30 beds in the hospital’s newest building. We have modern equipment and a clinic with high activity. In addition to TTE and TEE, we perform cardiac CT.

We have nursing clinics within hypertension, lipid disorders and heart failure.

We are a workplace with skilled and engaged staff.

Heart diseases consists of a strong team, including specially trained cardiology nurses. We have a great passion for the specialty, and cardiology has a very good reputation as a training site for younger doctors.

We work closely with Heart Diseases, SUH Roskilde, where we have two specialists employed in a split position. In addition, on all weekdays we have two cardiology specialists from SUH, Roskilde with external duties at SUH, Nykøbing F.

The unit management consists of a chief physician and two chief nurses, who report to the chief physician and the head nurse.

The department consists of 15-20 doctors, including doctors in training. Currently we have about three main training programs annually in cardiology, and our own introductory doctors in rotation with other medical specialties.

Doctors in training stay with us for two years before they move on to SUH, Roskilde.

We have hired a training-responsible chief physician to manage the various training programs for our younger doctors.

The hospital has a good collaboration with the University of Copenhagen and contributes to the formalized teaching of medical students who have clinical placements at the hospital.

The heart department has two lecturers and also contributes to national and regional research projects.

The department has undergone a positive development over the last year. This includes, among other things, formalized DC-conversion with Remimazolam in the clinic with a dedicated younger doctor under specialist supervision, as well as evening rounds on weekdays.

In addition, Wednesday meetings are held, which are a weekly professional meeting for the department’s doctors.

The cardiology HU doctors are responsible for planning professional reviews in journal club format once a month.

We have a future ambition to establish a cardiology day unit in the department, and we would like to introduce a cardiology sweeper function, staffed by a specialist/HU doctor in cardiology.

We aim to especially offer our 2nd-year HU doctors in cardiology apprenticeship in TEE and to be able to perform acute and subacute cardiological supervision/echo.

We have also introduced training boards to visualize our educational initiatives.

Your expectations of you

• You are a cardiology specialist and wish to contribute to the daily operation with rounds on the heart department’s inpatient ward as well as seeing patients in our clinic
• We expect you to work in a solution- and collaboration-oriented manner with the department’s other training-responsible senior physicians

If you are not yet senior consultant-qualified, we can offer a specialist position with a view to senior consultant qualification within the above area of responsibility.

We can offer a position that includes

• continuity and variety in daily work
• coaching and professional development opportunities
• a good working environment and a well-functioning interdisciplinary collaboration
• a flexible working arrangement, and we are happy to accommodate the possibility to maintain and develop special areas of interest
• opportunity for individual agreements regarding subspecialization, including highly specialized programs in Roskilde/Køge
• opportunity to take on areas of responsibility, including function leadership and pillar responsibility

Practical information

SUH, Nykøbing F. offers good facilities for commuters from Køge and Copenhagen, where direct free buses run every weekday morning and evening.

In addition, a staff hotel has been established where overnight stays can be booked.

Read more about A work-life balance - Zealand University Hospital, Nykøbing F.

Research

SUH, Nykøbing F. has a Research Support Unit , which can help you get started with research.

Further information

Available from the Chief Physician Ramshanker Ramanathan, tel. 93 56 85 17, e-mail: [email protected]

Application

Please address your motivated application to the seven doctor roles (Medical Expert/clinical, Communicator, Collaborator, Leader/administrator/organizer, Health Promoter, Academic/ researcher and teacher, Professional), include your CV and explain how your professional competencies match the requirements for the position.

Salary and terms of employment

The position involves on-call duties. Number of shifts according to individual agreement.

Salary and terms of employment according to the applicable collective agreement and supplements determined in advance.

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Employment start 1 November 2026 or by agreement.

Employment is conditional on receipt of a satisfactory child-care certificate

Area of employment

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

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

Starting salary for employees under collective agreement

The region is required to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be told base salary, centrally determined supplements and pension under the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated supplements depending on the position, experience and qualifications.

See the starting salary on the region’s website

About Zealand University Hospital

Zealand University Hospital is Denmark’s newest university hospital with activities in Køge, Roskilde and Nykøbing F. We are a bold and outward-looking university hospital, where we every day work to create a cohesive health system and greater equality in health for citizens in the region.

Our catchment area is characterized by more citizens with chronic disease and social challenges than the national average. Therefore we work purposefully with innovation, new forms of collaboration and solutions that bring treatment closer to the citizens.

With us, you become part of an ambitious workplace where cross-sector collaboration, high professionalism and continuous improvements are a natural part of daily life. Our management values are innovation, loyalty, integrity and community, and they set the direction for how we work, develop, and achieve good results – for both citizens and employees.

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If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact

Name

Ramshanker Ramanathan

Email

[email protected]

Position

Chief Physician

Phone

93 56 85 17

WORKPLACE

Zealand University Hospital, Nykøbing F.

QUICKNR.

055985

SPECIALITIES

Internal Medicine: Cardiology

JOB TYPE

Full time

POSTED

11 October 2026

APPLICATION DEADLINE

31 October 2026

START DATE

1 November 2026