We are seeking a specialist physician who will be part of the team that is in the process of building a strong position in Pulmonary Medicine in Midt- and West Zealand Health.

The pulmonary department at Midt- og Vestsjællands 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 Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital. Whether you are a recent graduate or a fully qualified 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!

We have 24 beds at Slagelse Hospital, as well as a large pulmonary medicine outpatient clinic, which, in addition to pulmonary medicine patients at the main function level, also, in collaboration with Herlev/Gentofte, includes the highly specialized function for interstitial lung diseases and sarcoidosis. In addition, we take 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 just 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 place emphasis on high professional standards and aim to create the best patient pathways – also in 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 must be good at collaborating both internally and externally.

Our Department

The department performs the pulmonary medicine tasks in Slagelse, and is in the process of building the responsibility for the outpatient pulmonary medicine patients at Holbæk Hospital. As of October 1, 2026 we will have 9 specialists in pulmonary medicine, and we manage the main training in pulmonary medicine. In the ward at Slagelse, everything within High-flow, NIV treatment (including home NIV), and UL-guided pleural procedures are handled.

In the outpatient setting, in addition to main function patients, we also handle the high-specialized area for interstitial lung diseases and sarcoidosis (collaboration agreement). The outpatient clinic also handles non-m malignant bronchoscopy. As of October 1, 2026 we have hired an additional 1 specialist to manage outpatient pulmonary medicine patients in Holbæk.

You will become part of Medical Department 1, which in addition to pulmonary medicine also includes the subspecialties gastroenterology and rheumatology with a total of 44 beds distributed 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 manage the further education of specialists within several internal and general medical specialties. Therefore, the department has a very strong focus on education.

The department also provides teaching to medical students from the University of Copenhagen and has attached clinical lecturers, 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 will participate together with other specialists in ward rounds, outpatient activities, supervision, and the pulmonary medicine specialist function in the acute admissions unit. In addition, you will participate in the medical on-call duties. As a specialist you will have the opportunity to be the primus motor within one of the pulmonary medicine areas.

About you

• You must be ambitious for the pulmonary medical specialty
• You must be able to work and be active in cross-disciplinary collaboration
• You must be good at communication
• You can work independently
• You work to ensure good patient pathways
• You must place professional and organizational quality high
• You must be open to working with digital solutions in patient pathways

We offer

• Close medical professional sparring within the cross-specialties
• A good working and teaching environment
• Well-functioning cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Short lines of communication to the management
• An emergency hospital experiencing strong growth
• An department with great development potential within internal medicine and subspecialties
• 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 come with the job, please contact Chief Physician Laila Thorgersen, 30381641, [email protected]

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

Application

Applicants are requested to address the seven competencies in the accompanying application material as concretely and systematically as possible, as Region Zealand uses these in the professional assessment of the seven medical competencies.

Start: 1 January 2027 or by agreement.

Application deadline: November 17, 2026

Interviews expected to be held on November 20, 2026

Employment area

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

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

Starting salary for contractual employees

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be told base salary, centrally set allowances and pension in the relevant collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the salary 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 Midt- og Vestsjællands Hospital we work every day to promote healthy life by preventing and treating in a cohesive health effort. As a hospital we unite psychiatry and somatics. Our goal is for patients and citizens to experience good and safe high-quality pathways.

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 is part of daily life and occurs in professionally committed communities. Also across departments.

Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital covers a catchment area of about 230,000 residents. 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 educational environment, where we welcome about 2,700 students, trainees and doctors in further education programs every year.

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WORKPLACE

Midt- and Vestsjællands Hospital, Slagelse

QUICKNR.

055967

SPECIALITIES

Internal medicine: Respiratory diseases

JOB TYPE

Full time

POSTED

9 October 2026

APPLICATION DEADLINE

17 November 2026

EMPLOYMENT START DATE

1 January 2027