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Do you want to work in The Mental Health Services in a welfare state where mutual trust between employee and manager is essential? Where the work-life balance is among the best in the world and where you have the possibility for professional development?

We offer a professional work environment in the beautiful Region of Southern Denmark
At The Mental health Services, Region of Southern Denmark we want to strengthen our professional environment with a specialist physician. We are looking for a talented and dedicated psychiatrist to our department in Vejle.

At arrival, you will participate in our well-tested onboarding program, which consists of relocation support, thorough introduction to the workplace, help with all practical matters and an intensive in house language course.

You will be working and living in the beautiful city of Vejle. A city that has a lot to offer in terms of both nature and culture. Vejle is centrally located with only a 30 minutes’ drive to Billund international airport and is within driving distance of both the German border and the Capitol of Copenhagen.

We provide specialist healthcare
The department in Vejle is part of the Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark. The department provides specialist healthcare services to approx. 300,000 inhabitants. The department is a professional independent unit responsible for the mental healthcare and provides various types of services, such as inpatient ward, outpatient and emergency services. The department has FACT teams cooperating with the municipalities, and local emergency teams during daytime.

We work interdisciplinary and collaborate across the sections with attending specialist physicians, doctors in specialization, psychologists, physiotherapists, nurses, social workers, healthcare professionals and healthcare secretaries.

Environmental therapy is an important part of the treatment in the inpatient units. We have joint medical meetings and treatment meetings with focus on various professional topics. We are now strengthening our treatment group with an attending specialist physician. The current vacancy is in our inpatient unit with the possibility to transfer to an outpatient clinic later on.

Work tasks:
Diagnostic evaluation, plan the course of treatment and discharge of patients
Assessment and diagnosis of mental disorders
Treatment of various mental disorders
Individual follow-up of patients
Collaboration in interdisciplinary teams and collaboration with the municipal healthcare service
Participate in admissions meetings/assessments of referrals
Patient documentation
Medical assessments
Somatic examinations and follow-up
Professional and clinical meetings with other therapists, nurses etc.
Supervision of doctors in specialization

A well-run department with a good working environment
Highly skilled and committed colleagues
Professional development
Research opportunities
Permanent internal learning
Intensive language course at the hospital – also for your partner




Vejle, a place for you to stay – and for your family
Your employment starts with an intensive language course. You will participate in our well-tested in house language class that takes place in small groups with other international doctors and nurses. The classes will focus on communicative tasks so you will quickly be able to communicate with patients and colleagues. There are classes every day and after 5-6 months, you work full-time and continue Danish lessons in the evening class.

If you are coming to Denmark with a partner and/or kids, we are committed to secure that the move is successful for the entire family. Public schools are free in Denmark and there are many different opportunities for kids to participate in leisure activities. We offer free Danish language course for partners and are happy to advice on job search and settlement opportunities.

We look forward to hearing from you
If you are considering moving to Denmark, learning a new language and want to be a part of a great work place, we are more than happy to hear from you!

We kindly ask that you apply for the position via. one the e-mails listed below, and that you to attach a resume and a cover letter in which you describe yourselves and your family situation, your experiences as a psychiatrist and your motivation for working and living in Denmark.

We welcome all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, disability, different national or ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientation.

Recruitment process
After screening the applications, we conduct Skype-interviews. We invite selected candidates and their spouses to visit the departments in Denmark. Conversations and interviews are in English. Similarly, the application and resume must be in English.

Do you want to know more?
If you want to know more about living in Denmark we recommend that you look at: Working in Denmark (workindenmark.dk) and read more about living and working in Vejle at: Newcomer Service - Vejle Kommune

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact International recruitment Team:

Maria Jensen
Tel: +45 5183 6867
[email protected]

Mathilde Wittrup Lindenborg
Tel: +45 2912 8728
[email protected]

Send your application to Email: [email protected]