Consultancy in Orthopaedic Surgery combined with a clinical professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery with special focus on pediatric orthopaedics

A clinical position as consultant of orthopaedics at the Department of Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej is open for appointment as soon as possible.

The position is combined with a 10-year externally funded position as clinical professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with special focus on pediatric orthopaedics at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

With this new position, the Department of Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej wishes to strengthen the leadership in clinical research and teaching in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.

It is a requirement that the applicant is accepted for appointments of both the professorship and the consultancy.

The advertisement for the professorship is available from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen: 163352 Clinical professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with special focus on paediatric orthopaedic (fixed-term, 10 years)



ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT Organisation

The Department of Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej consists of 32 beds for adult patients including six semi-intensive beds for elective and trauma patients, in addition to 12 pediatric beds, plus nine orthopaedic operating rooms including one operating room for day surgery. The surgical activity amounts to 4.000 procedures per year.

This activity is combined with 25.000 outpatient visits yearly including pediatric outpatient visits. We are 175 employees including 49 MDs.



Clinical functions and focus areas of the department Clinically, the Department of Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej covers highly specialised orthopaedic surgery within the subspecialities of traumatology, arthroplasty, orthopaedic oncology, spine surgery, pediatric orthopaedics, and hand surgery.

The philosophy of the department is to maintain a coherent unit delivering high-quality orthopaedic treatment in the various subspecialities. Consequently, the entire department convene for morning conference every day of the week and have daily interdisciplinary teaching sessions in relation to the morning conferences.

The department has a close collaboration with other departments at the hospital, especially with the Department of Anesthesiology, since the hospital has the largest trauma center in the country. The ambition for the clinical part of the professorship is to strengthen the pediatric profile of the department in preparation for the future collaboration with Mary Elizabeths Hospital for Children and Women. Consequently, a close collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics at the hospital is expected.

It is expected that the applicant has a documented clinical experience at the international level in highly specialised pediatric orthopaedic surgery.



Research and teaching The department is active in research with 3 affiliated professorships in tumor surgery, arthroplasty, and spine surgery and currently 9-10 PhD positions. The department published more than 40 peer-reviewed international scientific journal articles in 2023.

With this new position as a consultant and a professorship in pediatric orthopaedics at the Department of Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej the department wishes to strengthen leadership as well as clinical research and teaching within pediatric orthopaedics. It is also expected that the applicant can provide constructive input in the planning process of Mary Elizabeths Hospital for Children and Women.

The ambition for the professorship is to support and stimulate research in pediatric orthopaedics in close collaboration with other orthopaedic subspecialities and well as other specialties at the hospital.

The department’s patient volume is well suited for clinical studies in highly specialised orthopaedic surgery. Furthermore, the department emphasizes collaboration with relevant partners at the regional as well as national and international level.



Qualifications Applicants must be board-certified specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery.



Conditions In order to be considered, the applicant must send an application to both the faculty (the professorship) and to the hospital (the consultancy) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the professorship.

Appointment is conditioned by the fact that the applicant obtains both positions. This also applies to the applicants who are already employed as consultants at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej.

Salary and conditions of employment as consultant are as agreed between the Danish Regions and the Danish Association of Medical Specialists and between the Capital Region/Region Zealand and University of Copenhagen.

As clinical professor at least 50 % of the working time will be allocated to academic tasks (e.g. research, teaching, evaluation tasks and communication with the public) in agreement with the Head of Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Copenhagen. The remaining time will be allocated for clinical work in agreement with the head of Department of Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej. The clinical professor will receive secretarial or technical support equivalent to 50 % of a full-time secretary position from the Department of Orthopedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej. Additional support and details on the working conditions must be negotiated with the head of the Department of Orthopaedics at Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej.



Application procedure The application must include the following:

• Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications

A description of how the applicant is qualified as

• Clinical expert
• Communicator
• Collaborator
• Manager/administrator/organizer
• Health advocate
• Scholar/researcher/teacher
• Professional

For more information please refer to https://sundhedsstyrelsen.dk/en/news/2013/the-seven-roles-of- physicians.



For applicants with a foreign license also a copy of the authorization certificate for specialist in orthopaedic recognition.

The closing date for applications is February 28th, 2025.



Interviews will be held on June 26th, 2025.



Further information:

For further information please contact head of department Claus Munk Jensen
Phone: +45 35 45 05 27
Cell: + 45 24 67 70 02
[email protected]



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