Consultancy in Orthopaedic Surgery combined with a clinical professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery with special focus on Technology-driven Fracture Surgery and Tissue Healing

A clinical position as consultant of Orthopedic Surgery at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg is open for appointment from as soon as possible.

The position is combined with a 5-year externally funded position as clinical professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with special focus on Technology-driven Fracture Surgery and Tissue Healing at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

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

The advertisement for the professorship is available from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=152793)

About the department

The Orthopaedic Surgery Department M consists of two inpatient wards, a combined elective and same-day surgical ward, its own operating suite, three outpatient clinics, a sports surgery section, and an independent sports medicine unit with its own outpatient clinic. The department has 300 employees, including 85 doctors.

The department is responsible for the acute treatment of orthopaedic conditions within its catchment area and also provides a wide range of elective orthopaedic services, including foot surgery, sports surgery and medicine, joint replacement surgery, trauma surgery, and hand surgery. Annually, the department handles 35.000 outpatient visits, 5,000 surgeries, and 6,000 admissions. 
The department serves a regional function in foot surgery, arthroscopic surgery, and shoulder arthroplasty, as well as a highly specialized function in arthroscopic surgery. 
The department is active in research, with doc affiliated professorships and a varying number of PhD positions. In 2024, the department published 125 per-reweived articles.

The work environment is characterized by mutual trust, good collaboration, and professional pride.

Clinical functions and focus areas of the department

The Trauma Section functions independently with its own separate conferences for handover, education, and team cohesion. The section is facing changes in the near future. The focus will be on development, unity, and high professional standards. We aim to provide a strong educational environment for both specialists and junior doctors. There should be a natural and friendly interaction between colleagues, and the sense of community should uplift the entire section.

The section seeks to strengthen research in traumatology, with the hope that the majority of our patients will be included in clinical research. We aim to create an environment where it is natural for both trauma section specialists and the junior doctors affiliated with the section to actively participate in clinical research, including patient recruitment and follow-up.

We hope to contribute to bringing together the region’s traumatology departments in collaborative research projects, and to become a national flagship in traumatology research.

We expect that you:

• Are an expert surgeon with a strong focus on difficult and complex trauma-related surgeries
• A strong clinical experience in treating trauma patients.
• Possess significant research experience and the ambition to help build a strong research culture alongside the department’s other research-active physicians.
• Are sociable and eager to work in teams — both with fellow surgeons in the trauma section and with junior doctors, nurses, anesthesia staff, physiotherapists, etc.
• Are proactive, reliable, enthusiastic in daily clinical work, productive, and willing to represent the department/section at national and international congresses and meetings.
• Are focused on education and good at teaching others.

Research and teaching

With the new position as clinical professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with special focus on Technology-driven Fracture Surgery and Tissue Healing, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery wishes to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching.

Qualifications

Consultant applicants must be board-certified specialists 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 the Hospital.

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 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 Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg. Additional support and details on the working conditions must be negotiated with the head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg.

Application procedure

The application must include the following:

• Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications
• Copy of the authorization certificate for specialist in Emergency Medicine.
• 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 Sundhedsstyrelsen: The Seven Roles of Physicians.

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

The closing date for applications is 14.12.2025.

Further information:

For further information please contact Head of Department, Chief Surgeon Henrik Palm tel. + 45 3863 5110, or email: Henrik.palm@regionh.dk.

Information on Terms of employment for the Capital Region: https://www.regionh.dk/english/job/Pages/default.aspx

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• Fakta

• Arbejdssted
  Bispebjerg og Frederiksberg Hospital
• Kontaktperson
  Henrik Palm
  Henrik.Palm@regionh.dk
• Adresse
  Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 København
• Stillingstype
  Overlæge
• Speciale
  Ortopædisk kirurgi
• Ansættelsesform
  Fast ansættelse
• Ugentlig arbejdstid
  Fuld tid
• Ansættelsens start
  01-06-2026
• Regionens jobnr.
  265426
• Quick-nr.
  483957
• Indrykningsdato
  14-11-2025
• Ansøgningsfrist
  14-12-2025