Consultancy in gynaecology combined with a clinical professorship in Obstetrics

A clinical position as consultant in gynaecology at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte (located at Herlev) is open for appointment from as soon as possible.

The position is combined with a 5-year externally funded position as clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology with special focus on gynaecology 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 consultancy.

The advertisement for the professorship is available from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. (https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/)

About the department The department treats gynecological conditions in women of all ages and handles approximately 5,000 births annually. The department’s focus is on providing high-quality patient care with involvement of both patients and their relatives. The department is physically located at the Herlev site.

The gynecology section includes a gynecological outpatient clinic and inpatient ward, urogynecological clinic, ultrasound scanning, and a reproductive medicine clinic.

The obstetrics/maternity section includes an obstetric clinic with delivery ward, in-house delivery clinic, pregnancy- and loss unit, emergency unit for pregnant women, antenatal outpatient clinic and antenatal-postnatal ward, home birth service, and fetal medicine clinic.

The department has significant research activity within urogynecology, reproductive medicine, obstetrics, fetal medicine, and benign gynecology. Research is conducted by two professors, clinical lecturers, and research nurses and midwives. The department has established a clinical research unit across specialties and professions to strengthen registry-based and clinical research. Additionally, professors and lecturers are responsible for clinical teaching and examination of approximately 100 medical students from the University of Copenhagen each year.

In total, the department has around 425 dedicated staff members, including doctors, nurses, midwives, medical secretaries, social and healthcare assistants, biomedical laboratory scientists, and non-medical academics. We have 85 doctors, including one chief physician, three senior consultants, two professors, consultants, and staff doctors, as well as around 25 training positions at all levels.

For more information, please refer to the department’s website (https://www.herlevhospital.dk/afdelinger-og-klinikker/Afdeling-for-Kvindesygdomme-Graviditet-og-Foedsler/Sider/default.aspx.)

Clinical functions and focus areas of the department We offer a high volume of outpatient and surgical gynaecological services, primarily focusing on benign conditions, though we also manage selected malignant cases. Furthermore, our fertility clinic handles a substantial patient flow and provides comprehensive reproductive care.

The urogynaecology unit provides both regional-level services (e.g., TVT procedures, bulking agents) and highly specialized care (e.g., urethral diverticula, vesicovaginal fistulas, mesh-related complications, anal incontinence). This includes receiving complex cases referred from other hospitals.

A key focus area of the department is to support women's health across all ages, integrating clinical practice with research in all aspects of women's health—before, during, and after pregnancy and childbirth, as well as later in life. We are currently establishing an HBOC Center (Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer) for women in the Eastern Denmark region who are suspected or confirmed carriers of risk genes. These patients often require multidisciplinary management during both diagnostic evaluation and treatment.

Research and teaching With the new position as consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte and clinical professor at University of Copenhagen, we wish to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching.

Qualifications Applicants must be board-certified specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology.

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 Copenhagen University 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 Obstetrics and Gynecology. Additional support and details on the working conditions must also be negotiated with the head of the department.

Application procedure The application must include the following:

• Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications
• Copy of the authorization certificate for specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology.
• 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: https://www.sst.dk/udgivelser/2013/de-syv-laegeroller (The Seven Roles of Physicians).

The closing date for applications is 10 May 2026.

Interviews for this position are likely to be held 17 September 2026.

Further information For further information please contact head of the department :

Chief physician Lene Drasbek Huusom : Tel. + 45 60160405, or email: elizabethbauermoorejesuswalshjeffreylene.drasbek.huusom@mullenjonesregionhware-kennedy.dk.

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

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