Consultancy in Internal Medicine: Cardiology combined with a clinical professorship in Internal Medicine: Cardiology with special focus on Congenital

A clinical position as consultant of Internal Medicine: Cardiology at the Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet is open for appointment as soon as possible.

The position is combined with a 5-year position as clinical professor of Internal Medicine: Cardiology with special focus on Congenital Heart Disease 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

Organisation
The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet offers clinical and advanced programs for cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, anaesthesia, respiratory medicine, intensive care and infectious diseases. The large number and complexity of patients at the Centre provides an ideal learning environment for specialized care of congenital heart disease. The numbers, and the outcome based on the numerous procedures used to treat different types of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases distinguishes the Centre from other institutions in Denmark.

Clinical functions and focus areas of the department
The Heart Centre at Rigshospitalet offers clinical and advanced residency programs for cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, anaesthesia, vascular surgery and infectious medicine and research. The large number and complexity of patients at the Heart Centre provides an ideal learning environment for specialized cardiovascular care. In 2024, the Heart Centre physicians completed more than 8000 interventional or diagnostic cardiac catheterisation procedures and performed approximately 1800 open-heart operations. These numbers, and the outcome based on the numerous procedures used to treat different types of heart disease distinguishes the Heart Centre from other institutions in Denmark.

The Heart Centre at Rigshospitalet offers a complex, specialised care programme, which includes: Open heart surgery (coronary bypass procedures and valve surgery), surgery for congenital heart disease, heart (and lung) transplantations, surgery for atrial fibrillation, diagnostic and interventional catheterisation procedures (including a 24-hour service of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction), echocardiography, cardiac CT/magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic and interventional electrophysiology procedures (ablations), permanent pacemaker insertions (including implantable cardiac defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers), percutaneous lead extractions, percutaneous aortic valve insertions and mitral valve repair, stress tests and ECGs. As a unique feature, the Heart Centre has intensive care facilities designed for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors and patients with severe acute heart failure with treatment options ranging from intensive medical care to implantation of various types of mechanical circulatory assist devices.

Unit for congenital heart disease (CHD):
The team includes, but is not limited to, six staff paediatric cardiologists affiliated with the paediatric department, five staff paediatric anaesthesiologists, three cardiac surgeons, four staff adult cardiologists specialised in adult congenital heart disease of whom one conducts all EP procedures and two all other invasive procedures. We furthermore on average employ four to six specialised nurses. Since 2016, all surgery and catheter interventions on Danish patients with CHD have been centralised at Rigshospitalet, thus serving a population of approx. 6 million. Our three specialized surgeons conduct approximately 200-250 heart operations on children with CHD and approximately 80 adults with CHD. We conduct 300-350 invasive procedures a year (150-175 on both children and adults) on patients with CHD plus 50-80 EP procedures. Our cath team performs a wide spectrum of interventions including transcatheter pulmonary valves and various Hybrid procedures. We have video-conferencing capabilities that are routinely used on a weekly basis for national cardiac conferences letting providers from the other Danish hospitals with CHD clinics dial into our conferences for patient care and education.

Research and teaching
With this new position The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet wishes to strengthen the leadership in clinical research and teaching in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen within the field of congenital heart disease.

Qualifications
Applicants must be board-certified specialist in Internal Medicine: Cardiology. The applicant must be experienced within cardiac invasive procedures in congenital heart disease.

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 – Rigshospitalet.

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 Cardiology. Additional support and details on the working conditions must be negotiated with the head of the department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet.

Application procedure
The application must include the following:

• Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications
• Copy of the authorization certificate for specialist in Internal Medicine: Cardiology
• 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.

The closing date for applications is January 4, 2026.

Further information:

For further information please contact Head of Department Søren Boesgaard tel. + 45 35 45 23 47, or email: [email protected]

Information on Terms of employment for the Capital Region, please refer here.

Apply for this position online here.

Application deadline: Apply no later than 4. January 2026

Lokation: Rigshospitalet - Blegdamsvej