Consultancy in Neurology combined with a Clinical Professorship (Chair) in Neurology A clinical position as Consultant in Neurology at the Department of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet is open for appointment as soon as possible.
The position is combined with a 10-year position as Clinical Professor (Chair) in Neurology at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
With this new position, the Department of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury wishes to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.
It is a requirement that the applicant is accepted for appointment to both the professorship and the consultancy.
The advertisement for the professorship is available from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (
http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/).
https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=164316About the Department The Department of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury is part of the Neuroscience Centre at Rigshospitalet and is located at the Bodil Eskesen Centre in Glostrup. The department provides highly specialized and regional neurorehabilitation services for patients from Eastern Denmark as well as Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The department encompasses highly specialized and regional neurorehabilitation after traumatic and non-traumatic acquired brain injury, comprehensive rehabilitation and long-term follow-up of patients with spinal cord injury, and integrated interdisciplinary care pathways involving physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, neuropsychologists and social workers. Selected patient groups are followed in structured, lifelong outpatient programmes.
The department maintains close collaboration with neurointensive, neurological and neurosurgical units, as well as with municipalities and regional partners, ensuring continuity across acute treatment, rehabilitation and long-term management. Clinical care, research and education are closely integrated.
As part of its strategic development, the department has invested in digital health, welfare technology and robotics, including collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in relation to technology-supported rehabilitation models and data-driven clinical solutions.
Clinical functions and focus areas of the department The consultant will work within and contribute to the continued development of neurorehabilitation services across both brain injury and spinal cord injury pathways.
The position includes responsibility for complex rehabilitation trajectories requiring advanced neurological expertise and interdisciplinary coordination. The consultant will contribute to strengthening clinical pathways from early neurocritical phases to long-term follow-up.
Close collaboration with neurointensive, neurological and neurosurgical services is essential, as is ongoing cooperation with municipalities and other healthcare sectors. The consultant will participate in referral processes, capacity planning and strategic development of rehabilitation services.
Supervision and bedside clinical teaching of medical students, residents and other physicians in training is an integrated part of the clinical function. The consultant will be expected to contribute to administrative and organizational tasks. Potential participation in on-call duties will be agreed upon at the time of employment
The consultant will report to the Head of Department and will be a member of the department’s management group.
Research and teaching With this new position, the Department of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury wishes to strengthen clinical research and academic development in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.
Qualifications Applicants must be board-certified specialists in Neurology.
Conditions In order to be considered, the applicant must send an application to both the Faculty (the professorship) and to the hospital departments (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 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 and the 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 to clinical work in agreement with the Head of Department.
Additional support and details on working conditions must be negotiated with the Head of Department.
Application procedure The application must include:
Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications
Copy of the authorization certificate for specialist in Neurology
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://www.sst.dk/udgivelser/2013/de-syv-laegerollerThe closing date for applications is 26. August 2026.Further information For further information please contact:
Mette Lindelof, MD
Head of Department
Tel. +45 26661166
Email: mette.lindelof@regionh.dk
