Professor in Tumor pathology combined with a clinical position in pathology at Karolinska University Hospital - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Would you like to work with and further develop research within the area of tumor pathology at Karolinska Institutet and at the Karolinska University Hospital? Are you interested in molecular diagnostics? Welcome to a leading environment within tumor pathology research.

Your mission

The employment has a focus on research.

The position is placed at the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, with 50% of full-time, together with employment at the Medical Unit Clinical Pathology and Cytology at Karolinska University Hospital-Solna with 50% of full-time.

The successful applicant is expected to contribute academic leadership within preclinical and clinical tumor pathology with focus on molecular diagnostics. The applicant shall function as a principal investigator (PI) and conduct high quality research within the area, including supervision of PhD-students, post-docs, and younger researchers within clinical pathology. Education is included in the position on the basic- and PhD-educational level. For the clinical appointment, the applicant is expected to actively participate in and lead the development of tumor diagnostics for at least one of the clinical pathology subject areas represented at the site Solna.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as Professor, the applicant must have demonstrated research and teaching expertise as well as management, development and collaborative skills and clinical expertise according to the requirements for professorship at Karolinska Institutet (See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

The applicants’ research should be of international high quality within tumor pathology with a focus on molecular diagnostics. The subject encompasses the entire spectrum of molecular changes that initiates and contributes to tumor development and which are important for diagnostics, prognostics and treatment strategies. The applicant should therefore be actively conducting research concerning development/application of methodology and analyses in clinical pathology, as well as disease-, prognosis- and treatment-related changes in patients.

The applicant should have experience from basic education as well as from research education.

The successful applicant has to be a clinically active specialist physician in pathology with extensive knowledge in clinical tumor diagnostics. The applicant should present a clear vision of how he/she sees the development of molecular diagnostics in tumor pathology within the next five years. The applicant should in his/her clinical practice be well experienced in clinical routine work such as macroscopical and microscopical diagnostic, participation in clinical conferences and mentoring residents as well as junior specialist doctors.

The position will be combined with a position as a specialist trained physician in pathology at a healthcare facility for medical training and research and therefore the candidate must have an MD with specialist competence in pathology, as well as fulfill the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden. To become employed the applicant is required to hold a Swedish specialty license in pathology and to have the required knowledge of spoken and written Swedish.

Bases of assessment 

The Professorship has a focus on research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: research expertise (3), educational expertise (2), leadership, development and collaboration expertise (1), and clinical expertise (2).

The appointee must have undergone 10 weeks (or equivalent competence) of higher education training in teaching in accordance with the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions recommendations for qualification as a higher education teacher or having otherwise obtained equivalent knowledge. If the person appointed for the position is lacking such education at the time of the employment, the appointee must undergo such education during the first two years of employment.

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the candidates, Karolinska Institutet will judge which of the candidates that have the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment full of expertise and curiosity. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles to several benefits such as extended holiday and generous occupational pension. Employees also have access to our modern gym for free and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet and Medical Unit Clinical Pathology and Cytology, Karolinska University Hospital-Solna

Department of Oncology-Pathology

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Application

An application must contain the following documents in English: Resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio).

Clinical position at Karolinska University Hospital:

To obtain position as specialist doctor at Karolinska University Hospital, assessment of the applicant’s clinical qualifications by the hospital’s Expert Committee is mandatory.

Hence, the documents listed below are required for determining the correct service level and should be written in Swedish.

• Karolinska University Hospital’s form for Curriculum Vitae
• Swedish specialist certificate(s) issued by the National Board of Health and Welfare, as well as specialist certificate(s) from other countries than Sweden.

Link to criteria for specialist doctor positions at Karolinska University hospital (in Swedish).

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers in English. All the submitted documents except the documents concerning the clinical position shall therefor be written in English.

Welcome to apply at the latest on October 2nd, 2020.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

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