Professor in surgery combined with position as a consultant surgeon at Ersta Hospital (Prolonged application period) - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

- with focus on research

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The department of clinical sciences, Danderyd hospital (KI-DS) was established in its current form 1993. Annually, about 400 students undergo their basic medical training at KI-DS, including the units of surgery and urology, anesthesiology and intensive care, radiology, internal medicine, cardiology and clinical physiology, clinical chemistry, obstetrics and gynecology as well as orthopedic surgery. The department conducts clinical research in several different areas with a focus on diseases frequently treated at the hospital. The department has 90 registered PhD students and annually about 10 defend their dissertations for a doctoral degree in medicine. Approximately 200-250 articles are published annually in international peer-review journals. The department annually provides several courses for specialist competence in various subjects as well as further education courses for specialists and postgraduate courses.

The Department of surgery and anesthesiology at Ersta Hospital focuses on gastro-intestinal surgery and performs about 4000 surgical procedures each year.

Your mission

The employment has a focus on research. The unit of Surgery at KI-DS/Ersta Hospital performs research in gastrointestinal surgery and obesity surgery. The unit has several research supervisors and a well-structured research unit. The unit at Ersta also takes care of education and clinic-based training for medical students, nursing students and physiotherapy students.

The department now wants to recruit a new professor who will lead and continue to develop research and having overall responsibility for the education in surgery at Ersta Hospital. The holder of the position will lead the USV unit at Ersta Hospital. The position is intended to be divided as 50% employment at Karolinska Institutet as a professor, and 50% as a specialist doctor at the Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology at Ersta Hospital.

Eligibility requirements

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

The position will be combined with a position as a specialist trained physician in surgery at the Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology at Ersta Hospital and therefore the candidate must have an MD with specialist competence in surgery, or corresponding competence, as well as fulfill the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden.

Since the employment requires collaboration with other hospitals in the county, the holder must have documented experience of collaboration between different hospitals and to lead research activities.

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 (2), and clinical expertise (2).

It is particularly meritorious with experience in gastrointestinal surgery or bariatric surgery.

The applicant shall also have completed courses of 10 weeks of higher education training in teaching or have equivalent competence in accordance with the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions recommendations for qualification as a higher education teacher. 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: Danderyd - Ersta

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Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. Your application must contain the following documents: Resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio) and certificate of specialist in Surgery. 

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers, normally both national and international. The level of clinical employment (Senior Consultant, Senior Registrar or Specialist Trained Physician) is determined by Ersta Hospital before the decision of employment is made.

Welcome to apply at the latest 4 February 2021.

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

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