Assistant Senior Lecturer in health informatics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

The activities at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) include education and research in systems, leadership and management in health care, lifelong learning for healthcare professionals, ethics and policy issues related to health care and research, health care information systems, social innovation and suicide prevention. We run three master's programmes and several executive and professional education courses. We collaborate with Region Stockholm, various authorities and companies, as well as with patient organizations.

Within the division Health Informatics Center, you will find a unique opportunity to work closely together with cutting edge researchers in the intersection between healthcare organization and technology. We offer an engaging and international research environment where you may contribute to high quality research on an internationally competitive level as well as be engaged in postgraduate education in health informatics at master and doctoral level.

Your mission

As assistant senior lecturer, you will conduct research and education in health informatics, specifically in Clinical Informatics or Consumer Health Informatics. Own research should be related to e.g. data analysis and visualization, data integration and interoperability, or design and evaluation. The work mainly consists of tasks such as:

• To participate in health informatics education at master's and doctoral level, including course responsibility

• To apply for research funding

• To write scientific publications and inform about research and research results

• To initiate and pursue national and international collaborations in the subject area

Description of the subject area 

Health informatics is an interdisciplinary field in the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care. This field deals with the methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Assistant Senior Lecturer the applicant must have demonstrated scientific expertise and completed a doctoral degree in a subject area relevant for the duties. In addition to the doctoral thesis the applicant must have published  at least three scientific peer reviewed publications. The applicant must partially meet the requirements for excellent teaching experience and expertise and have shown good pedagogical independence. The applicant shall also have completed 10 weeks of courses on teaching in higher education (or have equivalent competence), as indicated in the recommendations of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institution.

Assessment criteria

• Extensive pedagogical experience of various forms of teaching at first and second cycle levels
• Experience of individual supervision of degree projects at first and second cycle levels
• Independent responsibility for planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching and examination at first and second cycle levels – to a significant extent and with documented high quality.
• Pedagogical management assignments, for example as course director at first and second cycle level.
• Completed, nationally and internationally presented pedagogical development work resulting in improved study programs and/or courses.

In the assessment of the applicants, particular emphasis is put on pedagogical and scientific skills. In addition, excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Swedish are required.

Pedagogical skills

Extensive pedagogical experience of various forms of teaching at first and/or second cycle levels Experience of individual supervision of degree projects in health informatics at first and/or second cycle levels Independent responsibility for planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching and examination at first and/or second cycle levels – to a significant extent and with documented high quality. Pedagogical management assignments, for example as course director at first and/or second cycle level.

Scientific skills

Conducted research in health informatics, specifically in one of the following sub-areas: Clinical informatics, Consumer health informatics Scientific publications of high quality in established international scientific journals in health informatics as first and/or senior author. 

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

What do we offer?

A creative, international and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. 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. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. 

Location: Solna

Read more about LIME.

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Application 

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. An application must contain the following documents: Resumé and qualifications presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply at the latest August 29th 2022.

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

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