Senior Lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology, focused on cancer prevention, combined with a clinical position as specialist physician at the Karolinska University Hospital - Prolonged application period - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

- with focus research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Would you like to work with and further develop clinical research at Karolinska Institutet and at the Karolinska University Hospital? Do you want to develop the next generation medical doctors and clinical research training? Welcome to a leading environment within Women’s and Children’s Health in the field of hereditary gynecological cancer.

Description of the subject area

Obstetrics and gynecology with a focus on cancer prevention includes diagnostics and treatment of these diseases, but also epidemiology, heredity, life style factors and quality of life.

Your mission

The position is located at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, 50 % of full time, and at the hereditary unit, Theme Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, 50 % of full time.

The clinical unit is a highly specialized unit for cancer prevention and hereditary cancer.

The position includes clinical research focusing on prevention and treatment of hereditary cancer and related areas, such as quality of life after treatment for gynecological cancer but also benign gynecology. The position aims to strengthen and further develop the clinical research at Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital.

Since the position aims at bridging between and strengthening both clinical care and research in hereditary cancer, the successful applicant is expected to take active part in further development of clinical research infrastructures within the field, nationally as well as internationally.

The position includes involvement in and responsibility for education on basic and advanced levels in midwifery, medicine, specialist and continuing education in obstetrics and gynecology, as well as supervision of doctoral students.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer with focus research, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific expertise, the applicant must have demonstrated good pedagogical expertise; excellent scientific expertise and clinical expertise. (See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

The appointee is expected to perform internationally competitive research in the field as documented by the number and quality of publications in international peer-reviewed journals during the last seven years. The applicant must demonstrate external funding acquired as main and co-applicant during the last five years, and supervision of doctoral students as the main supervisor.

The position will be combined with a position as a specialist trained physician at Karolinska University Hospital. Therefore, the candidate must have a clinically active MD with specialist competence  in obstetrics and gynecology or corresponding competence, as well as fulfill the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden. Since the position includes clinical work, the successful applicant must demonstrate proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish (C1 level according to the common European reference scale (CERS).

Assessment criteria

The position has a focus on research. The assessment will weigh qualifications as follows: scientific expertise (3), pedagogical expertise (2) , leadership, development and collaboration expertise (2), and clinical expertise (2) .

For employment as Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements and assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure 3.2.2 are applied in relation to established profile of employment.

Since the position aims to strengthen translational research, experience from leadership and collaboration will be meritorius. It is of special merit to have documented knowledge of oncogenetics and show clinical and research expertise within cancer prevention and quality of life after cancer treatment.

Since the intended employment is about developing the research area and future leadership, personal qualifications such as the ability to cooperate as well as international experience and networks are highly meriting.

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. 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 Karolinska Institutet

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. 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 benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Solna, and the Unit for Hereditary Cancer at the Theme Cancer,  Karolinska University Hospital, Solna.

https://ki.se/en/kbh

Application

Your application must contain the following documents in English: a cover letter as well as a résumé and a qualifications portfolio including a description of your research plan, both presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s template (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio). You may change or add to your application at any time up to and including the application deadline date. After the deadline, the process closes, and no amendment or addition can be made to your application.

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers, most often both national and international. For that reason, all the submitted documents should be written in English.

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

For the clinical position at Karolinska University Hospital:

To obtain position as specialist doctor (överläkare, biträdande överläkare, specialistläkare) 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.

• 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 at Karolinska University Hospital (in Swedish).

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