Assistant Professor in Health Care Sciences - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The division of nursing conducts research within care science and education. Our aim is to improve health care for patients and relatives as well as for health care employees. The division’s research program aims to contribute to guidelines and new ways of working in healthcare from the patient's perspective, problems and needs, to ensure patients' health and well-being in every situation. Inviting the patient to work together is one of the cornerstones for achieving safe patient care. The focus of our research is value-based care, and its potential and significance for patients' health.

Your mission

The employment as Assistant Professor is time limited for 6 years with the right to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer.

The employment is placed in Yvonne Wengströms research group in the EFFECT, ExMed and ongoing exercise projects. Responsibilities include follow-up assessments (physiological tests and questionnaires) of patients with cancer included in the studies. Inclusion and training of patients in ongoing physical exercise studies. Responsibility for analysis of data, analysis of objectively measured physical activity measures, managing data in SPSS and eCRF, manuscript writing, and supervision of research students. Seeking funding for future studies, and participation in teaching.

Eligibility requirements

Those eligible for employment as an Assistant Professor are individuals who have been awarded a PhD or attained equivalent research competence. Preference should be given to those who were awarded a PhD or attained equivalent research competence no more than five years prior to the expiry of the application period for the position as assistant professor.

Those who have been awarded a PhD or attained equivalent research competence earlier may however be considered if special grounds exist. 

Special grounds refer to:

• parental leave,
• positions of trust in trade union organizations
• mandatory service in the total defense forces
• long-term illness
• general medical internship (maximum 24 months)
• specialist medical residency for clinically active professionals (maximum 24 months).

Ground, dates and extent must be clearly specified in the application and verified with relevant documentation.

For this position a University degree in Exercise Physiology, specialising in clinical populations, is required. The successful candidate must have a strong background in the field of clinical exercise physiology research (specifically exercise for people with cancer). The candidate should have experience in conducting exercise research trials for clinical populations. In addition to excellent speaking, reading and writing skills in English, the candidate should be able to communicate with study participants and so the candidate should be able to speak Swedish. The position will include teaching and research student supervision therefore you should have teaching and research student supervision experience.

Bases of assessment

Scientific expertise will be most important when assessing applicants.

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. Here, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical 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 good benefits through our collective agreement. 

Location: Flemingsberg & Solna

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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, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply at the latest 4th of november 2022 

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system

Particular assessment for promotion to Senior Lecturer

An Assistant Professor employed in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4 Section 12a shall be promoted to Senior Lecturer if he or she is eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer in accordance with the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet and is assessed to be suitable for such employment in accordance with the assessment criteria that KI has decided should be applied when being promoted to Senior Lecturer. The assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet that was valid at the time of appointment as Assistant Professor will be applied when applying for promotion to Senior Lecturer. Current assessment criteria is found here. Such promotion results in a permanent position as Senior Lecturer.

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