Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Science - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Clinical Neuroscience (CNS) conducts research and education in the field of neuroscience from the molecular level to the society level. The clinical research and education are conducted in collaboration with other research groups from the Karolinska Institutet (KI), with other universities as well as Region Stockholm.

The Centre for Psychiatry Research (CPF), a division within CNS, conducts high quality research into psychiatric disorders. The 23 independent research groups cover a number of fields, including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosis, personality disorders, substance use, and forensic psychiatry. We offer an engaging and international research environment where you will have the opportunity to contribute to high quality research at international top level. More information about CPF can be found on the department's website http://ki.se/cns or http://psykiatriforskning.se. 

Description of the subject area

The subject area is clinical psychiatric research and treatment development in child and adolescent psychiatry, with a focus on complex psychological disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions. Clinical psychiatric research and teaching within KI and the Region Stockholm has since 2007 been organized within the framework of the joint organizational structure of CPF. 

Your mission

CPF has successful lines of research and education in the field of adult psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, addiction, eating disorders, and child and adolescent psychiatry. Within KI/CPF all educations are conducted in the areas of adult psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, addiction, and child and adolescent psychiatry. Child and adolescent psychiatry research is a broad subject area with high priority for the Swedish government. The Department wishes to strengthen this field of research through recruiting a Senior Lecturer. The Senior Lecturer in child and adolescent psychiatric science shall promote research in this area through actions in research, preferably across a broad variety of research methods and broad range of topics, from the study of etiological mechanisms to the development and testing of clinical interventions, which can in turn be implemented for clinical use.

The successful applicant will conduct independent research and is expected to work closely with other members in the CPF Division and the Department, national and international collaborators, contribute significantly to a productive research environment, obtain independent funding, supervise students, and participate in post graduate research education. The appointee will also be expected to develop doctoral education courses in the subject.

Eligibility requirements

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

Further requirements are:

• Having conducted and published, in recent years, research of high quality in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry in complex disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions.
• Ability to obtain funding, as demonstrated by previously funded research projects as principal investigator.

Assessment criteria 

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

For employment as Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements and assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure 3.2.1 are applied in relation to established profile of employment.

It is particularly meritorious that the applicant has:

• Demonstrated a strong track record in research within the broader field of mental health in child and adolescent psychiatry and its impact on health-related outcomes.
• Clinical experience as well as experience of management of project coordination within child and adolescent psychiatry clinics.
• Knowledge and expertise from working with clinic-based, trial-based, and population-based epidemiological data within the field of child and adolescent psychiatry with expertise in the use of advanced statistical methods.

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 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 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: Solna

Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Centre for Psychiatry Research

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.

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