Professor in Infectious Diseases combined with position as specialist physician at Karolinska University Hospital - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to top quality research and education?

We are looking for a professor that is interested in leading and developing research in infectious diseases as well as leading education with a focus on infectious diseases.

Description of the subject area

The Department of Medicine, Solna, has well established educational- and research profiles in biomedicine and clinical medicine at a high international level. Infectious diseases constitutes a central part of the department’s research and education in clinical medicine. The Division of Infectious Diseases at Department of Medicine, Solna is responsible for research in infectious diseases and for the education in infectious diseases for medical students in close collaboration with the Department of Infectious Diseases (ME Infektion) at the Karolinska University Hospital.

Medical research is increasingly dependent on data-driven life science and open access to data. The complexity of handling data is growing exponentially. To meet this accelerating development, we aim to strengthen our computational and data-driven focus in clinical research and epidemiology with emphasis on infectious diseases. Moreover, clinical trials and clinical research on acute infections are important to improve the management of infections and implementation of new strategies. The research environment and the health care facilities in close geographical proximity to our department provide an outstanding opportunity to develop this field – from molecular aspects to clinical registry data and clinical trials. With a scientifically and clinically strong leader with a great interest to also lead the education for medical students in infectious diseases it would be possible to further improve this field at KI and the Karolinska University Hospital.

Your mission

To ensure research and research-based education of high quality, there is a need for a professor who conducts research and education at a high international level at the Department of Medicine, Solna, combined with position as at least a specialist physician at the Department of Infectious Diseases (ME Infektion) at Karolinska University Hospital.

The mission is thus to conduct research as principal investigator with your own group at an internationally competitive level in this subject area and to lead medical education at high quality, in collaboration with other hospitals, in infectious diseases for medical students.

The professorship will be combined with a position as at least specialist physician in infectious diseases at the Karolinska University Hospital. The employment rate is divided into 70 percent at MedS and 30 percent at the Karolinska University Hospital.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Professor with focus on research the applicant must have demonstrated excellent scientific expertise, good pedagogical expertise and clinical expertise. The applicant must be a research leader with an established research line and her/his own doctoral students as well as experience in education in infectious disease for  medical students.

The position will be combined with a position as at least a specialist physician in infectious diseases at the Department of Infectious Diseases (ME Infektion), Karolinska University Hospital and therefore the candidate must have a Swedish MD with specialist competence in infectious diseases as well as fulfill the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden.

Since the clinical work and teaching are expected to be performed in Swedish, the successful applicant must, besides English, demonstrate proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish (C1 level according to the common European reference scale (CERS).

Assessment criteria

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

For employment as Professor at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements and assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure 3.1.1 are applied in relation to established profile of employment.

It is particularly meritorious that the applicant has shown

• experience in education of medical students in infectious diseases
• successful research at a high international level in infectious diseases
• leadership regarding research and development in a clinical context

It is meritorious that the applicant has shown

• experience of performing computational and data-driven clinical research and epidemiology with emphasis on infectious diseases
• experience of performing clinical trials and clinical research on acute infections and implementation of new strategies
• engagement in the establishment and writing of national and international guidelines and best practice regarding infectious diseases

The appointee must have undergone 10 weeks (or equivalent competence) of higher education training in teaching in accordance with the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions recommendations for qualification as a higher education teacher or having otherwise obtained equivalent knowledge. 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 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 benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and the Department of Infectious Diseases (ME Infektion) at Karolinska University Hospital

https://ki.se/en/meds

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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.

Clinical position at Karolinska University Hospital:

To obtain position as at least specialist physician (chief physician, assistant chief physician, specialist physician) 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
• Specialist certificate(s) in Infectious Diseases *
• Certificate on PhD degree**
• Certificate regarding docent/associate professor **
• List of publications (10 most important)

*including specialist certificate(s) from other countries
**when applicable

Link to criteria for specialist doctor at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (in Swedish).

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