Senior Lecturer in dermatology and venereology combined with clinical position as specialist trained physician at Karolinska University Hospital

- with focus on education and research

Do you want to contribute to improving human health and developing education of the highest quality?

We are looking for a senior lecturer who wants to lead and develop education within dermatology and venereology. We offer an internationally leading academic environment at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital and the clinical dermatology and venereology health care units in Region Stockholm.

Description of the subject area

The Department of Medicine Solna (MedS) has a well-established and strong educational and research profile in medicine and biomedicine at a high international level. The education at the department, especially within the medical program, spans large parts of the clinical medical field over several semesters. The subject of dermatology and venereology is a strong research and clinical area, focusing on inflammation and mechanistic research in disease development, which is continuously evolving. The Division of Dermatology and Venereology has research groups at the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) and Bioclinicum that conduct research on inflammatory and malignant skin diseases, leg ulcers, genetic diseases, and molecular mechanisms of skin inflammation. The division has a significant educational responsibility within the medical program and a long tradition of high-quality teaching.

Your mission

We are looking for a clinical teacher and researcher at lecturer level who can develop the pedagogical activities and the translational research in dermatology and venereology at the department. To strengthen the implementation and development of education in undergraduate and doctoral education, and we are looking for a teacher who is deeply committed to education and has a clinical background in dermatology and venereology.

As clinical researcher your role is to be engaged in and develop the experimental, clinical, and/or epidemiological research in dermatology and venereology at the division. We are looking for a clinical role model with a genuine interest in education and a great pedagogical competence to ensure that the next generation of doctors leave Karolinska Institutet provided with excellent preparations to manage dermatological and venereological diagnoses throughout the healthcare system.

In the role as senior lecturer, you will be independently responsible for further developing the education in dermatology and venereology at KI’s medical program.

You are also expected to participate in the development of educational activities in clinical dermatology for clinical colleagues, during or after specialist training, in close collaborations with hospitals and units that conduct healthcare and research activities in dermatology and venereology.

You will be based at the department of medicine Solna and the clinical units that are part of dermatology and venereology at Karolinska University Hospital, with a main activity located at the unit where education is conducted.

The position will be combined with 50% work as specialist trained physician (either at specialist, consultant or senior consultant level) in dermatology and venereology at the department of gastroenterology/dermatology/rheumatology, theme inflammation and aging at Karolinska University Hospital.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as a senior lecturer with a focus on education and research, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific skills, the applicant must have demonstrated excellent pedagogical skills, very good scientific skills and clinical skill (eee the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

Independent and active research at a high international level is required to apply for this position.

Additional clinical requirements

• Experience of integrated outpatient clinic with relevant adjacent specialties around specific diagnoses or patient groups.

Further, it is a requirement that you have completed 10 weeks of courses on teaching in higher education, as indicated in the recommendations of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institution. If you lack such education at the time of employment, you must undergo such education during the first two years of employment.

The position will be combined with a clinical appointment as a specialist physician, assistant chief physician or chief physician in dermatology and venereology at Karolinska University Hospital. Therefore, applicants must have a Swedish MD with specialist competence in dermatology and venereology, as well as fulfill the requirements of the National Board of Health and Welfare’s requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden.

Since the employment includes clinical work, you must, besides English, demonstrate proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish (C1 level according to the common European reference scale, CERS).

Assessment criteria

The employment has a focus on education and research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (2), pedagogical skills (3), leadership and collaboration skills (1), and clinical skills (3).

It is particularly meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Previous experience as course organizer and examinations in the field of dermatology and venerology.
• Research in inflammatory skin diseases.
• Responsibility for courses in dermatology and venereology during the medical program
• Experience of pedagogical and clinical developmental work.
• Broad experience of clinically integrated learning and training.

It is meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Research and quality registry work to follow new therapeutic strategies in the clinical environment.
• Development work in other R&D activities in addition to clinical and pedagogic activities.

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

Dermatology and Venereology

Application

Your application must contain the following documents in English: a cover letter as well as a resumé 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 an employment as 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 dermatology and veneorology*
• PhD degree certificate**
• Certificate regarding docent/associate professor **
• List of 10 most important publications

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

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

We look forward to receiving your application!

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