Professor in Clinical Nephrology combined with employment as at least Specialist Physician at Karolinska University Hospital

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

At the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) and ME (Medical Unit) Nephrology at Karolinska University Hospital, there are unique opportunities to conduct world-leading clinical research. The Division of Renal medicine at CLINTEC is internationally renowned, combining fundamental research at the NEO laboratory at Campus South Flemingsberg with clinical studies and trials at our research clinic, which is an integrated part of ME (Medical Unit) Nephrology at Karolinska University Hospital. Through this professorship recruitment, we aim to further strengthen epidemiological and clinical research, with a particular focus on clinical trials.

Description of the subject area

The subject area encompasses research in medical kidney diseases, focusing on clinical epidemiology and interventional studies. Using advanced epidemiological methods and analysis of data from large population registers, quality registers, and clinical cohorts, patient-centered research is conducted on relevant research questions. In close collaboration with university healthcare, the research clinic is led with a focus on clinical studies, where both register-based and traditional randomized trials are carried out. Through biological analyses and long-term follow-up of patient cohorts, there are excellent opportunities to lead the development of precision medicine in nephrology.

Your mission

You are expected to conduct internationally outstanding research in clinical nephrology and clinical trials. As a research leader, you will be responsible for developing and leading a research group focused on both register-based research using large databases and patient-centered studies, including recruitment for clinical cohorts and trials. You will also oversee our clinical trials unit, where a large number of clinical studies are conducted. Additionally, you are expected to play an active role in the collaboration between healthcare and academia, contributing to the implementation of research findings to achieve quality improvements in patient care. You are expected to continuously attract competitive funding and actively contribute to creating a strong and dynamic research environment including mentoring students in doctoral and postdoctoral studies.

Beyond research, you will teach and supervise at both undergraduate and advanced levels in nephrology. As a professor, you will have a key role in strengthening collaboration between academia and industry, promoting ethical guidelines in research and clinical practice, and disseminating research findings to both professional stakeholders and the general public.
The employment is divided into 50 percent at Karolinska Institutet and 50 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. See the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet.

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 employment will be combined with an employment as a specialist physician in nephrology at the Department of Nephrology, Karolinska University hospital, and therefore you must have a Swedish MD with specialist competence in nephrology, as well as fulfill the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden and Karolinska University hospital’s requirements for physicians.

Since the position 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 Professorship has a focus on research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific expertise (3), pedagogical expertise (2), leadership and collaboration skills (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 are applied in relation to established profile of employment .

It is meritorious that you have shown

• Documented experience in leading national and international clinical studies and clinical trials
• Contribution to the development of international clinical guidelines or public health guidelines
• Medical leadership responsibility for a defined area and senior competence in on-call duty

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: Flemingsberg

Your career continues here

Division of Renal Medicine at CLINTEC

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.

For the clinical employment at Karolinska University Hospital:

To obtain an employment 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 (in Swedish only)
• Specialist certificate(s) in nephrology*
• 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 physician at Karolinska University Hospital (in Swedish).

We look forward to receiving your application!

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