Professor in Vascular Surgery combined with employment as at least specialist physician at Karolinska University Hospital

- with focus on education and research

Do you want to lead the development of research and education of the highest quality at the country's largest vascular surgery unit?

Vascular surgery has undergone remarkable development in recent decades with new treatment methods improving care for many patients with peripheral vascular disease.Continued research is needed to be able to offer new diagnostics, identification of disease mechanisms and new treatments in the future so that all patients receive optimal care. To drive this exciting development forward, we are seeking a future academic leader with strong scientific, pedagogical, and clinical competence who can inspire and lead our research in an academic and clinical environment with outstanding opportunities to make a difference for patients with peripheral vascular disease.

Description of the subject area

Vascular surgical research and education at Karolinska University Hospital encompass all arterial and venous vascular diseases. This field addresses one of the major public health diseases, which, alongside myocardial infarction and stroke, represents one of the leading causes of disability and death both globally and nationally. Multidisciplinary collaborations primarily take place with thoracic surgery, cardiology, angiology, and stroke medicine research.

The vascular surgery unit at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (MMK) at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital has conducted epidemiological, clinical, and translational research for over 30 years in key areas such as carotid stenosis and ischemic stroke, aneurysm disease, aortic dissection, lower extremity arterial disease, treatment studies for lower extremity and aortic disease, venous insufficiency, bleeding/coagulation, trauma research, and vascular surgical nursing research. Similar topics are also included in a broad educational program spanning undergraduate, doctoral, and specialist training levels.

Clinically, the vascular surgery unit at Karolinska University Hospital is the largest vascular surgery center in the country, providing highly specialized open vascular and endovascular treatment for both arterial and venous vascular disease in close collaboration with other related specialties.

Your mission

The position is based at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (MMK),
Karolinska Institutet, at 50% full-time, combined with employment as a senior consultant or, at a minimum, a specialist physician at the Vascular Surgery Medical Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, at 50% full-time.

The professorship includes vascular surgical research, broadly covering arterial and venous vascular diseases, and education. The professor will lead the vascular surgical research group at MMK, where, in addition to conducting their own research, they are expected to lead and develop the group's research in vascular disease, including epidemiological research, patient-centered treatment research, basic and translational science, and nursing research. This role also includes responsibility for education within the subject area from undergraduate to doctoral and post-graduate levels.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Professor with focus on education and research the applicant must have demonstrated excellent pedagogical skills and very good scientific skills and clinical skills.

See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet.

The position will be combined with clinical service as a specialist-trained physician (specialist physician, associate senior consultant, or senior consultant) in vascular surgery at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna. Therefore, applicants must hold a medical degree, specialist competence in vascular surgery (or an equivalent surgical specialty), and meet the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s requirements for a Swedish medical license to practice in Sweden.

Since the position includes clinical employment, applicants must, besides English, have knowledge and demonstrate proficiency in Swedish, Norweigan or Danish (C1 level according to the common European reference scale, CERS).

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.

Assessment criteria

The Professorship has a focus on education and research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (3), pedagogical skills (3), leadership and collaboration skills (2), and clinical skills (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 particularly meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Documented role as research group leader Principal Investigator (PI) in vascular disease research
• Established research collaborations with other research groups nationally and internationally
• Experience in leading and developing subject-related education

It is meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Broad clinical expertise and on-call competence in vascular surgery

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 Molecular Medicine and Surgery | Karolinska Institutet

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
• Specialist certificate(s) in vascular surgery* (or equivalent surgical specialty)
• 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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