Professor of Medicine combined with a position as specialist/consultant - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The post is based at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö. It is combined with a position as specialist/consultant at Skåne University Hospital.

Duties
The duties comprise research and teaching on the faculty’s Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD programmes. Other duties that are normally associated with the post as a professor include a certain amount of administration, and internal and external assignments in national and international contexts.

The position as specialist/consultant entails independent clinical work.

Other duties can arise.

Qualifications
A person who has demonstrated both research and teaching expertise shall be qualified for employment as a professor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 4 Section 3.

The applicant must have attained a specialisation in medicine or a closely related clinical specialisation.

Because the position of professor is combined with a post as a medical specialist/consultant, the applicant is required, at the start of employment, to be proficient in Swedish to the degree necessary for the medical profession (in accordance with the definition of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, which also approves the corresponding knowledge of Norwegian or Danish).

Assessment criteria
The applicant must have demonstrated significant research and teaching expertise of value to the subject area. The assessment will particularly take into account the applicant’s research expertise.

The research expertise must be demonstrated by a high national and international standing as a researcher. The successful applicant should preferably be the main recipient of research funding awarded in national and international competition. Importance will also be attached to the applicant’s experience of translational and clinically implementable research.  

The applicant must have demonstrated teaching expertise and ability to supervise students at all levels of higher education.

Consideration will also be given to the applicant’s documented leadership skills and ability to interact with wider society.

Documented clinical independence and experience of leading clinical work will be considered added qualifications.

In addition to the requirements stated in the Higher Education Ordinance, the regulations that apply to the appointment of teaching staff are the Lund University Appointment Rules and the Faculty of Medicine’s general qualification requirements and assessment criteria for appointments to professor: www.med.lu.se/academic_appointments

The Faculty of Medicine’s general requirements and assessment criteria for appointment to professor provide more details about the type of documentation that can be used to support the applicant’s qualifications with regard to research expertise, teaching expertise, academic leadership, ability to interact with wider society and implementation.

For further information about the position please contact Dean Erik Renström,
tel: +46 46 222 80 84, email: erik.renstrom@med.lu.se, or

Head of Department Patrik Midlöv, tel +46 40 39 13 63 or patrik.midlov@med.lu.se

Information on application formalities can be obtained from Head of Human Resources Kajsa Johnsson, tel: + 46 46 222 08 22, email: kajsa.johnsson@med.lu.se

Application
The position will be filled following a proposal from the Academic Appointments Board at the Faculty of Medicine. Applications are to be submitted electronically via the Lund University e-recruitment system no later than 1 November 2018.

The application must include the information required in accordance with the Faculty of Medicine’s instructions for applications (see the document ‘Create a CV for an application’ under the heading ‘Instructions for applicants’ at www.med.lu.se/academic_appointments).

Please note that the application must be written in English; however, grade transcripts and certificates of employment, etc., do not require translation.

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