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Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastrointestinal surgery)

Deadline: 27.05.2020

Universitetet i Oslo

The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. With its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally recognised research communities, UiO is an important contributor to society.


Klinmed is responsible for the Faculty's educational and research activities at Oslo University Hospital and Akershus University Hospital. With about 800 employees spread over approximately 425 man-labour years, Klinmed is the university's largest institute. Our activities follow the clinical activity at the hospitals and are spread across a number of geographical areas.

About the position

A three year temporary position as Associate Professor (20 % position) of Medicine Gastrointestinal surgery) is available at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Surgery, Inflammatory Diseases and Transplantation.

The Division of Surgery, Inflammatory Diseases and Transplantation hosts a broad and extensive research portfolio. The clinical activity at the division focuses on highly specialized treatment and tertiary referral patient groups, with several regional and national responsibilities within the thematic areas of hepatobiliary- and gastrointestinal surgery, pediatric surgery, organ transplantation, dermatology, rheumatology and several medical and surgical subspecialties, including gastrointestinal surgery. Research activities and teaching responsibilities include patients with a variety of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary disorder.

According to the regulations at the Faculty of Medicine, the person appointed will lead and initiate research, supervise researchers, participate in teaching students and research fellows and undertake duties in connection with examinations, as well as undertaking administrative tasks as required by the prevailing regulations.

Qualification requirements and personal skills

  • Applicants should hold an MD and have sufficient clinical and surgical experience in gastrointestinal and general surgery to teach medical students broadly within the field.
  • The successful applicant must have a strong research background in gastrointestinal surgery, preferably in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer research
  • High ambitions and quality of teaching, research and communications is expected.
  • She or he should have the ability to build a research environment based on high scientific quality within an area of specific importance for the division.
  • Applicants should have the ability to create an attractive and stimulating academic environment within the department, be able to attract PhD students and postdoctors, and have a keen ability to develop the discipline towards novel scientifically-based high standards in order to improve patient care.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create an attractive research environment will be emphasised. Active collaboration, also interdisciplinary and internationally is expected.

Applicants, who at the time of appointment cannot provide documentary evidence of basic teaching competence, must acquire such competence in the course of a period of two years.

Applicants who are not competent in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish must acquire such competence within two years subsequent to their appointment, and must be competent in English in the interim period.

For complete job description with qualification requirements and basis of evaluation for the position please see:

https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/om/jobb/stillingsbeskrivelser/2020-3686_Associate_Professor_Medicine_gastrointestinal_surgery.pdf

The teaching method requires the successful applicant to have access to, and participate in, the clinical activities at the Oslo University Hospital’s Department of Gastrointestinal and Children Surgery. Because of this, it is an absolute prerequisite that the successful applicant simultaneously inhabits the position of senior consultant at the Rikshospitalet site of the hospital department.

Applicants who do not satisfy the abovementioned qualifications and requirements will not be able to fullfill the job assignements, and will therefore not be considered qualified for the position.

How to apply

Application for the position must include:

  • Cover letter and CV
  • Complete list of publications
  • Separate list of 10 most relevant publications to be evaluated specifically for the position (please send these publications attached in full text versions).
  • Overview of experience in supervising PhD candidates, including names of the candidates, period of supervision, information on institutions and dates for the presentation of the theses, as well as specific information regarding experience as main- or co-supervisor for each candidate https://www.med.uio.no/om/jobb/veiledninger/form—-phd-candidate-supervision.pdf
  • Description of qualifications regarding administration, leadership, teaching and foreign language skills
  • Other relevant qualifications

Application with attachments must be submitted via our online recruitment system. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

More information on assessment and weighting of qualifications is found at http://www.med.uio.no/om/jobb/veiledninger/index.html

For Rules for Appointments to Professorships and Associate Professorships please see: https://www.uio.no/english/about/regulations/personnel/academic/rules-appointment-professor.html

We offer

  • A challenging and friendly working environment
  • Salary depending on qualifications
  • Attractive welfare benefits and a generous pension agreement

Formal regulations

Please refer to the Rules for Appointments to Professorships and Associate Professorships at the University of Oslo, the Guide for Applicants and Members of the Assessment Committee and Rules for practicing the requirement for basic pedagogical competence at the University of Oslo.

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.

The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition and to recruit people with an immigrant background.

Pursuant to section 25(2) of the Freedom of Information Act, information concerning the applicant may be made public, even if the applicant has requested not to appear on the list of applicants.

Contactinformation

  • Morten Tandberg Eriksen, e-mail: m.t.eriksen@medisin.uio.no, tel.no: 908 26 625

For questions regarding the application process: Senior adviser HR Heidi Falch Ecklund, e-mail: h.f.ecklund@medisin.uio.no, tel.no: 907 30 348

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