Professor in Respiratory Medicine, Combined with a Position as Specialist Physician at Uppsala University Hospital Full-time NEW

Professor in Respiratory Medicine, Combined with a Position as Specialist Physician at Uppsala University Hospital

Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences

The Department of Medical Sciences is a large clinical department with approximately 250 employees and more than 600 affiliated individuals, mainly through Uppsala University Hospital. The department has a broad research profile with strong research teams working in various fields. The research is conducted in close association with the clinical activities at Uppsala University Hospital and encompasses both basic studies on disease aetiology and the development and evaluation of new methods for diagnostics and exposure quantification.

Description of the subject area

The spectrum of diseases within respiratory medicine spans several major public health diseases, such as asthma, sleep apnoea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), allergic airway diseases, and lung cancer. The research team conducts clinical and epidemiological studies within these areas. In collaboration with preclinical research groups, the team also participates in several translational research projects.

Duties

Research, teaching, clinical duties, and administration are included in the position. Teaching duties include course coordination and administration and supervision of doctoral students. The successful candidate will also be responsible for staying up to date with developments in their own field. The successful candidate will be expected to lead an active research team and to initiate and carry out research projects. The successful candidate is also expected to demonstrate the ability to secure external research funding in a competitive field. Duties also include active participation in institutional and faculty-wide assignments, as well as collaboration with other researchers and organisations both within and outside the university.

The position is combined with a post as a specialist physician at the Pulmonology Section within the sphere of activity Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases. The role includes clinical work as well as contributing to the development of clinical practice, including the education and supervision of specialist trainees and junior colleagues.

Qualifications

A person eligible for appointment as professor is one who has demonstrated both scholarly and teaching competence. According to the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University, the general eligibility requirement for teachers is that the applicant must have the ability to collaborate and otherwise meet the suitability requirements necessary to perform the duties effectively. The research expertise must have been demonstrated by independent research efforts and by the applicant's qualifications in an international perspective maintaining a very high quality.

The applicant shall have demonstrated skill in the planning, initiation, leadership and development of research and the ability to obtain research grants in competition, as well as well-documented skills in supervising doctoral studies. The applicant's contribution to the international and national academic community shall be assessed on the basis of the quality and scope of academic publication, among other aspects. The requirements on the acquisition of international qualifications shall be assessed with due consideration for the nature and specific conditions of the subject.

Teaching competence must have been demonstrated through substantial merits in education in accordance with the Appointment Regulations. Furthermore, the applicant shall demonstrate well-documented skills in supervision at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels. One prerequisite for considering the requirement for teaching competence to be met is that the applicant has undergone relevant academic teacher training of at least 10 weeks, or has obtained equivalent knowledge in some other way. If special reasons exist, the successful candidate who does not have training in teaching and learning in higher education may undergo such training during the first two years of employment. Academic teacher training shall include doctoral supervisor training.

Eligibility for this position requires a Degree of Master of Science in Medicine and a Swedish certificate of specialist competence in Respiratory Medicine. If the applicant does not hold a Swedish certificate of specialist competence in Respiratory Medicine, they must have submitted an application for it to the National Board of Health and Welfare by the closing date for the position. However, the applicant must have obtained a Swedish certificate of specialist competence in Respiratory Medicine by the time the appointment decision is made.

If the candidate fulfils Uppsala University Hospital's requirements for appointment as a consultant, they will be offered an appointment combined with the post of consultant.

The applicant shall have a documented ability to teach in Swedish and English.

Assessment criteria

In selecting qualified applicants, greater importance will be placed on research expertise than on teaching competence. However, a balanced assessment will be made so that an applicant with significantly greater teaching competence can be ranked ahead of an applicant with a slight advantage in terms of research expertise. Clinical expertise is also important to the position and will be assigned significance.

Research expertise refers to qualifications as a researcher. In the assessment of research expertise, research quality shall be the primary consideration. The research's scope, mainly with regard to depth and breadth, shall also be assigned significance. Furthermore, consideration will be given to the ability to plan, initiate, lead and develop research and education at the doctoral level, the ability to secure research funding competitively, and the ability to engage with the wider society through research.

Teaching competence refers to educational qualifications. In the assessment of teaching competence, quality shall be the primary consideration. Scope, both in terms of breadth and depth, shall also be considered. In addition, the ability to plan, initiate, lead and develop education and teaching, as well as the ability to link the education to research are assigned significance.

Teaching expertise includes the ability to interact with stakeholders within and outside the University on issues related to learning and teaching in higher education.

Clinical expertise is demonstrated through clinical practice and clinical training, as well as participation in clinical development. Clinical development includes measures that have enhanced the quality or efficiency of health and medical care.

Assessment criteria, other skills

Administrative and leadership skills are significant to the position and will be assigned considerable importance. The ability to interact with the community and share information about research and development will also be considered.

Administrative expertise is demonstrated by, for example, the ability to plan, organise and prioritise work in an effective manner adapted to the task at hand, as well as the ability to allot and maintain time frames. Administrative expertise includes overall operational planning and the capacity to manage resources in a manner that reflects operational priorities, as well as the ability to work in a structured fashion based on set goals and levels of quality.

Leadership skills are demonstrated through the ability to lead operations and staff, make decisions, take responsibility and motivate others and provide them with the prerequisites for effectively achieving common goals. Further examples of demonstrated skills include the ability to coordinate a group, foster commitment, encourage participation and create job satisfaction, as well as the ability to manage conflicts.

In assessing operational ability, significance will be assigned to experience of and skill in popular science, editorship and other activities related to the exchange of knowledge between the University and the world around us, as well as experience of innovation and entrepreneurship.

In a holistic assessment of the applicants' qualifications, parental leave, part-time work due to childcare, union duties, military service or similar shall be considered as work experience. The aspect of gender equality shall be applied in appointments if, following a qualitative assessment, two applicants of different genders have equivalent or nearly equivalent merits, and if one gender is underrepresented (constituting less than 40% within the relevant position category and at the relevant workplace).

All qualifications must be documented in a manner that allows an assessment of both quality and scope.

International experts may be called upon to assess the applications submitted. In this case, application documents written in Swedish may need to be sent to a translator hired by the University.