Applications are invited for a fixed five years externally funded clinical professorship in Vascular Surgery with special emphasis on ultrasonic characterization of atherosclerosis at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen to commence as soon as possible The professorship is combined with a consultancy at Rigshospitalet, The Abdominal Centre, Department of Vascular Surgery in the Capital Region of Denmark.
It is a requirement for appointment that the applicant is accepted for both the professorship and the consultancy. In order to be considered, the applicant must therefore send an application both to the Faculty (the professorship) and to the Hospital (the consultancy) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the consultancy. This applies also to applicants who are already employed as consultants at the Hospital. The notice inviting applications for the consultancy is available from the Personnel Office, Rigshospitalet or from /www.laegejob.dk.
Both the professorship and the consultancy will be financed by Rigshospitalet.
The professorship is related to The Department of Surgery and Internal Medicine, which is one of five clinical departments under the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Department coordinates teaching in anaesthesiology, surgery, urology, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, gastroenterology, hepatology, nephrology, cardiology, haematology, and clinical oncology, and its tasks are to facilitate research and provide teaching on scientific grounds within the specialties.
Job description
The professorship consists of:
• research
• research-based teaching with associated examination duties
• dissemination duties
The professor will be asked to manage research, provide guidance and supervise junior researchers, and will be involved in undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training in different education programmes at the Faculty. The University determines the exact ratio between the different responsibilities and these may vary over time.
Qualification requirements
The professor must be able to demonstrate a high degree of original academic production at international level showing that he or she has contributed to develop an academic discipline. Emphasis is also placed on an ability to be in charge of research and other management functions, as well as communicating (research) knowledge to the public. An additional requirement is qualifications to provide research-based teaching.
Due to the job description mentioned above emphasis will be placed on the following professional and personal qualifications:
• Applicants should be a clinical specialist in vascular surgery
• Applicants must document a high level of professional practice
• Applicants must document a high level of original scientific production including ultrasonic characterization of atherosclerosis
• Applicants should document a continuous scientific development
• Applicants should document a high level of research management including research supervision at ph.d. level
• Applicants should be experienced in undergraduate teaching and research education as well as in the assessment of scientific work, lectures, exam clinics, exams, and other teaching
• Applicants must have good ability to motivate and inspire employees and colleagues
Terms of employment
For the professorship the appointee will receive a pensionable annual salary of DKK 172,744.99 (1 April 2010 -level). Additional salary supplements may be negotiated on an individual basis.
The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2007.
Procedure
The applicant is required to obtain a copy of the agreement of 7 July 2011 made between Rigshospitalet and the Faculty from caor@sund.ku.dk for further information about the conditions of the position before applying.
The application must be in English and contain:
• a curriculum vitae, including your personal data such as name, date of birth, gender, private address, phone number, e-mail, nationality, Danish and/or English language skills, academic degrees gained and professional experience
• a complete numbered publication list
• a specification of your experiences of research supervision and management
• a specification of your previous and ongoing research collaborations
• your research plan
• your teaching qualifications
• your plans for development of the teaching processes in the subject area
• a detailed account of other qualifications relevant to the post, e.g. previous assessments
• your motivation for applying for this position
• a list of publications in numerical order (max. 10) that you wish considered in assessment of your scientific qualifications
• copies of the above mentioned publications
All material should be submitted in six copies assembled as complete sets. Material will not be returned to applicants.
For further information, please contact Head of Department, Professor Torben V. Schroeder on
T: (+45)35 45 21 07 or torben.schroeder@rh.regionh.dk / torben.schroder@sund.ku.dk.
According to regulations please note that
• Applicants will only be notified of the number of applicants, not of other applicants´ names
• Applicants will be notified of the composition of the assessment committee and will be asked to address any problems concerning legal capacity
• Applicants will be contacted if the assessment committee wishes to see further documentation and/or include works not listed by the applicant
• One or more applicants may be asked to attend an interview and/or deliver test lectures
• In consideration of the undergraduate teaching, applicants must be able to speak Danish within two years
The Faculty invites applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin or religion.
Please send your application marked File Ref: 211-0825/11-3012″ and title of the clinical professorship to:
The Faculty of Health Sciences
The Panum Building
University of Copenhagen
Blegdamsvej 3 B
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Applications must be received by the Faculty by 19 December 2011, 14:00.
Material received after this time will not be considered.
If the material is delivered by hand, it must be delivered to the “Information desk”, which is situated on the first floor at the above address.
Electronic applications will not be accepted.
Useful links
Foreign applicants may find this link useful:
• www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility)
• www.workingconditions.ku.dk
Regards the scientific research requirement, reference is made to:
• “Københavns Universitets fælles regler for det videnskabelige personales forskningsindsats (forskningssikring)” http://ku.dk/regel/5/5810.html (only available in Danish)
• “KU-Academic Freedom and Responsibility at the Faculty of Health Sciences http://ku.dk/regel/5/5104.html (E)”,
In other respects, reference is made to:
• “The agreement of 29 February 2008 (revised 3 November 2008) between The Capital Region of Denmark, Region Zealand, and the Faculty of Health Sciences/University of Copenhagen, on the work and employment conditions of clinical professors”, which is available at http://sund.ku.dk/for_ansatte/ansaettelse/professorer/professoraftale_rev031108.pdf/
• “Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities” at http://www.ubst.dk/en/laws-and-decrees
Applicants will be assessed according to:
• “The Appointment Order” at http://www.ubst.dk/en/laws-and-decrees
The Faculty of Health Sciences comprises 12 departments and 10 study committees. The Faculty employs 2,000 people, including 1,000 teachers and scientists and 1,000 technical/administrative employees. The Faculty has 4,500 students, including 750 Ph.D. students. Please see www.sund.ku.dk for more details of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Deadline: 19-12-2011
Publisher: Faculty of Health Sciences
