Senior Consultant combined with Adjunct Professor / Associate Professor in Transplantation medicine

Oslo University Hospital (OUH) is Norway’s largest hospital with over 20 000 employees and a budget of 20 billion NOK. It is a local hospital for parts of Oslo's population. It has a regional function for the inhabitants in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, and it also has a large number of national functions. The Hospital is the largest contributor to medical research and education of health personnel in Norway.

The University of Oslo (UiO) is Norway's largest research and educational institution with 28 000 students and 7 000 employees. Professional breadth and internationally recognized research environments make UiO an important contributor to society. The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1814 and is Norway's oldest medical faculty. The Faculty works for progressive education, research and dissemination for the patients’ and society’s best interests. It is organized into three basic units and has approximately 1 500 employees (about 1 000 work years) and about 2 000 students.

A permanent position as Senior Consultant (nephrology) is available at Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division of Surgery and Specialized Medicine, Oslo University Hospital.

The position is affiliated with a part time position as Professor II SKO 1013 /Associate Professor II SKO 1011 (20 % position) in Medicine (Nephrology) at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo (UiO). It is required that the position holder attends to both positions.

Regarding the full-time clinical position at OUH:
Department of Transplantation Medicine is responsible for the national service for transplantation of abdominal organs. The Section of Nephrology is responsible for the organization of the national network of nephrologists referring patients to kidney, pancreas and pancreatic islet transplantations, and the national service for transplantation of these organs. We have a dialysis department with regular dialysis patients, and also serve patients at Rikshospitalet in need of dialysis and plasmapheresis. We have a research unit with 4 study nurses/bioengineers and the research group on transplant nephrology currently counts 15 members.  The section runs the Norwegian Renal Registry. There are 8 Senior Consultant positions at the department, out of which one is currently attached to a professor II (20%) position. The section has a highly active and internationally renowned research environment.

UiO home page: https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/about/organization/divisions/surgery-inflammatory-medicine-and-transplantation/index.html

Work tasks

• Participate in the ordinary clinical work at the department
• Participate in the work-up and care of renal and pancreatic transplanted patients
• Participate in the on-call duty
• Contribute to the operation of the nationwide transplantation program
• Contribute to maintain and develop transplantation medicine at a high standard
• Contribute to maintain and develop a highly qualified research environment
• Contribute to training of clinical fellows, run courses and participate in quality improvement routines.

Qualification requirements – education

• The applicant must possess a Norwegian specialist accreditation in nephrology.
• The applicant should have broad and extensive experience within renal diseases, renal failure and renal replacement therapy.
• Clinical experience with renal transplanted patients is preferred
• Documented language skills in Norwegian or a compatible Scandinavian language is required.
• Certificate of good conduct (if needed)

Personal qualities

• Documented collaborative skills.
• Empathic communication skills are needed in communication with patients and their families.
• You must be able to work efficiently and conscientiously in a hectic and stimulating workday.

We can offer

• Good opportunities for professional development in a great working environment with highly dedicated and skilled co-workers at a university hospital with unique access to leading expertise in many clinical and supporting medical subspecialties.
• Salary level for the position will be negotiated according to standard protocols.

Regarding the part-time academic position at UiO:
For complete job description with qualification requirements and basis of evaluation on the academic position please see: https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/om/ledige-stillinger/stillingsbeskrivelser/2024-7814-description-of-position-nephrology.pdf

Applications for the academic part-time 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.odt 
• Description of qualifications regarding administration, leadership, teaching and foreign language skills
• Other relevant qualifications

Please scan and send the documents as PDF-files (maximum 2 MB / file).
See guidelines for designing the application, information for applicants, rules for appointments to Associate/Adjunct Professorships as well as rules concerning pedagogical skills: http://www.med.uio.no/om/jobb/veiledninger/index.html  

Enquiries about the application process related to the part-time position should be directed to Human Resources Advisor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, Andreas Hessen Solheim, e-mail: a.h.solheim@medisin.uio.no

Contacts

Janne Marlene Gripheim
Head of Department, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
Phone:+47 98406168
Email:jagrip@ous-hf.no

Andreas Hessen Solheim
Human Resources Advisor, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo
Email:a.h.solheim@medisin.uio.no

Oslo University Hospital is a highly specialised hospital in charge of extensive regional and local hospital assignments and the provision of high quality services for the citizens of Oslo. The hospital also has a nationwide responsibility for a number of national and multi-regional assignments and has several national centres of competence. The hospital is Scandinavia's largest and we each year carry out more than 1.2 million patient treatments. Oslo University Hospital is responsible for approximately 50 percent of all medical and healthcare research conducted at Norwegian hospitals and is a significant role player within the education of a large variety of health care personnel. We are an emergency hospital for East and Southern Norway and have national emergency assignments. The hospital has a total budget of NOK 17 billion. More than 20,000 employees are engaged with activities at more than 40 different locations.

The University of Oslo is Norway's oldest and highest rated institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society. The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1814 and is the oldest medical faculty in Norway. The Faculty is organized into three basic units and has approximately 1,500 employees and about 2000 students. The Institute of Clinical Medicine (Klinmed) is one of three institutes under the Faculty. 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.