Professor II/Associate Professor/senior consultant in Pulmonary Medicine

The Institute of Clinical Medicine has a vacant position as Professor II/Associate Professor (20 %) of Pulmonary Medicine. The part-time academic position is combined with a full-time (100 %) senior consultant position in Pulmonary Medicine at Akershus University Hospital, Department of Pulmonary Medicine.

Relating the main position:

Department of Pulmonary Medicine is organized under the Division of Medicine.
The Department of Pulmonary Medicine is a large department at the country's largest general hospital. The department has a high level of activity and treats the vast majority of pulmonary medical issues, as well as providing services to other units in the hospital.

The department consists of two wards with a total of 41 beds, a large outpatient clinic, a day unit and an associated ambulatory pulmonary team. The department has two medical sections: a section for senior consultants and a section for interns/residents. In addition, we have program areas for lung cancer, obstructive diseases/ventilatory support and interstitial lung disease/infection. In total, 17 senior consultants and 21 interns/residents are affiliated with the section. The Department has two positions as professor/associate professor, depending on qualifications.
Research is an integral part of the clinic and is expected to grow. The Department has a large catchment area with unselected patients, which is suited for research in many conditions, as well as epidemiological projects. We have recently conducted research in several pulmonary disease areas, including obstructive lung disease, interstitial lung disease, malignant lung disease and lung infections, both self-initiated studies, commissioned research, and registry studies.

Division of Research and Innovation and Department for Research Support provides advice and guidance to researchers at Ahus. The research facilitis at Ahus also include Department of Clinical Molecular Biology (EpiGen); a research laboratory affiliated with Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oslo. EpiGen provides service, infrastructure and support to clinicians at Ahus and other researchers at the HelseSørØst region to carry out high-quality translational research.

By appointment, 40 % of the senior consultant position is expected to be used for research and teaching.

Requirements:

• Authorization and medical license issued by the Norwegian Directorate of Health
• Certified qualifications in the specialty of Pulmonary Medicine issued by the Norwegian Directorate of Health, this includes qualifications and willingness to fill the role as on-duty senior physician
• Senior physicians in the department participate in 12-part shifts as well as going rounds and see outpatients
• Foreign applicants may apply, with the requirement that they obtain Norwegian medical authorisation and certification in the specialty of pulmonology before joining the position
• Applicants must speak Norwegian, Swedish or Danish to be capable to communicate with the patients in the ward/outpatient clinic
• Hold a strong record in research within Pulmonary Medicine with on-going research activity
• Applicants must have good cooperative and communication skills

Regarding the part-time (20 %) academic position:

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/2024-21603-description-of-position-pulmonary.pdf

Interpersonal skills and the ability to create an attractive research environment, plans for research and ambitions relating to the applicant's personal teaching practice will be emphasized. The successful applicant will participate in teaching of medical students at the University of Oslo. As a main rule, interviews will be held and references collected. Applicants may also be required to give a trial lecture.

Application for the academic part-time position must include:

• A cover letter and CV. 
• Complete list of publications.
• Separate list of 10 most relevant publications to be evaluated specifically for the position (please submit in full text). 
• 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/ledige-stillinger/veiledninger/form---phd-candidate-supervision.pdf 
• Description of qualifications regarding administration, leadership, teaching and foreign language skills.
• Other relevant qualifications.

Please, scan and send the documents as PDF-files (maximum 10 MB) 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/english/about/vacancies/procedures/ 

HR- Officer in charge: Maren Retterstøl Olaisen, Institute of Clinical Medicine (questions regarding the academic application) phone +47 228 50 545