158774 Clinical Professor wsfo Rehabilitation and Palliative Care (fixed-term, 5 years)

Clinical Professor
with Special Focus on rehabilitation and palliative care (Fixed-Term, 5 Years)
Department of Clinical Medicine

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
 University of Copenhagen

The University seeks to appoint a clinical professor with special focus on rehabilitation and palliative care to commence as soon as possible. The externally funded professorship is combined with a consultancy at Rigsospitalet, Department of Oncology in the Capital Region.

It is a requirement for appointment that the applicant is accepted for both the professorship and the consultancy. In order to be considered for the position, the applicant must send two applications: one to the Faculty (the professorship) and one to the hospital (the consultancy) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the consultancy. This also applies to applicants who are already employed as consultants at the Hospital. The advertisement for the consultancy is available at: https://www.sundhedsjobs.dk/jobopslag/448891

Both the professorship and the consultancy will be financed by Rigshospitalet.

Find information on the department at: http://ikm.ku.dk.

Job description
In the consideration of applications for the professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant's ability to document a high level of original scientific work at an international level within the area of rehabilitation and/or palliative medicine.

According to the WHO, the target group for palliative care has been expanded to include all patients and relatives with serious and life-threatening illnesses, which the Danish Health Authority has agreed to. However, the development challenges the historically narrow understanding of palliation as relief for cancer patients in the terminal phase. There is therefore a need to expand the target group, as well as early palliative care and a combination of rehabilitation and palliative medicine.

The clinical professorship will focus on continuing the solid research tradition of the hospital and the University of Copenhagen in palliative medicine and expanding the research field to also include other serious diseases. With the establishment of a professorship in rehabilitation and palliation, the University of Copenhagen will lead the way with research and development that can ensure that the rehabilitation and palliation offered in Denmark will be evidence-based in line with other treatment in the healthcare system.

The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

• Research, including publication/academic dissemination
  The research must be broadly based and preferably on the development of complex clinical interventions comprising systematic reviews, registry studies, intervention development and RCT, as well as health economics evaluations and implementation research.
• Research-based teaching, including associated examination of students having clinical semesters and in relevant theoretical courses in the curriculum of medical studies
• Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of bachelor and master students as well as PhD students
• Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate
• Academic assessments

Required qualifications
Six overall criteria apply for professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to:

• Document a high degree of original academic production at an international level, including considerable contributions to the development of the academic discipline
• Manage research and other management functions, e.g. engage in the university’s external academic activities, as well as knowledge and technology transfer
• Provide research-based teaching

The professor is also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Terms of employment
The position is a fixed-term position limited to a period of five years.

For the professorship the appointee will receive a pensionable annual salary of 196,430.88 (1 October 2022 level).

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Questions
For further information please contact Head of Department Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, jesper.hastrup.svendsen@regionh.dk, http://www.sund.ku.dk.

Foreign applicants may find this link useful: http://www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility).

Application
The application must be submitted in English and must include the following documents:

• Application, including motivations for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages)
• Curriculum vitae, including information about external funding
• Diplomas (Master’s and PhD and other relevant certificates)
• Uploads of maximum 10 publications to be considered in the assessment
• Self-declaration form (Ansættelser – Københavns Universitet (ku.dk) under ”Nyttige links”)
• Teaching portfolio (Guidelines: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/job-application-portfolio / Template for inspiration: Ansættelser – Københavns Universitet (ku.dk) under ”Nyttige links”
• Research plan (3‐5 pages)
• Teaching plan
• A complete list of publications

Application procedure
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee.  All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The Dean then appoints an expert assessment committee in order to make an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at https://jobportal.ku.dk/.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen encourages all interested applicants to apply for this position.

Please submit the application with the required attachments. Only online applications will be accepted. The closing date for applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, 7 June 2023.

Interviews for this position are likely to be held on 2 November 2023.