Clinical position as consultant of Respiratory Medicine combined with a clinical research associate professorship in Respiratory Medicine

Clinical position as consultant of Respiratory Medicine combined with a clinical research associate professorship in Respiratory Medicine

A clinical position as consultant of Respiratory Medicine at the Department of Internal Medicine at Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde is open for appointment from as soon as possible.

The position as consultant is combined with a 5-year externally funded position as clinical research associate professor in Respiratory Medicine at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

With this new position the Department of Internal Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde wishes to strengthen the leadership in clinical research and teaching in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.

It is a requirement that the applicant is accepted for appointment of both the clinical research associate professorship and the clinical position.

About the department

Organisation
The Region of Zealand has a population of approximately 820.000 citizens who are under the care of four hospital units. Zealand University Hospital is one of these units and is constituted by a division in Roskilde and a division in Koege. Zealand University Hospital has at present approximately 700 beds and cover most medical specialties. The division in Roskilde primarily treats specialist diseases whereas the division in Koege also treats more general conditions and emergencies. In 2021 Zealand University Hospital becomes the main regional hospital with a centralization of nearly all medical specialties and a total of 835 beds. In the meantime, the division in Roskilde will prepare for the merger by increasing expertise and developing specialized functions. State of the art technology will be introduced, the ambition being that research will become an integral part of the organization’s everyday functions.

The Department of Internal Medicine at Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, comprises three different specialties; Respiratory Medicine, infectious medicine and nephrology. Each specialty has a status as regional center of expertise and carries out specialized investigations and treatments. The department has two different wards and 40 hospital beds. Approximately 3000 admissions and 50.000 outpatient consultations are carried out each year. The department has 300 employees and a budget of 180 million Danish kroners per year.

Clinical functions and focus areas of the department:

The section of Respiratory Medicine employs nine experienced senior consultants.

The ward has 21 beds and approximately 1500 admissions per year. It is shared between the sections of Respiratory Medicine and infectious disease. The patients are admitted from the emergency department and the outpatient clinic or are transferred from other departments/hospitals. Most patients suffer from complicated disease within the entire spectrum of Respiratory Medicine, e.g. severe asthma and COPD, lung cancer, tuberculosis and complicated pulmonary infections.

The outpatient clinic covers all aspects of Respiratory Medicine and allergy except for the treatment of highly specialized disease entities. We annually perform more than 10.000 outpatient consultations, 1000 bronchoscopies, 5000 lung function tests and 800 allergy hyposensitisations.

In Denmark, hospital services are defined at three levels. Main functions are available at all or most hospitals. Regional functions are available at one or more hospitals in the region while highly specialized functions are only available at 1-3 hospitals in the country.

At present, the department provide main and regional functions. It is the ambition to provide highly specialized functions once Zealand University Hospital becomes the main regional hospital in 2021.

Both the ward and the outpatient clinic have the latest equipment.

Research and teaching
This newly created position as consultant of Respiratory Medicine and as clinical research associate professor is part of the departmental ambition to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching. At present, the department has two associate professors in Respiratory Medicine, three associate professors and a PhD student in nephrology and one associate professor in infectious medicine. The department teaches medical students at Copenhagen University as well as post-graduate doctors and doctors in training in infectious diseases. The associate professors provide formal teaching, however, all staffs participate in formal education of students.

Qualifications
Emphasis will be on the applicant´s ability to document original scientific production at an international level within the field of Respiratory Medicine. The applicant’s ability to establish, head and further develop research settings that encourage research will also be assessed.

The applicant must be a board-certified specialist in Respiratory Medicine and be able to document:

• An academic degree (Ph.D., Dr.Med.Sci or equivalent)
• Significant results within research in Respiratory Medicine documented by a substantial list of publications
• Dynamic performance as documented by peer-reviewed publications
• Successful track record in obtaining research funding
• National and preferably also international research collaboration and collaboration with researchers in other disciplines and sectors
• Effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

Applicants for a position as consultant must be a board-certified specialist in Respiratory Medicine.

Conditions
In order to be considered, the applicant must send an application to both the Faculty (the clinical research associate professorship) and to the hospital (the clinical position) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the clinical research associate professorship. Appointment is conditioned by the fact that the applicant obtains both positions. This also applies to the applicants already employed as consultants at Zealand University Hospital. The advertisement for the clinical research associate professorship is available from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen 

Salary and conditions of employment as consultant are as agreed between the Danish Regions and the Danish Association of Medical Specialists and between the Capital Region/Region Zealand and University of Copenhagen.

As clinical research associate professor at least 50 % of the working time will be allocated to academic tasks (e.g. research, teaching, evaluation tasks and communication with the public) in agreement with the Head of Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Copenhagen. The remaining time will be allocated for clinical work in agreement with the Head of Department of Internal Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde.

Application procedure
The application must include the following:

• Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications
• A description of how the applicant is qualified as

-Clinical expert

-Communicator

-Collaborator

-Manager/administrator/organizer

-Health advocate

-Scholar/researcher/teacher, professional

 

For more information please refer to https://sundhedsstyrelsen.dk/en/news/2013/the-seven-roles-of-physicians.

 

For applicants with a foreign license also a copy of the authorization certificate for specialist in Respiratory Medicine recognition.

 

The closing date for applications is 18 April 2017

 

Further information:

For further information please contact tel. + 45 47322001, or e-mail: pgf@regionsjaelland.dk.

 

• Fakta

• Arbejdssted
  Sjællands Universitetshospital, Roskilde
• Kontaktperson
  Lone Jensen
• Adresse
  Sygehusvej 10, 4000 Roskilde
• Stillingstype
  Overlæge
• Speciale
  Intern medicin: Lungesygdomme
• Ansættelsesform
  Fast ansættelse
• Ugentlig arbejdstid
  Fuld tid
• Ansættelsens start
  09-04-2017
• Regionens jobnr.
  000738
• Quick-nr.
  316354
• Indrykningsdato
  08-03-2017
• Ansøgningsfrist
  18-04-2017 (udløbet)

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