Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden

Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø

Senior researcher position combined with a clinical professorship in Surgery with special focus on Nursing and Clinical Health Promotion

A clinical position as senior researcher of Nursing at the Abdominal Centre at Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, is open for appointment from as soon as possible. 
 
The position is combined with a 5-year externally funded position as clinical professor of Surgery with special focus on Nursing and Clinical Health Promotion at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. 
 
With this new position the Abdominal Centre at Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen 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 professorship and the clinical position. The advertisement for the professorship is available here.  
 
The Clinical position is with reference to The Heads of the Department of Anaesthesia. 
The research area is clinical nursing within the Centre’s specialties to strengthen research at the centre overall. 
 
About the Abdominal Centre 
The Abdominal Center provides a broad range of services in anesthesiology, endocrinology, medical and surgical gastroenterology, hepatology, intensive care, nephrology, urology, transplant and vascular surgery.  
The centre has 1.400 skilled and dedicated employees, including 16 professors. 
The Abdominal Centre merge with another center at Rigshospitalet from January 2019 to The Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases providing oncology services too. 
 
Department of Anaesthesiology provides anaesthesia and surgical assistance as well as post-operative care for patients undergoing major vascular surgery, major gastrointestinal and urological surgery. The Post-Operative Care Unit (PACU) is the largest recovery unit at Rigshospitalet and delivers post anaesthesia recovery service to adults and children from 13 surgical specialties throughout the Rigshospital.
 
Department of Urology is responsible for highly specialised treatment of all types of cancer of the urinary tract, including medical treatment of prostate cancer. Urological diseases include diseases in the adrenal glands, kidneys, urinary tracts and male genital organs.  
 
Department of Vascular surgery includes treatment of pathological disorders of arteries and veins. Arterial disease is largely obstructive/thrombotic due to atherosclerosis or aneurysm. Rarer conditions include arterial trauma, vasospastic and others. Atherosclerotic disease causes conditions that warrant treatment in lower limbs (peripheral arterial disease), brain (carotid disease), arms, gut and kidneys.  
 
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology is responsible for highly specialized treatment of cancer in cardia/distally in the esophagus and stomach, late complications of stomach surgery, pancreatic and periampullar cancer, endocrine gastrointestinal tumors, surgical liver diseases and reconstructive biliary tract surgery, short bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel diseases, reservoir operations (ileo-anal reservoir), intestinal radiation injury, ischemic bowel diseases and anal cancer. In addition to this, the department performs multiorgan removal and liver transplants. The Department includes endoscopy and experimental surgery as well. 
Department of Nephrology treats all aspects of acute and chronic kidney diseases and kidney failure in children and adults, is working to prevent renal diseases and performing all aspects of dialysis. The department is largely involved in kidney transplants in children and adults. 
 
Department of Endocrinology has a highly specialised function in the specialist area endocrinology, diabetes, thyroidea diseases, primary hyperparathyreoidism. The Department receives patients with severe, rare or unresolved endocrinological diseases. 
 
Department of Hepatology treats patients with acute and chronic liver diseases. The department specialises in medical liver diseases and evaluates patients for liver transplantation. The department merge with Department of Gastroenterology from January 2019. 
 
Department of Gastroenterology provides care for patients with gastrointestinal disease requiring medical treatment. The main area of focus is intestinal failure, home parenteral nutrition and inflammatory bowel disease. The department is a referral centre, taking in patients from the eastern regions of Denmark.  
Department of Intensive Care is a tertiary and multidisciplinary department treating both children and adults. The department receive patients for postoperative care after complex surgical procedures such as solid organ transplantation and reconstructive cancer surgery. The patients are present with a broad spectrum of challenging medical conditions, including trauma, infectious diseases, burns, hematological disorders (including bone marrow transplants), vascular surgery and patients requiring hyperbaric oxygen therapy.  
 
Research and teaching 
With the new position as senior researcher in Nursing and clinical professor of Surgery with special focus on Nursing and Clinical Health Promotion, the Abdominal Centre/Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases wishes to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching. Strategically, the position will seek to boost interest in preventive interventions among health care students and among health professionals in secondary and tertiary care and form the basis for an active research-, development- and education environment focused on clinical health promotion. Moreover, the aim is to gain knowledge of the value of clinical health promotion, clinically and from the perspective of patients, and to contribute scientifically to the field, nationally and internationally. 
 
The professor/senior researcher will engage in:   
  • Research   
  • Research based education with accompanying obligations   
  • Publication and communication  
The professor/senior researcher is expected to be research leader, develop the area of research, be a supervisor and educator for younger researchers and be involved in university education of students.  
  
The professor/senior researcher will perform research in nursing and clinical health promotion with focus on evaluation of health promoting initiatives in care pathways in a patient, -health and societal perspective. The focus will be on the motivational impact of critical illness on lifestyle change, adherence to complex treatment regimes, and development of feasible, evidence-based health promoting interventions. 
 
It is expected that the professor/senior researcher is recognized, nationally and internationally, and works towards establishing more national collaboration within the field of clinical health promotion, scientifically and clinically. The professor/senior researcher will function as mentor and supervisor for nurses and other allied health professionals regarding education and research activities.  
 
Qualifications   
Applicants must be board certified and registered as a nurse and possess academic qualifications corresponding to the senior researcher/associate professor-level. Further, applicants must be able to demonstrate scientific production within the professorship subject area as well as document experience in research supervision and teaching activities.  
  
Emphasis will be on research activity, the quality of the conducted research as well as documentation for supervision and teaching and research management.    
 
The following professional qualities will be evaluated:   
  • Experience from peri-operative care pathways and clinical health promotion   
  • Scientific production  
  • Research and development within the area of research  
  • Experience with research leadership as PhD supervisor  
  • Teaching experience  
  • National and international collaboration  
Conditions: To be considered, the applicant must send an application to both the Faculty (the professorship) and to the hospital (the clinical position) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the professorship. Appointment is conditioned by the fact that the applicant obtains both positions. This also applies to the applicants who are already employed as senior researchers at Rigshospitalet. 
 
Salary and conditions of employment as senior researcher 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 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 nursing vice director at the Abdominal Centre/Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases and the heads of The Department of Anaesthesiology. 
 
Application procedure: 
The application must include the following: 
  • Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications 
  • A motivated application, including the reasons for applying for this position 
  • A description of how the applicant is qualified as:
    • Clinical expert 
    • Communicator 
    • Collaborator 
    • Manager/administrator/organizer 
    • Health advocate 
    • Scholar/researcher/teacher 
    • Professional 
  • Diplomas – all relevant certificates and authorizations   
  • Research plan   
  • Teaching portfolio   
For applicants with a foreign license also a copy of the authorization certificate is needed.  
 
The closing date for applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, Tuesday 8 January 2019. 
 
Further information:
For further information please contact Nursing Vice Director at the Abdominal Center, Rigshospitalet, Lone Koch tel. + 45 3545 3590, email: lone.koch@regionh.dk, or Director Christian Worm, tel. +45 3545 3595, email: christian.worm@regionh.dk. 
See job description here.
 
 
  • Fakta

  • Arbejdssted
    Rigshospitalet & Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej
  • Kontaktperson
    Christian Worm
  • Adresse
    Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø
  • Stillingstyper
    Forskningssygeplejerske
  • Ansættelsesform
    Fast ansættelse
  • Ugentlig arbejdstid
    Fuld tid
  • Ansættelsens start
    01-05-2019
  • Regionens jobnr.
    215469
  • Quick-nr.
    360404
  • Indrykningsdato
    06-12-2018
  • Ansøgningsfrist
    08-01-2019 (udløbet)


  • Fakta

  • Arbejdssted
    Rigshospitalet & Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej
  • Adresse
    Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø
  • Kontaktperson
    Christian Worm
  • Stillingstyper
    Forskningssygeplejerske
  • Ansættelsesform
    Fast ansættelse
  • Ugentlig arbejdstid
    Fuld tid
  • Ansættelsens start
    01-05-2019
  • Regionens jobnr.
    215469
  • Quick-nr.
    360404
  • Indrykningsdato
    06-12-2018
  • Ansøgningsfrist
    08-01-2019 (udløbet)

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