Consultancy in Anaesthesiology combined with a clinical professorship in Anaesthesiology

A clinical position as consultant of Anaesthesiology at the Department of Anaesthesiology of the Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases at Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, is open for appointment from as soon as possible.

The position is combined with a 10-year position as clinical Professor of Anaesthesiology at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

With this new position the Department of Anaesthesiology, Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet 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 consultancy.

The advertisement for the professorship is available from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=155130)

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Anaesthesiology, at the Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases at Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet, is an independent department with local clinical and administrative management and is referring to the management board of The Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases and to the management board of Rigshospitalet.

The main clinical functions of the Department and focus areas are to provide anaesthesia and surgical assistance as well as perioperative care for patients undergoing major vascular surgery, major gastrointestinal and urological surgery. The clinical functions also cover anaesthesia for liver-, simultaneous kidney-pancreas- and kidney transplantations as well as trauma surgery. Intermediary and recovery units are also elements of the department’s responsibility. Each year the department provides about 8.000 anaesthesia procedures.

Research and teaching

With the new position as Consultant in Anaesthesiology and clinical professor of Anaesthesiology, the Department of Anaesthesiology wishes to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching, specifically within the field of perioperative medicine. This involves research related to enhanced recovery, perioperative pathophysiology that is translated and implemented into the clinic. Teaching is expected to be engaging, updated, and with focus on development of perioperative medicine as part of the medical education, and anaesthesiological specialisation.

The department is responsible for education of medical students and has a considerably involvement in the education of anaesthesiologists, anaesthetic, postoperative recovery nurses.

At present, the department employs more than five PhD students all working within special focus on perioperative medicine and pathophysiology.

Qualifications

Applicants must be board-certified specialist in Anaesthesiology as the position as Consultant is expected to participate in clinical work within all parts of the department’s perioperative commitments in particular including the highly complex surgical patients and their perioperative care and postoperative care.

Considerable clinical practical knowledge in handling perioperative optimization and haemodynamic monitoring is essential requirements for applicants as the Consultant is expected to perform both anaesthesia for the actual patients as well as assisting the clinical leadership within the further development of care pathways.

The applicant must have distinct leadership qualifications as part of the anaesthesia tasks take place in a

highly specialised hospital in Greater Copenhagen. The applicant is expected to participate in clinical development of care pathways plus active formulate research questions within the perioperative fields in combination with playing an active role in implementation of research findings. Furthermore, the applicant must be able to document experience in administrating anaesthesia within surgical gastroenterology, vascular surgery and urology.

Conditions

In order to be considered, the applicant must send an application to both the Faculty (the professorship) and to the hospital (the consultancy) 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 consultants at Rigshospitalet.

Salary and conditions of employment as Consultant are as agreed between the Danish Regions (Danske Regioner) and the Danish Association of Medical Specialists as well as between the Capital Region 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 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 Anaesthesiology, Centre of Cancer and Organ Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet. The clinical professor will receive secretarial or technical support equivalent to 50 % of a fulltime secretary position from the Department of Anaesthesiology. Additional support and details on the working conditions must be negotiated with the Head of Department of Anaesthesiology, Centre of Cancer and Organ Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet.

Application procedure

The application must include the following:

• Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications
• Copy of the authorization certificate for specialist in Anaesthesiology.
• 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 Sundhedsstyrelsen: The Seven Roles of Physicians.

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

The closing date for submission of applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, Friday, December 17th 2021.

Interviews for this position will most likely be held on 19 May 2022.

Further information:

For further information please contact tel. + 45 3545 8948, or email: birgitte.ruhnau@regionh.dk

Information regarding Terms of employment for the Capital Region: https://www.regionh.dk/english/job/Pages/default.aspx

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• Fakta

• Arbejdssted
  Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej
• Kontaktperson
  Birgitte Ruhnau
• Adresse
  Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø
• Stillingstype
  Overlæge
• Speciale
  Anæstesiologi
• Ansættelsesform
  Fast ansættelse
• Ugentlig arbejdstid
  Fuld tid
• Ansættelsens start
  Snarest muligt
• Regionens jobnr.
  236165
• Quick-nr.
  419773
• Indrykningsdato
  04-11-2021
• Ansøgningsfrist
  17-12-2021 (udløbet)

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