Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
Description of the Subject Area
Hematology is a central clinical and academic subject area with strong connections to both research and education as well as to highly specialized care. The subject encompasses diagnosis and treatment of malignant and benign blood disorders, including leukemias, lymphomas, myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes as well as stem cell transplantation and advanced cell therapy.
Duties
The professorship entails overall responsibility for exercising collective and strategic academic leadership and for the long-term development of the hematology subject area.
The person employed is expected to lead and develop research in hematology and actively contribute to education at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. The professor shall supervise doctoral students and contribute to the development of the research environment, including actively seeking external research funding.
The position also includes clinical work as a specialist physician in hematology at Academic Hospital, which involves close integration of research, education, and clinical activities. The professor is also expected to contribute to cooperation with healthcare and the surrounding community.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for employment as a professor, a person must have demonstrated both scientific and pedagogical competence (Chapter 4, Section 3 of the Higher Education Act). According to Section 5 of the Employment Regulations for Uppsala University (AO), the general eligibility requirement for teachers is that the applicant shall have the ability to cooperate and otherwise meet the fitness requirements needed to perform the work duties well.
Scientific competence shall be demonstrated through independent research contributions and by the applicant's qualifications being of very high quality from an international perspective.
Pedagogical competence shall be demonstrated through extensive qualifications in education in accordance with Section 22 of AO. Furthermore, the applicant shall demonstrate well-documented competence in supervision at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. A prerequisite for pedagogical competence to be considered present is completed university-level pedagogical education relevant to the activities, comprising at least ten weeks, or equivalent knowledge. The pedagogical education shall include research supervision training. (Section 32 of AO)
For eligibility for this position, a medical degree and Swedish certification of specialist competence in hematology are required. If the applicant lacks Swedish certification of specialist competence in hematology, the applicant must have submitted an application for this to the National Board of Health and Welfare no later than the final application deadline for the position.
The applicant shall have documented ability to teach in Swedish and English. (Section 6 of AO)
Assessment Criteria
When selecting among eligible applicants, weight will be placed primarily on scientific competence and thereafter on pedagogical competence. However, a combined assessment will be made so that an applicant with significant advantage in pedagogical competence may be ranked ahead of an applicant with some advantage in scientific competence. Clinical competence is also important for the position and will be weighted.
Scientific competence refers to research qualifications. When assessing scientific competence, scientific quality shall be considered primarily. The scope of research, primarily with regard to depth and breadth, shall also be weighted. Furthermore, the ability to plan, initiate, lead and develop research and education at doctoral level, the ability to competitively obtain research funding, as well as the ability through research to cooperate with the surrounding community shall be weighted. (Section 20 of AO).
Pedagogical competence refers to education qualifications. When assessing pedagogical competence, pedagogical quality shall be considered primarily. Scope, both breadth and depth, shall also be weighted.
Clinical competence is demonstrated through clinical work and clinical education as well as participation in clinical development work. Clinical development work includes, among other things, efforts that have improved or made healthcare more efficient. (Section 24 of AO)
Assessment Criteria, Other Competence
Administrative competence and leadership competence are important for the position and will be weighted. The ability to cooperate with the surrounding community as well as to communicate about research and development work will be considered.
Administrative competence is demonstrated, among other things, through the ability to plan, organize and prioritize work in an efficient and purpose-appropriate manner and through the ability to set and meet deadlines. The competence includes overall operations planning and the ability to manage resources in a way that reflects the activities' priorities. (Section 28 of AO)
Leadership competence is demonstrated through the ability to lead activities and personnel, make decisions, take responsibility and motivate and provide others with the prerequisites necessary to efficiently reach common goals. The ability to coordinate the group as well as to contribute to creating engagement, participation and job satisfaction as well as the ability to handle conflicts constitute further examples of demonstrated competence. (Section 30 of AO) See also Section 5 of RB.
When assessing collaboration competence, experience of and competence in popular science work, editorial work and other activities relating to knowledge exchange between the university and the external world, as well as experience in innovation and entrepreneurship shall be weighted. (Section 6 of RB)
In a combined assessment of the applicants' qualifications, parental leave, part-time work due to childcare, union assignments, military service or similar shall be considered as work experience. (Section 94 of AO)
When the university is to employ new teachers, applicants shall be selected who, following a qualitative overall assessment of competence and qualifications, are deemed to have the best prerequisites to perform and develop the current work duties and to contribute to positive development of the activities. (Section 4 of AO)
When assessing submitted applications, international experts may be engaged. In this case, application documents written in Swedish may need to be sent to a translator engaged by the university.
Applications are received in Uppsala University's recruitment system.Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
Description of the Subject Area
Hematology is a central clinical and academic subject area with strong connections to both research and education as well as to highly specialized care. The subject encompasses diagnosis and treatment of malignant and benign blood disorders, including leukemias, lymphomas, myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes as well as stem cell transplantation and advanced cell therapy.
Duties
The professorship entails overall responsibility for exercising collective and strategic academic leadership and for the long-term…