Professor of Geriatrics

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Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

The position is located at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö and is combined with employment as a specialist physician/consultant within Region Skåne.

Duties

Work duties include research, postgraduate education and teaching on the Faculty’s Medical Degree Programme within geriatrics. Other duties normally associated with the position of professor include administrative tasks and internal and external elected office nationally and internationally. The successful applicant is expected to assume overall responsibility for research and education in the subject area.

Independent clinical work is included in the position of specialist physician/consultant.

Other duties may also be included in the position.

Required qualifications

A person who has demonstrated both research and teaching expertise shall be qualified for employment as a professor (Chapter 4, Section 3 of the Higher Education Ordinance).

The applicant is to be a specialist physician in geriatrics. 

Since the appointment as professor is combined with employment as a specialist physician, Swedish language skills of at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe’s Framework of Reference for Languages are a requirement.

According to the Lund University Appointment Rules, the applicant must have completed training in teaching and learning in higher education of at least five weeks or have acquired equivalent competence by other means in order to be eligible, unless there are special grounds. If the holder of the position is deemed to have special grounds for not having completed training in teaching and learning in higher education of at least five weeks at the time of taking up the position, they are to complete such training within two years of starting the position.

Assessment criteria

The applicant is to have demonstrated a very high level of research and teaching expertise relevant to geriatrics. During the assessment, particular weight will be accorded to research expertise.

The applicant must have demonstrated research expertise by maintaining high international standing as a researcher.

The applicant is to have demonstrated teaching expertise of relevance to the subject within both teaching and supervision in first, second and third-cycle education.

The applicant is to demonstrate good leadership ability, an ability to engage with wider society and strong collaboration skills.

The applicant is to demonstrate the ability to contribute to the future development of research and teaching. Importance will be attached to future plans and vision.

Specific qualifications of additional merit include:

• Experience of national and in particular international research collaboration.
• Experience of epidemiological, translational and clinical research within geriatrics.
• Research funding approved in national and especially international competition as the principal applicant.
• Documented clinical expertise and experience of leading clinical work within geriatrics.

For teaching staff at Lund University, the general required qualifications concern being suitable for and having the ability in general that is needed to satisfactorily carry out the duties of the appointment in question. When appointing teaching staff, in addition to that set out in the Higher Education Ordinance, the Lund University Appointment Rules and the Faculty of Medicine’s general requirements profile and assessment criteria for employment as a professor apply.

Further information

For further information, please contact Dean Maria Björkqvist, tel. +46 72 700 71 63, maria.bjorkqvist@med.lu.se, Head of Department Patrik Midlöv, tel. +46 730 79 13 63, patrik.midlov@med.lu.se. 

Information about the application procedure can be provided by the recruitment officer, Eva Nilsson, tel. +46 46 222 17 89, eva_a.nilsson@med.lu.se.

The position will be filled following a proposal from the Faculty of Medicine Academic Appointments Board.

Application procedure

Applications are to be submitted electronically through the Lund University recruitment portal by 19th of February 2025 at the latest.

Applications are reported in accordance with the Faculty of Medicine’s guidelines for applicants to academic appointments (see https://www.medicine.lu.se/about-the-faculty-the-departments/work-for-us/guidelines-for-academic-appointments under the heading List of qualifications and CV).

The University sets salaries on an individual basis. Please state your salary expectation in your application.

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