Consultancy in ocular oncology combined with a clinical professorship in Ophthalmology with special focus on Ocular Oncogenetics

A clinical position as consultant of the Eye Department in Rigshospitalet is open for appointment from as soon as possible.

The position is combined with a 5-year externally funded position as clinical professor of Ophthalmology with special focus on Ocular Oncogenetics at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

With this new position the Eye Department of 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 (http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/)
 

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Eye Department in Rigshospitalet is the only eye department in the Capital Region and serves 1.8 mio people. For a number of subspecialties the Eye Department in Rigshospitalet serves the entire eastern part of Denmark with 2.5 mio inhabitants. Within ocular oncology the Eye Department of Rigshospitalet has a collaboration with Aarhus University Hospital, and together the two departments serve all of Denmark (5.8 mio. inhabitants). The appointed professor will participate in this collaboration in order to secure high quality care for patients with eye cancer in all of Denmark. This includes development of the field, including the further development of genetic tools for prognostication, as well as participation in regional, national and international professional bodies within the field.

The eye department is organized in sections and subspecialized teams. In the clinical work, the appointed professor will refer to the section management that consists of a consultant and a section leading nurse.

 

Clinical functions and focus areas of the department

The clinical work of appointed professor will consist of the medical and surgical management of patients with ocular tumors. Participation in other fields of ophthalmology can be considered as per the needs of the department, and the interests of the professor.

 

Research and teaching

With the new position as consultant in ophthalmic oncology and clinical professor of Ophthalmology with special focus on Ocular Oncogenetics the Eye Department in Rigshospitalet wishes to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching.

 

Qualifications

Applicants must be board-certified specialist in ophthalmology.

 

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 and the Danish Association of Medical Specialists and 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 Eye Department in Rigshospitalet. The clinical professor will receive secretarial or technical support equivalent to 50 % of a full time secretary position from the Eye Department in Rigshospitalet. Additional support and details on the working conditions must be negotiated with the head of the Eye Department in 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 ophthalmology recognition.

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 a copy of the Danish authorization certificate for specialist in ophthalmology will be required by the time of appointment. Also knowledge of the Danish language corresponding to Danish 3 must be obtained.

The closing date for applications is November 25th.

Further information:

For further information please contact tel. + 45 21320310 or email: morten.dornonville.de.la.cour@regionh.dk

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

• Fakta

• Arbejdssted
  Rigshospitalet
• Kontaktperson
  Morten Dornonville de la Cour
• Adresse
  Valdemar Hansens Vej, 2600 Glostrup
• Stillingstype
  Overlæge
• Speciale
  Oftalmologi
• Ansættelsesform
  Tidsbegrænset periode
• Ugentlig arbejdstid
  Fuld tid
• Ansættelsens start
  Snarest muligt
• Regionens jobnr.
  227528
• Quick-nr.
  398957
• Indrykningsdato
  27-10-2020
• Ansøgningsfrist
  25-11-2020 (udløbet)

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