Senior Lecturer in clinical medicine combined with position as specialist physician at Karolinska University Hospital

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

We are looking for a Senior lecturer who wants to lead and develop education within clinical medicine for medical students with great interest and commitment. We offer an internationally leading academic environment at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital and the clinical medicine health care units in Region Stockholm.

Description of the subject area

The Department of Medicine Solna (MedS) has a well-established and strong educational and research profile in medicine and biomedicine at a high international level. The education at the department, especially within the medical program, spans large parts of the clinical medical field over several semesters. The subject of clinical medicine, including internal medicine and closely related fields, is a strong research and clinical area which continuously develops. The Division of Clinical Epidemiology includes research and educational activities within this area.

At Karolinska University Hospital, the Theme of Inflammation and Ageing brings together several internal medicine specialties, including endocrinology and metabolism, nephrology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, geriatrics, rheumatology, and dermatology and venereology.

Within the Medical Unit for Gastroenterology, Dermatology and Rheumatology, inflammation is the unifying focus. The unit provides highly specialized patient care and conducts leading research in common inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as in rarer systemic inflammatory conditions including myositis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and vasculitic diseases.

Rheumatology care at the unit is at the forefront of e‑health solutions and patient involvement, particularly in the collection and use of quality registry data. The unit also offers advanced diagnostics and treatment for complex inflammatory bowel diseases, rare gastrointestinal disorders, and intestinal dysmotility. Venereology is an integral part of the medical unit’s activities.

Your mission

As Senior Lecturer, your role will be to strengthen the implementation and development of education in undergraduate and doctoral education, and we are looking for a teacher at a lecture level who is deeply committed to education and has a clinical background in internal medicine or closely related fields.

We are looking for a clinical role model with a genuine interest in education and a great pedagogical competence to ensure that the next generation of doctors leave Karolinska Institutet provided with excellent preparations to manage diagnoses in internal medicine and closely related fields throughout the healthcare system.

This position concerns a role as course director and examiner within the department’s educational activities in clinical medicine, provisionally within our full-semester course in term 5 of the medical programme. The research focus should be within internal medicine or closely related fields, reflecting the department’s educational responsibilities within the medical curriculum. The research is expected to include projects related to clinical epidemiology, clinical treatment research, and/or research of a more translational character.

You will be based at the Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Clinical Epidemiology. The position will be combined with 50% work as specialist trained physician (either at specialist, consultant or senior consultant level) in internal medicine or closely related fields at the Department of gastroenterology/dermatology/rheumatology, Theme inflammation and aging at Karolinska UniversityHospital.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer with focus on education and research, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific skills, the applicant must have demonstrated excellent pedagogical skills, very good scientific skills and clinical skills.

For employment as Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements are stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure and these are applied in relation to the subject area of the established recruitment profile.

It is a requirement that you have completed 10 weeks of courses on teaching in higher education, as indicated in the recommendations of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institution.If you lack such education at the time of employment, you must undergo such education during the first two years of employment.

The employment will be combined with an employment as a specialist physician, assistant chief physician or chief physician in in internal medicine or closely related fields at at the Department of gastroenterology/dermatology/rheumatology and therefore you must have a Swedish MD with specialist competence in internal medicine or closely related fields as well as fulfill the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden. Here you will find the basic and core specialties that may become relevant for this position.

Since the position includes clinical work, you must, besides English, demonstrate proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish (C1 level according to the common European reference scale, CERS).

Assessment criteria

The Senior Lectureship has a focus on education and research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (2), pedagogical skills (3), leadership and collaboration skills (1), and clinical skills (1).

For employment as Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the assessment criteria are stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure and these are applied in relation to established profile of employment.

It is furthermore meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Responsibility as a leader for courses in clinical medicine during the medical program.
• Broad experience of clinically integrated learning and training
• Experience in clinical research, for example studies on biomarkers, clinical treatment studies, or register‑based studies.

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

Department of Medicine, Solna | Karolinska Institutet

Application

Your application must contain the following documents: a cover letter as well as a resumé and a qualifications portfolio including a description of your research plan, both presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s template. You may change or add to your application at any time up to and including the application deadline date. After the deadline, the process closes, and no amendment or addition can be made to your application.

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers, most often both national and international. For that reason, we prefer that the documents are in English.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

Clinical position at Karolinska University Hospital:

To obtain an employment as specialist physician (*chief physician, assistant chief physician, specialist physician*) at Karolinska University Hospital, assessment of the applicant’s clinical qualifications by the hospital’s Expert Committee is mandatory.

Hence, the documents listed below are required for determining the correct service level.

• Karolinska’s curriculum vitae templatefor physicians, electronically completed in accordance with the instructions, with periods of employment and leave of absence calculated and summarized, and signed and certified by a person who is not a close relative - download here (in Swedish)
• Swedish licence to practice medicine.
• Specialist certificate(s) *
• PhD degree certificate**
• Certificate regarding docent/associate professor **
• List of 10 most important publications

*including specialist certificate(s) from other countries
**when applicable

Criteria for Specialist Physician Positions at Karolinska University Hospital:

• Appointment as assistant chief physician at Karolinska University Hospital requires a minimum of three years of full-time clinical service.
• Appointment as chief physician requires a minimum of five years of full-time clinical service within the primary specialty in addition to certified specialist competence, as well as a defined area of medical responsibility and expertise, and documented teaching and supervisory qualifications. A doctoral degree (PhD) is also required for appointment as Senior Consultant.

Link to criteria for specialist doctor at Karolinska Universitety Hospital (in Swedish).

Here you can find more information about applying for medical positions.

Before appointing a position that involves the care of children and adolescents, the candidate offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and criminal records.
https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekrytering-pa-karolinska/

As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be assigned a wartime placement.
https://www.karolinska.se/jobba-hos-oss/var-arbetsplats/totalforsvarsplikt-allman-tjansteplikt-och-krigsplaceringar-pa-karolinska-universitetssjukhuset/

If you are currently or have previously been employed within Region Stockholm, we will obtain internal references from your current or former manager if you are considered for the position.

For permanent positions, a probationary period may be applied.

About Karolinska University Hospital

We at Karolinska University Hospital are proud to be one of the world’s leading university hospitals. In addition to our special responsibility for highly specialized care in the Stockholm region, our core mission is to educate future healthcare professionals together with Karolinska Institutet, conduct world‑leading research, and continuously develop care for the benefit of our patients. We work across a wide range of fields and professions.

Our vision – To cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

Feel free to read more about us at https://www.karolinska.se/ and follow us on social media.

The Theme Inflammation and Ageing

The Theme Inflammation and Ageing encompasses internal medicine specialties including endocrinology and metabolism, nephrology, gastroenterology and pulmonology, as well as geriatrics, rheumatology, and dermatology and venereology.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all!

Type of employment: Permanent position
Contract type: Full time
Number of positions: 1
Full-time equivalent: 100 %
City: Stockholm
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: STÖD 2-812/2026

Contact:

1. Kristina Broliden, kristina.broliden@ki.se

Union representative:

1. Louisa Cheung, SACO, Louisa.Cheung@ki.se
2. Maria Eldh, OFR/ST, maria.eldh@ki.se

Published: 2026-04-22
Last application date: 2026-05-22