Senior Lecturer in pediatric surgery combined with employment as specialist surgeon at Karolinska University Hospital

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

We offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to developing the future of pediatric surgical education, research and care, which means contributing to close collaboration between the Department of Women's and Children's Health and Karolinska University Hospital.

Description of the subject area

The pediatric surgical specialty covers surgical conditions, primarily in the gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract, in children and adolescents. Trauma and pediatric oncological surgery are also included. The specialty was developed based on a need for expertise in caring for newborns with congenital malformations. Neonatal surgery is a central part of the specialty and requires advanced multidisciplinary expertise and well-functioning collaboration with related specialties.

Karolinska University Hospital, Theme Children – Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital provides specialized and highly specialized care, and holds a national mandate for certain advanced pediatric and adolescent surgical procedures. Within the framework of the European reference networks, in which Karolinska has a very strong role, very active work is underway to harmonize the care of rare diseases in Europe. Pediatric surgical research is very broad and includes translational research, clinical treatment studies, long-term follow-ups and epidemiological studies

Your mission

You are expected to further develop your own line of research within pediatric surgery. You will contribute leadership in pediatric surgical research. You will also be involved in the doctoral education of pediatric surgery doctoral students. You will contribute to integrating research, care and education within pediatric surgery. You are expected to contribute to strengthening pediatric surgery research nationally and internationally.

The duties also include clinical service at Karolinska University Hospital, as the position is intended to be divided 50 percent at Karolinska Institutet as a lecturer and 50 percent at the Karolinska University Hospital, Theme Children – Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Section of Pediatric Surgery.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer with focus on research, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific expertise, you must have demonstrated excellent scientific skills and very good pedagogical skills. The applicant must also be able to show clinical skills through specialist competence in pediatric surgery.

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 established profile of employment:

See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet.

Further eligibility requirements

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, consultant or senior consultant in pediatric surgery at Section of Pediatric Surgery, Astrid Lindgren Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital and therefore you must have a Swedish MD with specialist competence in pediatric surgery as well as fulfill the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden.

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 research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (3), pedagogical skills (2), leadership and collaboration skills (2) and clinical skills (2).

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:

See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet.

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 successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical 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

Application

Your application must contain the following documents in English: 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 (Qualifications portfolio for teachers and researchers | Karolinska Institutet). 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.

Department of Women's and Children's Health | Karolinska Institutet

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.
• 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).

Type of employment: Permanent position
Contract type: Full time
First day of employment: Enligt ök
Number of positions: 1
Full-time equivalent: 100%
City: Solna
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: STÖD 2-403/2026