Professor of paediatric nursing combined with employment as a specialist nurse at Uppsala University Hospital - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Women’s and Children’s Health is an international and multi-professional department focused on the health and welfare of women, parents and children. The global health perspective is always present and we collaborate across professions and clinical fields in both education and research. The post of professor is combined with employment as a specialist nurse within child and adolescent health at Uppsala University Children’s Hospital.

Description of the subject area: Paediatric nursing covers health and disease in children from newborn to age 18. The subject area includes identification of needs, health promotion, preventative care and treatment of children to achieve optimal health and well-being. Paediatric nursing focuses not only on the children, but also their parents and other family members, and is delivered by interprofessional teams. Evidence-based paediatric nursing is dependent upon successful implementation of clinical, patient-centred research.

Duties: The role includes teaching at the first-cycle and second-cycle levels in the subject area of paediatric nursing and related managerial and organisational duties. Duties include own research and clinical service as a specialist nurse and monitoring developments in the applicant’s own subject area and social developments otherwise that are relevant to the work of the University.

Qualifications: To be eligible for employment as a professor, the applicant must have shown both research and teaching expertise (Swedish Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 4, Section 3). Under the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University (AR), having the personal characteristics required to perform the duties of the post well is a general eligibility requirement for teachers (AR 5).

Research expertise must have been demonstrated by independent research work and by the fact that the applicant’s activities maintain a high international and national standard. The applicant must have demonstrated expertise in planning, initiating, leading, and developing research, have demonstrated the capacity to obtain research funding in competition, and demonstrate well-documented expertise in supervising third-cycle students. The applicant’s contributions to the international and national academic community must be assessed on the basis of, among other things, the quality and scope of their academic publications in publishing channels most relevant to the subject.

Teaching expertise must have been demonstrated by educational and teaching qualifications (see Section 23 AR). Furthermore, the applicant must demonstrate well-documented expertise in supervision at the first- and second-cycle levels. A prerequisite for having demonstrated teaching expertise is that applicants have completed teacher training for higher education of relevance to operations at the University, comprising at least ten weeks, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge. If special circumstances apply, this training for teachers in higher education may be completed during the first two years of employment. The teacher training must include third cycle supervision.

The applicant must have a documented ability to teach in Swedish and English unless special circumstances apply. If special circumstances apply, applicants who are unable to teach in Swedish are expected to acquire this ability within two years.

Applicants must be a licensed nurse with a specialist nursing degree in the field of child and adolescent health. To be eligible for this position, applicants must be licensed to practice nursing in Sweden or have applied by no later than the application deadline to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare for a license to practice nursing in Sweden. The applicant must, however, have been granted a license to practice nursing in Sweden by the date the employment decision is made.

Assessment criteria: In the assessment of more than one qualified applicant, research expertise will be assigned greater weight than teaching expertise. The assessment criteria will however be co-weighted such that an applicant assessed as having much greater teaching expertise than an applicant who has slightly greater research expertise may be ranked ahead of the latter. Current clinical expertise is significant to the position and will be assigned weight. In the selection among qualified applicants, particular weight will be assigned to the applicant’s ability to develop research activities in the subject area of paediatric nursing.

In assessing research expertise, research quality will be the primary consideration. Research qualifications in the field of paediatric nursing are of particular importance to the appointment and will be assigned weight. The scope of research, primarily in regard to depth and breadth, must also be afforded consideration. Furthermore, consideration must be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead and develop research and education in the third cycle, the ability to acquire funding for research in competition, as well as the demonstrated capacity to interact with others both within academia and in the wider community. See also Guidelines and Assessment Criteria for Recruiting and Promoting Teachers at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy [Riktlinjer och bedömningsgrunder för rekrytering och befordran av lärare vid vetenskapsområdet för medicin och farmaci](GA), section 3.

In assessing teaching expertise, teaching quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, must also be afforded consideration. Furthermore, consideration must be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop teaching and instruction, as well as the ability to connect research to teaching in respect to research in the subject at hand, subject didactics, as well as teaching and learning in higher education. The ability to interact concerning issues of teaching and learning in higher education with actors inside and outside the University is included in teaching expertise. See also section 4 GA.

Clinical expertise is demonstrated through clinical work and clinical training as well as participation in clinical developmental work. Among other things, clinical developmental work involves efforts to improve or rationalise health care and medical care.

When the University appoints new teachers those applicants must be selected who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of their competence and expertise, are judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations.

Assessment criteria, other expertise: Management expertise and administrative expertise are important for the appointment and will both be assigned weight. The ability to collaborate with the surrounding community and to communicate information about research and development work will be taken into account.

Management expertise is demonstrated through ability to lead activities and staff, make decisions, assume responsibility, motivate others and provide them with what they require for the effective achievement of common objectives. Ability to coordinate a group and to help generate a sense of commitment, enhance participation and enjoyment of work, and ability to deal with conflicts, are further examples of how expertise is demonstrated. See also section 5 GA.

According to the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University, administrative expertise is demonstrated through, for example, the capacity to plan, organise and prioritise work in a manner that is effective and adapted to the purpose, as well as the ability to specify and adhere to time frames. This form of expertise includes overall work planning; ability to manage resources in a way that reflects operational priorities; and ability to work in a structured manner and on the basis of an awareness of goals and quality. See also section 5 GA.

The following applies under section 6 GA: When assessing collaborative expertise, experience with and expertise in education and outreach, editorships and other activities related to knowledge exchange between the University and the surrounding community, as well as experience with innovation and entrepreneurship, shall be of significance.

The aspect of gender equality will be applied if, after an all-round qualitative assessment, two applicants of different genders have equivalent or virtually equivalent qualifications.

The applicant’s parental leave, part-time work due to care of children or the like will be taken into account as qualifying work experience.

Guidelines and Assessment Criteria

Refer to the following instructions for applications for teaching positions: Meritportföljer. Regler och riktlinjer

Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University

Uppsala University values the qualities that equal gender distribution/gender parity and diversity bring to its activities. We therefore welcome applicants of all genders and with different birth backgrounds, functional capacity and life experience.

Salary: Salary will be set individually.

Starting date: As agreed.

Form of employment: Permanent employment.

Scope of the position: 100%  

For further information about the position, Contact Head of Department Inger Sundström Poromaa: Inger.Sundstrom@kbh.uu.se.  

We welcome your application, which should be written in English, no later than 20 November 2020, UFV-PA 2020/2138.

In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.