The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki conducts high-quality research and provides research-based basic and post-graduate education in medicine and dentistry. The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki is located in the Meilahti-Ruskeasuo Campus, offering excellent opportunities for close collaboration with both the University Hospital and public sector research institutes (the National Institute of Health and Welfare, the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health). In addition to teaching and research, the Faculty serves as an important authority in the field of health care and actively participates in ethical discourse. The Faculty aims to become one of the most highly reputed medical faculties in the world as well as to maintain and to strengthen its position as a Centre of Excellence in teaching.

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Helsinki, together with Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH) and the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) form the Academic Medical Center Helsinki. This medical unit has done very well in international evaluations: we rank among the 10 best medical centers at European level and the 50 best centers in the world (http://www.med.helsinki.fi/english/research/index.html).

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki invites applications for the position of a part-time (35 %)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR OF UROLOGY

The position may be filled as assistant professor, associate professor or professor, depending on the candidates’ merits and career stage.

The professorship in Urology is connected to the position of head of department at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS). Separate applications must be submitted for the professorship and the position of head of department.

The assistant professor / professor of Urology is responsible for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education in the field. In addition, the professor participates in teaching in Surgery, including practical small-group teaching and lecture-based teaching. The professor’s duties also include carrying out and supervising scientific research, following developments in research in the relevant field and participating in societal interaction as well as national and international cooperation in the field. In addition, the professor’s duties include other tasks assigned to the unit. To ensure that the applicant’s ability to supervise theses and dissertations meets the requirements of the Faculty of Medicine, he or she must have completed the supervision of at least one doctoral dissertation. The practical experience required for the position can be demonstrated, for example, with a specialist’s degree or licence in the field.

The salary will be based on level 7 (assistant professor) and levels 8-10 (professor) of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance.

Please submit your application (in PDF-format) using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the link Apply for job. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via the SAP HR portal.

Instructions, requirements for language skills and models are available on the Faculty’s website at http://www.med.helsinki.fi/english/administration/professor.html

The closing date for applications is October 3,2016.

The professorship in Urology is connected to the position of head of department at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS). A separate application must be submitted for the position of head of department at HUS according to the application instructions provided by HUS (https://hus.taleo.net/careersection/hus1_external/jobsearch.ftl?lang=fi&...).

Should the appointment procedure be terminated at HUS or should the proposals of the search committees of the Faculty of Medicine and HUS differ from each other, the appointment procedure for the professorship at the Faculty of Medicine will be terminated.

Further information about the position may be obtained from Professor Pauli Puolakkainen, pauli.puolakkainen(at)hus.fi, 050 427 1410 and Professor Klaus Olkkola, klaus.olkkola(at)helsinki.fi, 040 7583655.