Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery with special focus on advanced reconstructive surgery (Fixed-Term, 5 Years)

Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen

The University seeks to appoint a clinical professor of Plastic Surgery with special focus on advanced reconstructive surgery to commence as soon as possible. The externally funded professorship is combined with a consultancy at Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics at Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet in the Capital Region.

It is a requirement for appointment that the applicant is accepted for both the professorship and the consultancy. In order to be considered for the position, the applicant must send two applications: one to the faculty (the professorship) and one to the hospital (the consultancy) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the consultancy. This also applies to applicants who are already employed as consultants at the Hospital. Please find the advertisement for the consultancy here.

Both the professorship and the consultancy will be financed by Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet.

Find information about the department.

Job description
In the consideration of applications for the professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant's ability to document a high level of original scientific work at an international level within the area of Plastic Surgery.

The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

• Research, including publication/academic dissemination
  The role of the professor will be to initiate and facilitate research of the highest international standard, to initiate national and international collaborations, raise funding for research, conduct clinical trials, conduct register-based research, and translate the results into evidence-based treatments in all fields of plastic surgery.
• Research-based teaching, including associated examination
  The professor will be responsible for supervising master students, PhD students and post docs. Furthermore, the professor is expected to contribute to the teaching of medical students and to develop new teaching methods and formats in plastic surgery.
• Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of researchers
  The professor will be expected to lead research within clinical plastic surgery with special emphasis on the development of new techniques for advanced reconstructions. Also, the professor will be expected to spread knowledge through a global network of peers and will be responsible for congress organization on a leadership level.
• Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate
• Academic assessments

Required qualifications
To be qualified for a clinical professor position, you will be assessed according to these six overall criteria for recognising merit at the University of Copenhagen: Research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership. Find information about each criterion.

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to:

• Document a high degree of original academic production at an international level, including considerable contributions to the development of the academic discipline
• Manage research and other management functions, e.g. engage in the university’s external academic activities, as well as knowledge and technology transfer
• Provide research-based teaching

The professor is also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Terms of employment
The position is a fixed-term position limited to a period of 5 years. Extension is possible if the employed candidate performs well in the position.

For the professorship the appointee will receive a pensionable annual honorarium of 212.087,17 DKK (1 April 2024 level).

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Questions
For further information please contact Head of Department Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, [email protected].

Foreign applicants may find the university’s International Staff Mobility useful.

Application
The application must be submitted in English and must include the following documents:

• Application (Including motivations for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages))
• Curriculum vitae (Including information about external funding)
• Diplomas (Master’s and PhD and other relevant certificates)
• Uploads of maximum 10 publications to be considered in the assessment
• Self-declaration form (Template under ‘Nyttige links’ - Upload the completed and mandatory form as “Other relevant material”)
• Teaching portfolio (Guidelines / Template for inspiration under ‘Nyttige links’)
• Research plan (3‐5 pages)
• Teaching plan
• A complete list of publications

Application procedure
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The Dean then appoints an expert assessment committee in order to make an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at the university's Job Portal.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen encourages all interested applicants to apply for this position.

Please submit the application with the required attachments. Only online applications will be accepted. The closing date for applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, 15 April 2025



Interviews for this position are likely to be held on 27 August 2025.