Senior Consultant combined with Professor / Associate Professor

Regarding the 70% clinical position at OUH:
The Department of Microbiology (MIK) has integrated hospital and university functions, with diagnostic activities currently at the Rikshospitalet and Ullevål locations of Oslo University Hospital (OUH). MIK performs laboratory-based infection diagnostics for patients admitted to the Oslo hospitals and from patients in the primary health service, and approximately 1.5 million analyses are performed annually. The Department has a broad diagnostic repertoire within bacteriology, virology, mycology, infection serology, and parasitological diagnostics. In addition, infection control is carried out on blood donors and transplant donors. MIK has several regional tasks and national reference functions, including diagnostics related to HIV, Clostridioides, syphilis, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, medical mycology, molecular parasitology and viral import diseases. See also the Department's website.

The Department has 23.5 medical doctor positions, 18.5 senior consultant positions and 5 training positions for doctors (specialty registrars, medical microbiology). Three of the senior consultants have an adjunct position at the University of Oslo, in addition to two 100% professors at the University of Oslo who are senior consultants in an adjunct position.

The Department is organized into 8 sections: Medicine; Bacteriology; Molecular Diagnostics, Virology and Serology; Research; Development; Control and production; Sample reception; Quality, IT and operational support. The environment is academically exciting, educational and at times hectic.

The research activity is extensive and includes both basic biological research and translational research. Basic research is particularly related to DNA repair, genome stability, epigenetics and horizontal gene transfer. Translational research includes studies in bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, with a particular focus on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), especially in bacteria and fungi as well as well as pathogenesis in bacterial and viral infections. Going forward, AMR, infection biology (microbe-host interaction) and pandemic preparedness will be particularly important for OUS.

The department educates medical microbiologists, provides practical training to biomedical laboratory technician students and participates in the teaching of medical students by being closely linked to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo.

Our department is currently undergoing major reorganizations with the introduction of a common laboratory data system, harmonization between two locations and the unification of the entire department in the Life Science Building in 2027.

The main position (70 %) will be that of a senior consultant. The person appointed will mainly participate in bacteriological and/or mycological diagnostics related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the Bacteriology unit at Rikshopitalet, until they are moved to LVB.

Tasks

• Contribute to the daily operations and routine diagnostics of the Section, including assessment and evaluation of clinical samples, validation of test results, supervision, training of specialty registrars and other professional groups, supervision of clinicians, participation in interdisciplinary meetings and grand rounds, teaching, quality assurance and procedural work, as well as participation in ongoing harmonization work.
• The consultants actively participate in the planning of new activities and harmonization in a unified Department in the Life Science Building.
  
• Participation in 10 shared on-call scheme at Rikshopitalet is currently expected.

• Norwegian authorisation as a medical doctor
• Approved specialist in medical microbiology
• Significant high-level research experience
• Broad experience in bacteriology is desired
• Emphasis is placed on high expertise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
• The applicant must have relevant research experience and a strong motivation to contribute to the ongoing and new research activities at the department
• Formal competence and/or experience in management
• Experience with reorganization and harmonization work is emphasized
• Documented language skills in Norwegian or a compatible Scandinavian language is required.

Personal qualifications

• Work purposefully according to the Department's and division's goals and be able to contribute to the common good of the whole Department
  
• Good communication skills with the ability to listen and be clear
  
• Solution-oriented with good implementation skills
  
• Flexible, positive and enterprising
  
• Contribute to a good and inclusive working environment
  
• Good collaboration skills
  
• Ability to quickly familiarize oneself with new tasks and acquire new knowledge
  
• Willing to adapt
  
• Independent
  
• Efficient and conscientious
  
• Responsible
  
• Personal qualifications and suitability of the applicant, including documented collaborative skills, will be important.

• We offer excellent opportunities for professional development in a great working environment with highly dedicated and skilled co-workers at a university hospital with unique access to leading expertise in many clinical and supporting medical subspecialties.
• High academic level with exciting and demanding tasks, including collaboration with the University of Oslo.
• Committed colleagues who are concerned with quality and progress.
• A positive, challenging and supportive working environment.
• Inspiring and educational work.
• Salary according to current collective agreements / Salary level for the position will be negotiated according to standard protocols.
• Membership in a pension scheme, 2% pension deduction.
• A workplace that is an inclusive working life (IA) company.

Terms of Use

• Good welfare services for employees
• Corporate sports teams with a large and varied offer
• Centrally located surroundings in Oslo
• An active working environment with many professional challenges based on a very varied field.
• The Department has a modern and advanced instrument park.
• Appointments are made on the terms and conditions set out in applicable laws, collective agreements and regulations.
• The relocation of the workplace to the Life Science Building is planned for 2027.

Regarding the part-time academic position at UiO:
For complete job description with qualification requirements and basis of evaluation on the academic position please see: https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/om/ledige-stillinger/stillingsbeskrivelser/2025-91223-description-of-position-microbiology.pdf

Applications for the academic part-time position must include:

• Cover letter and CV
  
• Complete list of publications
  
• Separate list of 10 most relevant publications to be evaluated specifically for the position (please send these publications attached in full text versions).
  
Overview of experience in supervising PhD candidates, including names of the candidates, period of supervision, information on institutions and dates for the presentation of the theses, as well as specific information regarding experience as main- or co-supervisor for each candidate: https://www.med.uio.no/om/ledige-stillinger/veiledninger/form
• -phd-candidate-supervision.odt
  
• Description of qualifications regarding administration, leadership, teaching and foreign language skill
• Other relevant qualifications

Please scan and send the documents as PDF files (max 5 MB per file).

See guidelines for designing the application, information for applicants, rules for appointments to Professor II/Associate Professor II positions as well as rules concerning pedagogical skills: http://www.med.uio.no/om/jobb/veiledninger/index.html

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