Diakonhjemmet Hospital is a private, not-profit hospital with defined responsibilities for the health care system both in Oslo, in the health region as well as nationally. The Hospital has a local function for parts of Oslo's population. Division of Rheumatology and Research has responsibility for people with rheumatic joint diseases living in the entire area of Oslo and a regional function for the inhabitants in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. A national highly specialized function is organized within the division: The Norwegian National Unit for Rehabilitation for Rheumatic Patients with Special Needs. The Department has since 2008 held the position as EULAR Center of Excellence and has, in addition to patient care, a strong focus on clinical and epidemiological research, education and information to patients and their relatives. In 2022 we established the REMEDY center, a Norwegian Centre for Clinical Treatment Research focusing on rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, supported by the Norwegian Research Council and The Olav Thon Foundation. The overarching aim of the REMEDY center is to improve treatment of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases by randomized clinical trials assessing novel treatment and treatment strategies, in combination with research and innovation to untangle the causes and characteristics of these diseases.

Job description

The Institute of Clinical Medicine has a vacant position as Adjunct Professor (professor II)/Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis) of rheumatology. The part-time academic position (20 %) is combined with a full-time (100 %) senior consultant position at Diakonhjemmet Hospital.

Information 

Please find more information about the position and how to apply here.

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Contacts:

• Espen Haavardsholm (Head of Research, Professor), (+47) 99798329
• Kjetil Bergsmark (Head of Division of Rheumatology and Research), (+47) 95759552