Assistant Senior Lecturer in Medical Radiation Physics

Subject: Medical Radiation Physics with a focus on Nuclear Medicine Physics
Form of employment: Fixed-term employment, 6 years, under Chapter 4, Section 12a of the Higher Education Ordinance, with the possibility of promotion to Senior Lecturer.
Job description
Employment as an Assistant Senior Lecturer is a career development position in which the postholder is to be given the opportunity to develop their independence as a researcher and teacher.
The Faculty of Science offers a career programme for Assistant Senior Lecturers.
To support the establishment of a research group, resources equivalent to a doctoral position will be attached to the post.
The duties mainly comprise research and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The post includes teaching, which currently accounts for 10 to 30% of a full-time position, calculated over the entire period of employment. In addition, duties within the department or faculty may also be assigned. The content of the duties, as well as the distribution and scope of research and teaching, may change over time.
The postholder must be able to maintain, strengthen and develop the division's research in nuclear medicine physics, and is expected to establish active research that can complement and strengthen the existing research expertise. We would welcome the postholder developing the theranostic direction for the individualisation of radionuclide therapy. The duties also include actively seeking external funding for the division's research activities, and collaborating with researchers, medical physicists and physicians at Skåne University Hospital (for example, in radiation physics, oncology, and radiology and imaging) on clinically related research projects.
Within their area of expertise, the postholder will teach primarily on the Medical Physics programme, and will also have course responsibility and develop courses. Teaching at undergraduate, advanced and postgraduate level at other departments may also be required. In collaboration with other members of the research group, the postholder will be responsible for and develop postgraduate courses in nuclear medicine physics and related fields. Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students is part of the post.
Qualifications
To be eligible for appointment as an Assistant Senior Lecturer, applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent research expertise. Preference will primarily be given to applicants who have obtained a doctoral degree or equivalent expertise no more than seven years before the closing date for applications for the post of Assistant Senior Lecturer. Applicants who obtained a doctoral degree or equivalent expertise earlier may also be considered if there are special reasons.
For this specific post, a doctoral degree in radiation physics and a degree in medical physics (or equivalent) are required.
The general qualification requirement for teachers at Lund University is that they must be suitable for the post and have the other abilities required to perform the duties well.
Assessment criteria
A good ability to develop and conduct high-quality research, as well as teaching ability.
The main assessment criteria are research and teaching expertise, with greater emphasis placed on research expertise.
Particular importance will be attached to the applicant's research plan and potential to complement and strengthen research and education within the department.
Requirements for the post:
Research expertise demonstrated through scholarly publications in the subject area.
Broad and in-depth knowledge of nuclear medicine imaging in diagnostics and therapy, including image-based quantification, characterisation of pharmacokinetic processes, and internal dosimetry calculations.
Good skills in programming, image processing and applied statistics.
A research plan must be attached, outlining the independent research profile and showing its potential to provide a basis for external funding.
Good potential to plan and conduct teaching.
A good ability to teach in the subject areas of the Medical Physics programme.
Good potential to supervise students.
Potential for good leadership.
Good collaboration and communication skills, and independence.
Very good command of English.

Desirable qualifications for the post:
Experience of a relevant postdoctoral position in a research environment other than the institution where the applicant completed their doctorate.
Demonstrated ability to apply for and obtain research funding from external funding bodies.
Experience of planning, developing and delivering teaching at undergraduate, advanced or postgraduate level.
Experience of clinical research and research collaborations with healthcare and industry.
Medical physicist licence (sjukhusfysikerlegitimation).
Professional experience as a practising clinical medical physicist in nuclear medicine.
Experience of national or international research collaborations.
Experience of management assignments and committee work.
Experience of radiobiological modelling and research projects in theranostics.

Personal qualities
Great importance will be attached to demonstrated ability to be proactive, creative, open, collaborative and responsive to the needs of the organisation, as well as an interest and aptitude for teaching and engaging with the wider community.
Other
We expect a postholder who does not speak Swedish to acquire sufficient knowledge of Swedish within three years to be able to teach and communicate in Swedish with the University's various bodies.
We offer
Lund University is a government agency, which means that you receive special benefits, generous annual leave and a favourable occupational pension.
Application format and content
We recommend that your application be written in English, as it may be assessed by international experts. Applications must be submitted in accordance with the Faculty of Science's instructions for applicants for teaching positions. Upload your application as PDF files in the recruitment system.
Please note that it is very important to follow the application instructions. Incomplete applications will be screened out.