- with focus on education and research
Do you want to contribute to improving human health?
Would you like to combine cutting-edge research with meaningful clinical work in primary care? We offer an opportunity to contribute to and further develop the research environment at the Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care at Karolinska Institutet (KI), while also working clinically in primary care within the Stockholm County Health Care Services (SLSO) as a specialist physician in family medicine. We offer a dynamic academic environment characterized by interdisciplinary collaboration and a strong commitment to clinical relevance. Here, you will become part of a setting where research, education, and patient-centered care go hand in hand to improve people's health and the future of primary care.
The Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care is one of seven divisions within the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS). The division contributes to teaching in 12 of the 18 courses in the medical program and is responsible for the program's final course in semester 12. The division hosts approximately 40 doctoral students, a Clinical Research School in Family Medicine and Primary Care, as well as independent courses at undergraduate and advanced levels and commissioned education programs. Within the division nearly 100 research projects are currently ongoing.
Description of the subject area
Family Medicine is a broad and rapidly expanding field of research and education at KI and forms the basis of the specialist competence required for physicians working in primary care. In recent years, the Swedish Government and Parliament have introduced several initiatives to strengthen and develop primary care nationwide. This transformation of the healthcare system towards Good and Close Care is a high-priority initiative aimed at meeting future healthcare challenges.
The subject area is characterized by a holistic view of the patient, where broad medical expertise, clinical decision-making, and a biopsychosocial perspective are central components. Patients with chronic diseases are generally managed primarily within primary care, and patient-physician relationships are often long-term. The subject area also encompasses the knowledge and expertise required for the extensive acute care services delivered in primary care settings.
Current research areas include clinical epidemiology, clinical decision-making, clinical treatment research, medical diagnostics, and screening. Research is often conducted in close collaboration with disciplines such as epidemiology, public health sciences, psychology, and education.
Your mission
We are seeking a physician with specialist competence in family medicine who has experience and competence in teaching at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels, and who conducts high-quality research within the subject area.
As a Senior Lecturer in Family Medicine, you will teach, examine, and supervise students at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. The position includes developing and leading courses, particularly within the medical program, and contributing to pedagogical development and the integration of research into education. The role also includes conducting independent research within the subject area and fostering collaboration between academia and clinical practice to strengthen primary care research, ensure the quality of education, and create sustainable structures for collaborative research and doctoral education.
Duties will be designed and adapted based on the candidate's qualifications and interests, in accordance with organizational needs, and may evolve over time. The position is combined with clinical work as a specialist physician in family medicine at a University Primary Care Centre within Region Stockholm, where you will also contribute to the development of university health care in primary care.
Eligibility requirements
To be eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer with focus on education and research, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific skills, the applicant must have demonstrated excellent pedagogical skills; very good scientific skills; and clinical skills.
For employment as Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements are stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure and these are applied in relation to the subject area of the established recruitment profile:
See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet.
It is a requirement that you have completed 10 weeks of courses on teaching in higher education as indicated in the recommendations of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institution. If you lack such education at the time of employment, you must undergo such education during the first two years of employment.
This employment will be combined with an employment as a specialist physician in Family Medicine and therefore, you must have a Swedish medical license (läkarlegitimation) with a specialist competence in Family Medicine, as well as fulfill the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare's (Socialstyrelsen) requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden.
Since the employment includes clinical work, you must, besides English, demonstrate proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish (C1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR).
Assessment criteria
The Senior Lectureship has a focus on education and research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (3), pedagogical skills (3), leadership and collaboration skills (2), and clinical skills (2).
For employment as Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements and assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure are applied in relation to established profile of employment.
After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.
What do we offer?
A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.
Location: Flemingsberg
Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care | Karolinska Institutet
Application
Your application must contain the following documents: a cover letter as well as a resumé and a qualifications portfolio including a description of your research plan, both presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's template (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio). You may change or add to your application at any time up to and including the application deadline date. After the deadline, the process closes, and no amendment or addition can be made to your application.
The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers, most often both national and international. For that reason, we prefer that the documents are in English.
KI applies individual and differentiated salary setting in accordance with our collective agreements RALS and RALS-T.
The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
Clinical position at Primary care Stockholms läns sjukvårdsområde (SLSO)
The following documents should be included
- Specialist certificate(s) in Family Medicine*
- Svensk läkarlegitimation
*including specialist certificate(s) from other countries
We look forward to receiving your application!
Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all!
Type of employment: Permanent position
Contract type: Full time
First day of employment: Upon agreement
Salary: Monthly salary
Number of positions: 1
Full-time equivalent: 100%
City: Flemingsberg
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: STÖD 2-2961/2026
Contact:
- Lena von Koch, [contact details available in the full listing]
- Caroline Wachtler, [contact details available in the full listing]
Union representative:
- Taher Darreh-Shori, SACO, [contact details available in the full listing]
- Marie Beckeman, OFR/ST, [contact details available in the full listing]
- Robert Lindberg, SEKO, [contact details available in the full listing]
Published: [contact details available in the full listing]
Last application date: [contact details available in the full listing]
