Clinical Scientist

Research Professor in The Faculty of Health Sciences (fixed-term, 5 years, renewable based on performance) - AC04/AC05.

The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, seeks to appoint a Research Professor/Senior Clinician Scientist. The focus of the researcher can be in any of the following fields:
i. Cardiology with special focus on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention.

ii. Endocrinology with a special focus on Obesity and Diabetes.

iii. Immunology, with a focus on cellular immunity in relation to infectious diseases or more broadly.

iv. Lung disease: including focus on childhood and/or adult acute or chronic respiratory diseases.

v. Oncology, preferably with a focus on nexus of Cancer and Infectious Diseases.

vi. Maternal and Child Health including focus on addressing stillbirths and premature labour.

vii. Infectious Diseases: including focus on antimicrobial resistance and hospital acquired infections; emerging infections and pandemic threats.

viii. In addition, applicants who are involved in research, excluding HIV and TB, on other health-care priorities in South Africa will be considered

The focus of the Position is to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching (undergraduate and post-graduate level).

**ABOUT THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES**

The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand is the largest Health Sciences Faculty in South Africa, with the highest number of Medical Doctor (MBBCh) graduates (~340 annually) and post-graduate specialists (approximately 35% of all specialists graduating annually nationally). The faculty is ranked among the top 151-200 in the field of Medicine globally, and aspires to continue strengthening its research focus, especially in diseases considered to be of priority in South Africa. There are approximately 5,000 in-patient beds across the four major Academic Hospital Complexes where the faculty operates, with a diversity of pathology being managed.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:
- Research in the field of expertise, including publication/academic dissemination.- Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of PhD and Masters of Medicine students and other researchers, including Joint staff employed by the Gauteng Department of Health

(GDoH).- Teaching of under-graduate and post-graduate students (maximum of 15% effort).- Academic assessments

The position is open to internal and external applicants.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Applicants must hold a specialist degree in their relevant field of study. A sub-specialty qualification will be preferable. A PhD although not essential, will be given appropriate

weight.- Applicants must be at the level of or meet the requirements to be appointed at least at the level of associate professor based on Faculty Staffing and Promotion criteria
- South African based applicants should be registered by the Health Professional Council of South Africa. Non-South Africans will be considered, although will be exempt from patient service.
- Applicants should be eligible for appointment at the level of a Full Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (or on track to be promoted within a three-year period).

The criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding and leadership) for eligibility of a Personal or Research Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand is available here: Promotion Criteria.pdf

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.

**PROCEDURE**

**CONDITIONS**

Salary and conditions of employment will be based on the University of the Witwatersrand terms and conditions of employment.

For the professorship, the appointee will receive a pensionable annual salary at the level of a Senior Consultant in GDoH.

Applicants will need to restrict any clinical practice to the equivalent of a maximum of one day per week, with the understanding it would not impact on their research productivity.

**TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT**
- Detailed DescriptionJob RequirementsAdditional DetailsHow To ApplyAPPLICATION.
- Curriculum vitae, including information about external funding, using Faculty of Health Sciences template if internal to Wits.
- Copies of the authorization certificate for specialist and sub-specialist training
- Master’s and PhD and other relevant certificates
- Evidence of post-graduate mentorship
- Collaborations which have been established
- A complete list of publications, stratified by original research and other.
- A description of previous grants secured as a Principal Investigator
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