Full professor (W3) of Neuropaediatrics – Tübingen, Germany

The Tübingen Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital are part of the University of Excellence Tübingen. They provide medical services at the highest level and cover the entire spectrum of modern medicine, research, teaching and clinical care.

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tübingen invites applications for a position at the University Children’s Hospital – Department of Paediatrics as a

Full professor (W3) of Neuropaediatrics

The position is available immediately and will be filled on a salaried basis, unless the person to be appointed is already a civil servant.

The professorship is linked with the directorship of Paediatrics Department III and Polyclinic (future focus areas in addition to Neuropaediatrics and Social Paediatrics should include General Paediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology) at the University Children’s Hospital of the University Hospital Tübingen.

The successful candidate is expected to represent the discipline of Neuropaediatrics, working closely with the other representatives of the University Children’s Hospital in research, teaching and patient care, and to have clinical, scientific and budgetary responsibility for the above-mentioned areas of the Paediatrics Department III.

The nationally and internationally visible scientific profile is intended to provide links to the core research areas at the Faculty of Medicine of Tübingen, particularly in the area of brain development and neurodegeneration. Current developments such as molecular diagnostic classification and genetic treatment of neuropaediatric diseases will be taken up and continued in cooperation with adjacent departments and research groups of the TübingenNeuroCampus.

Clinically, the successful candidate should cover the full spectrum of Neuropaediatrics, including Developmental Neurology and Social Paediatrics, and be able to represent General Paediatrics and Diabetology/Endocrinology. The department is an important clinical partner in following clinical centers: Epilepsy Center, Muscle Center, Children’s Head Center. Involvement in these centers is expected. Extensive management skills are required.

In the field of teaching, comprehensive experience evaluated as outstanding and involvement are expected, as well as active design of lectures and other teaching formats, particularly in view of innovative curricula in the degree programs taught at the Tübingen Faculty of Medicine. The position has a teaching load of nine hours per week (during lecture periods).

Required qualifications include a specialist medical qualification in paediatrics with a focus on Neuropaediatrics, a PhD or equivalent international degree and postdoctoral qualifications equivalent to the requirements for tenure. This includes evidence of teaching effectiveness.

The University of Tübingen is particularly interested in increasing the number of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages women to apply. In line with its internationalization agenda, the university welcomes applications from researchers outside Germany.

Applications from equally qualified candidates with disabilities will be given preference.

The German-language advertisement is the sole legally binding advertisement of this position. General information on professorships, hiring processes, and the German academic system can be found here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/213700

Please submit your entire application using the web-based application platform https://berufungsportal.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de. The deadline for applications is 24 February 2022.

Enquiries may be directed to the Dean.

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

University of Tübingen

Professor Dr. rer. nat. Bernd Pichler

Geissweg 5/1

72076 Tübingen, GERMANY