W2 Professorship in "Psychology in the Healthcare System" Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal

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The Department of Applied Human Sciences has a particularly strong research focus together with an interdisciplinary and practical orientation and offers a broad spectrum of undergraduate Bachelor’s and consecutive Master's study programmes.

Your new challenge

• You will be responsible for teaching, continuing education and research with a specific application orientation in the following subject area:
  • Psychology in the Healthcare System
• There will be a particular emphasis on psychological questions in the context of health and healthcare. You will be responsible for introductory and advanced courses on the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes offered by the department including health-related and interdisciplinary applied fields of psychology.
• You will be committed to strengthening the specialist profile of the Department, will work on an interdisciplinary basis in the context of cross-departmental cooperation predominantly on the Stendal campus and will be involved in the development of the range of international programmes offered.
• We expect you to successfully develop areas of research emphasis in the area of the appointment and, if the conditions are met, to participate in our Doctoral Centre for Social, Health and Economic Sciences. This will be supported by a research-friendly environment.
• It goes without saying that you will be committed to technology and knowledge transfer and cooperation with regional and national stakeholders as well as to contributing to the development of the university.
• Moreover, it is important for you to be involved in academic self-governance (official language German)

What you offer

You are a good fit for us if you are enthusiastic about teaching and research activities and you meet the conditions of appointment as set out in § 35 of the Saxony-Anhalt Higher Education Act. For the advertised professorship, these criteria are as follows:

• You have a university degree in the field of Health Sciences, Public Health, Social Science, Social Medicine or Medicine with a clearly evident focus on psychology or a Psychology degree.
• You have a particular aptitude for scientific work, which will generally be evidenced by a qualifying doctorate, preferably in a subject at the intersection between psychology, the healthcare system and rehabilitation.
• You have pedagogic skills and experience, ideally with experience teaching in universities. You are familiar with modern teaching methods in both face-to-face and online formats.
• You are able to demonstrate particular achievements in the application or development of scientific knowledge and a broad range of methods in key areas of:
  • the healthcare system or
  • psychosocial care and health services research
• You will have accomplished these in professional practice of at least three years’ duration outside of the higher education sector.
• Publications in the area of the appointment, experience in the acquisition of third-party funds and the management of research projects as well as international experience are all desirable.

Furthermore, the following qualifications are expected:

• You will have both German and English language skills that enable you to communicate confidently in teaching and research and in everyday life at a German-speaking university.
• Your profile will be completed by the ability to communicate confidently, empathy, leadership experience and team skills.