Job Opportunities

Join us in shaping the new Medical School OWL at Bielefeld University:
Future-oriented, interprofessional and strong in research and teaching

The Medical School OWL at Bielefeld University intends to fill a

Professorship for Resuscitation Research (W2)

at the Centre for Anaesthesiology, Surgical Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Pain Management at Klinikum Bielefeld as soon as possible. The position is associated with a senior physician position and limited to five years.

The Medical School OWL and the University Medical Center OWL (UMC OWL), with Klinikum Bielefeld, Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel (EvKB), and Klinikum Lippe, are an innovative medical location under development. We are seeking individuals who embrace this development process as an opportunity to actively create and shape research, teaching, patient care, and organization in collaboration with us. You will be significantly involved in implementing our model study program in human medicine and can contribute innovative ideas for teaching. Our career and research support programs, aimed at interdisciplinary cooperation, provide a wide range of development opportunities.

Qualifications required for the position include:

• specialist qualification for Anaesthesiology including additional training in intensive care medicine and emergency medicine, 
• relevant doctorate and additional scientific achievements according to § 36 paras. 1; no. 4 HG NRW,
• excellent scientific achievements demonstrated through publications
• experience in project management and successful acquisition of third-party funding
• broad clinical experience in the field and leadership experience
• compatibility with the research profile of the Medical School OWL,
• extensive expertise in innovative teaching formats for the subject to be represented
• active participation in the equality-oriented promotion of young scientists

Desirable qualifications:

• extensive clinical-practical experience in pre-hospital emergency medicine
• an experimental as well as a clinical research profile in emergency medicine with a focus on cardiovascular arrest / resuscitation research
• experience in research and evaluation in translational radiotherapy concepts
• involvement in national and international associations and committees

The advertised position is based at the Centre for Anaesthesiology and Emergency Medicine at the Campus Klinikum Bielefeld of the UMC OWL. The Centre for Anaesthesiology and Emergency Medicine comprises three surgical wards at the locations Bielefeld-Mitte, Rosenhöhe and Halle, as well as a surgical intensive care wards, an IMC and two interdisciplinary intensive care wards.

The holder of this position will be responsible for setting up the Clinical Study Centre for Resuscitation and integrating into it the Centre for Translational Medicine and Therapy, which is currently being established at Bielefeld University. The Clinical Study Centre for Resuscitation will focus in particular on improving the quality of pre-hospital emergency care. The study centre will also provide a framework for the development of a clinical-translational focus on prediction and prognosis for survival after out-of-hospital cardiovascular arrests. The position holder will design experimental and clinical studies for more precise control of resuscitation measures and ensure their implementation in accordance with the relevant regulatory requirements in close cooperation with clinical partners and international research networks.

We expect close collaboration with other departments of the UMC OWL, other faculties of Bielefeld University, and the medical community (private practices) in the region. Therefore, we are seeking an individual with leadership experience and expertise in the entire field, along with excellent communication and coordination skills.

Klinikum Bielefeld aims to increase the proportion of women in management positions and strongly encourages women to apply. Klinikum Bielefeld stands for a family-friendly working environment tailored to your wishes and requirements. We offer an in-house daycare center with the option of bilingual education.

The following applies to appointments:

The duties of the professorship will be carried out within the framework of a public-law employment relationship with the University (no civil service status). The appointment requirements are governed by § 36 HG. The duties within the scope of patient care are regulated by a contract with Klinikum Bielefeld.

Applications from qualified individuals with severe disabilities and those with equivalent disabilities are strongly encouraged. Bielefeld University has received several awards for its successes within equality and is certified as a family-friendly university. The university pursues a committed equal opportunities policy concerning the appointment of professorships and would expressly encourage qualified female applicants to apply. Applications will be treated in accordance with the State Equality Act. Parental leave will be considered in the context of the selection process.

The Medical School OWL and Klinikum Bielefeld consider equality between women and men as an important task, which the future job holder will help to implement.

Bielefeld University supports dual-career constellations in organizing a joint work and life center. 

Please submit your application by 26/03/2026 via the online appointment portal of Bielefeld University:

https://berufungen.uni-bielefeld.de/

In addition to the usual application documents and information, we ask you to submit a 2-page concept each on teaching, research, and patient care. These concept papers should include gender- and diversity-specific aspects relevant to the advertised professorship. In addition, we expect a brief description of your previous and planned gender equality activities, particularly concerning promoting young female scientists and the compatibility of career and family.

Contact:

Bielefeld University
Medical School OWL
The Dean Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Hornberg, Dipl.-Biol., Dipl.-Ökol.
PO Box 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
Phone +49 (0) 521/106-67467 (secretariat Stephanie Heuer)
dekanin.medizin@uni-bielefeld.de

and additionally

Klinikum Bielefeld
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Markus Roessler
Director of the Centre for Anaesthesiology, Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Medicine Klinikum Bielefeld
Phone +49 (0) 521/581-3010
markus.roessler@klinikumbielefeld.de

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