Key Skills

Job Description

Job Description The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Erasmus MC is looking for an ambitious researcher at postdoctoral or assistant professor level. You will promote technological and digital innovation in rehabilitation care. The goal is to contribute to sustainable and future-proof rehabilitation care. You will develop an independent and distinctive research program that aligns with the department’s mission and addresses current challenges in rehabilitation care. Your program may fall within one of our three strategic research lines or span multiple lines. In doing so, you will strengthen the connection between data-driven care, technological innovation, and implementation in daily rehabilitation practice. The exact content of the research program has deliberately been kept broad. We are looking for a researcher with a clear scientific vision of how technological and digital innovation can advance rehabilitation care. There is ample opportunity to formulate new research questions, establish collaborations, and help shape the future direction of this research program. Through this research, you will contribute to addressing important challenges in rehabilitation care, including the growing demand for care, workforce shortages, and the need for more personalized and scalable care. Scientific innovation and societal impact go hand in hand, with the ultimate goal of improving care for people undergoing rehabilitation. In Addition, You Will Initiate, conduct, and publish high-quality scientific research. Collaborate with rehabilitation physicians, allied health professionals, patients, technology developers, and researchers from various disciplines. Translate scientific and technological developments into innovations that can be evaluated and implemented in rehabilitation practice. Secure national and international research funding and supervise PhD candidates, junior researchers, and students. Contribute to education and knowledge exchange within and beyond Erasmus MC. Develop leadership skills and, in line with your career stage, build your own research team.

Core Responsibilities

Develop an independent research program focused on technological and digital innovation in rehabilitation care, and conduct and publish high-quality research. Collaborate across disciplines, translate research into practice, secure funding, supervise researchers and students, contribute to education, and build a research team.

Requirements

The role seeks an ambitious researcher at postdoctoral or assistant professor level with a clear scientific vision for advancing rehabilitation care through technological and digital innovation. The researcher is expected to develop a distinctive research program and contribute to collaboration, funding, supervision, education, and leadership in line with their career stage.