Department/Unit: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Closing Date: December 31, 2025
The Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), is an academic department based at the Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH), a 1,637-bed tertiary referral teaching hospital. The hospital provides a wide range of acute specialist services, including stroke, obstetric, cardiac and trauma centres. The clinical service provides anaesthesia for 14,000 operations in the main operating theatres, with one third being emergency cases, with an additional 2000 anaesthetics are administered in other areas. The 26-bed adult intensive care unit provides medical and surgical critical care for approximately 1800 patients per year. The department is committed to achieving excellence in education and research and maintains active educational and research collaborations with numerous international and mainland institutions.
Applicants should have:
(i) a specialist medical qualification in Anaesthesia (approved for specialist registration with The Medical Council of Hong Kong);
(ii) at least 3 years of relevant experience in anaesthesia; and
(iii) a good command of spoken and written English. Proficiency in Cantonese and Putonghua will be an advantage, but not essential.
Duties include:
(a) providing high quality clinical services in anaesthesia;
(b) student supervision and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses;
(c) clinical research, and
(d) other duties as assigned by the Department Chairperson. Applicants with a plan to pursue a higher degree in anaesthesia and/or education will be encouraged and supported.
Appointments will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially, commencing as soon as possible. Subject to performance and mutual agreement, this may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation.
The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online for the post above via the CUHK career site. For more information and to apply online, please visit http://career.cuhk.edu.hk.