MAIN TASKS
- Field data collection, which may impose rustic living conditions and travel abroad
- Clinical work
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Writing of scientific papers
- Project management.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Degree(s) required / ideal degree(s): MD + MaNaMa/DES (postgraduate) in Emergency Medicine, or General Practice with at least 5 years' experience in emergency medicine or remote environments
This position is open for experienced profiles (minimum 3 years of experience)
¿MUST HAVE¿ skills:
- Experience in extra-hospital first response medicine.
- International experience.
- Experience with telemedicine.
- Demonstrable knowledge of literacy in research methodology.
Mastery of English and either French or Dutch.
¿NICE TO HAVE¿ skills:
- Training or experience in humanities (sociology/psychology/anthropology/law)
- Outdoor experience and a physical fitness level allowing for field measurements in rustic environments (sleeping tents, carrying a backpack, on board military vessels).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Personal skills:
- You conduct scientific research in an independent and upright way within a multidisciplinary environment.
- You think in an innovative and creative way.
- You are honest, loyal toward the team, you respect confidentiality and research integrity.
- You solve problems autonomously and find alternatives or solutions.
- You behave in a respectful way toward the others, their ideas and opinions as well as toward procedures and instructions.
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
- The researcher may be exposed to classified information and will therefore have to obtain the required security clearance. The candidate must consent with the background check required to obtain this clearance, which will be executed by Belgian Defense.
- Only applicants with a nationality of a country that is both part of NATO and the EU will be eligible.
- Working for the Patrimony requires living in Belgium for the duration of the study.
CONTRACT
- Probable date of recruitment: From December 1st, 2026, in consultation with the applicant.
Status: Full-time employment based on an open-ended contract with the Patrimony of the Royal Military Academy (you will not be a civil servant).
If needed:
- Please note that your contract will be open-ended, but the financing of the contract will be tied to the funding project, which is guaranteed until September 30th, 2029. There is a high chance for the project to be prolonged after this initial period, depending on the availability of new funding.
- Wage scale: Salary scale: wage scale NA22 (holder of a Master's degree in Medicine (MD) with a clinical specialty and the relevant experience ), with relevant seniority, as foreseen by the Royal Decree of 25/10/2013, art. 9/1. For foreign medical degrees, the candidate must obtain recognition of the medical diploma, a Belgian medical visa issued by the FPS Public Health and be eligible for registration with the Belgian Order of Physicians prior to any clinical practice.
- A salary simulation can be done here: Simulateur de salaire. RMA applies a merit-based research career track, allowing researchers to advance in wage scale based upon annual evaluations.
Holiday pay.
EXTRA LEGAL BENEFITS
- Possibility to benefit from a bilingualism allowance (Dutch/French) following a SELOR test;
- End-of-year bonus;
- Free DKV hospitalization insurance. Possibility of additional affiliation for one or more persons living under the same roof: spouse, child(ren) (50% of the price per additional member);
- Bike allowance / Free public transport (home-work commute);
- Meal vouchers (6€ / day);
- Digital allowance: 15€ / month;
- Free access to campus sports facilities outside working hours;
- On-campus restaurant and cafeteria with democratic prices (discount on the daily menu);
- Flexible working hours within the 38-hour week;
- Teleworking possible with allowance (2 days / week max);
- Holidays: 29 days holiday / year from the 1st year of contract (then from 45 years: +1 day holiday every 5 years) + 1 week OFF every year between Christmas and New year's Eve (independent of the annual balance of holidays).
- Advantages and interesting offers thanks to the Benefits@work card (discounts, vouchers...);
- Entitlement to services offered by the `Office Central d'Action Sociale et Culturelle de la Défense' (OCASC): among others holiday centres, discount on travel organised by the tour operator...;
- Possibility to benefit from the nursery funded by Belgian Defence (subject to availability).