Head of Pain Medicine, 80–100 %

About the job

Head of Pain Medicine, 80–100 %

As part of a planned succession due to the retirement of the current post holder, we are looking for a Head of Pain Medicine in the role of Senior Physician from May 2027 or by arrangement. In this demanding leadership position, you will be responsible for the professional, strategic and personnel development of the established Centre for Pain Medicine and will sustainably shape pain medicine care at the City Hospital Zurich. The ZSM team, consisting of senior physicians and assistant physicians, pain nurses, medical practice assistants and nursing specialists, looks forward to welcoming you.

Tasks

• You ensure comprehensive pain medicine care at all locations of the City Hospital Zurich.

• You are responsible for the pain medicine contribution within the certified surgical centres and promote interdisciplinary collaboration.

• You lead and further develop the specialised pain clinics in close cooperation with the surgical departments.

• You make an important contribution during ward rounds, consultations and the interdisciplinary coordination of complex patients and establish structured treatment concepts, standards and guidelines.

• You secure and expand the interventional pain therapy offerings in line with current medical developments.

• You take on the personnel and professional leadership of your team and promote a respectful and performance-oriented collaboration.

• You ensure the training, further education and continuing education of employees and contribute to the sustainable development of pain medicine at the City Hospital.

Profile

• You have completed specialist training, ideally in anaesthesiology, as well as a recognised pain medicine qualification (SPS, SSIPM) and wish to actively further develop interventional pain medicine.

• You bring several years of experience in the interdisciplinary and multimodal treatment of complex pain patients and have sound knowledge of modern pain therapy concepts.

• You represent a biopsychosocial treatment approach and have completed further training in psychosomatic and psychosocial medicine (SAPPM), ideally with a certificate of competence.

• You ideally complement your profile with experience or a qualification in neural therapy or a comparable pain medicine relevant further training.

• You have already gained leadership experience or have the potential and motivation to successfully take on a demanding leadership role.

• You are familiar with the Swiss healthcare system and the current tariff system, are well networked and interested in health policy developments.

• You convince with your high social and communication skills, your structured and solution-oriented way of working as well as your commitment to quality, innovation and the further development of employees and care services.

We offer

About us

The Centre for Pain Medicine (ZSM) is an established and strategically important part of the City Hospital Zurich. Since 2014, it has been run as an independent centre within the Institute of Anaesthesiology and, with a tradition of over 20 years in outpatient pain care, the ZSM offers comprehensive, multimodal and interdisciplinary care for patients with acute and chronic pain syndromes. Thanks to close cooperation with the surgical departments and the certified centres, the ZSM makes a significant contribution to the treatment quality of patients at the City Hospital and enjoys great trust among referring physicians.

Interested?

For further information, please contact PD Dr med Stephan Blumenthal, Chief Physician Institute of Anaesthesiology, +41 44 416 52 00. We look forward to receiving your application!

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