Senior Physician Psychiatry Outpatient 80-100% - No On-Call Duties, Between Winterthur and Wil

Leadership responsibility and free weekends - who says these don’t go together? An outpatient psychiatric centre in southern Thurgau proves otherwise. As a senior physician, you treat adults across the full diagnostic spectrum and train junior staff, on weekdays and without significant on-call duties.

People come here when everyday life becomes too much: adults of all ages, including seniors, in an acute crisis, with depression or burnout, or after a hospital stay when treatment should continue. They are referred by general practitioners, therapists, and relatives, but often also directly by the affected individuals themselves. The centre is part of the external psychiatric services of the canton, which operate local services in every district.

The core medical-psychological team is manageable: a chief physician, a lead doctor, two senior physicians, and two senior psychologists, plus assistant doctors and psychologists in training. Besides individual treatments, there are groups for skills and emotion regulation, an interactional group, and social competence training. In the same building, there is also an outpatient clinic for children and adolescents. The provider is a large private psychiatric group with several clinics in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.

The premises are modern and close to the station. The community lies on the Winterthur-St. Gallen railway line. Trains run every half hour towards Zürich, Wil is one stop away, and the A1 motorway provides quick car access. Zürich Airport is reachable in about 40 minutes.

Your tasks:

• You independently assess and treat adults across the entire psychiatric diagnostic spectrum
• You lead and train assistant doctors and psychologists
• You provide professional support to the entire team
• You help design group offerings and further develop the outpatient service
• You work in a network with referrers and other involved parties

Your skills:

• Recognised specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy (in Germany: specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy)
• Solid clinical experience and good knowledge of the Swiss healthcare system
• Independent working style combined with enjoyment of interdisciplinary teamwork in a social psychiatric environment
• Very good command of German
• We are happy to advise you on MEBEKO recognition and also support you financially

Your benefits:

• Working hours that are predictable: work on weekdays, without significant on-call duties, flexible working time models
• 42-hour week: significantly less than is usual in many Swiss clinics
• More days off: at least 25 holiday days (27 from age 50, 32 from age 60), working time credit before public holidays, additional days off from the fifth year of service
• Leadership with support: leadership responsibility, good coaching, and generous participation in further education and training
• Salary: market-standard pay with 13th monthly salary and voluntary profit sharing
• Security: worldwide private accident insurance, daily sickness allowance insurance, and discounted collective contracts with health insurers
• Well accessible: modern premises close to the station, S-Bahn every half hour towards Winterthur and Zürich