Senior Physician / Senior Doctor

• You take on the professional leadership of the interdisciplinary treatment team on the ward as a senior physician, together with the nursing ward management in a partnership-based dual leadership.
• You ensure the therapeutic and medical care of the patients together with the assistant doctors and psychologists.
• You continuously develop the concepts and direction of the ward together with the senior physician team and the nursing management.
• You accompany and promote the assigned assistant doctors and assistant psychologists through structured training and regular supervision.

• You are a specialist in psychiatry and are interested in the focus on geriatric psychiatry (we are happy to support you in obtaining the title).
• You have experience in acute and emergency psychiatry as well as in the treatment of psychotic disorders.
• You enjoy working with patients, take responsibility, and make informed decisions independently.
• You feel comfortable in a multi-professional team and appreciate collaboration at eye level.
• Working with patients brings you joy, and a recovery-oriented attitude is a matter of course for you.
• You have a professional practice permit from the canton of St. Gallen or meet the necessary requirements to obtain it before starting the position.
• Very good German language skills (at least level C1) complete your profile.

Apply Online

We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to your online application via our homepage.

Once your application has been received online, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by email. We look forward to getting to know you through your dossier and will check whether your qualifications, skills, and you as a person fit the advertised position and the Psychiatry St. Gallen. We will then get back to you.

In a personal interview, we will get to know each other, and you will learn more about Psychiatry St. Gallen, the advertised position, and the challenges.

In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together whether we are a good fit. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.

You will receive a verbal acceptance from us by phone if we decide on you after the second interview and ask you if you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.

In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. With the contract, you will also receive relevant information about your employment.

Between accepting the position and the first working day, you as a new employee can already access relevant internal information. This way, you can get a differentiated picture of the company and prepare for the job.

On the first day, you will have an onboarding in your new team and with other colleagues. You will set up your new workplace and get an overview of your upcoming tasks. You will also receive your individual introduction plan, which will help you find your way around quickly.