Senior Psychologist - Bern Outpatient Clinic

University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

from 1 January 2027 or by arrangement

We are a place of many opportunities for all committed professionals. Knowledge, skills and ideas count. Origin, age and gender do not. Would you like to make a decisive contribution to the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care of children and adolescents in the canton of Bern? Then get involved as a Senior Psychologist at the Bern Outpatient Clinic of the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (KJP). The Bern Outpatient Clinic is the central point of contact for patients of the entire KJP and thus forms the heart of outpatient care. Our offer includes a wide range from triage and crisis intervention to diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with diverse mental illnesses. As part of an interdisciplinary management team, you have the chance to further develop and actively shape the service. Make an impact where many things come together and your expertise is particularly in demand. Bring your passion for psychotherapy into the care of patients, into innovative diagnostic and treatment concepts, as well as into the training and professional support of young colleagues. Do you keep an overview even in complex situations, like to take responsibility and develop sustainable solutions together with your team? Then you are right with us!

Your tasks

• You lead the outpatient clinic together with the Head Psychologist and other members of the management team
• You take on a key role in the guidance and training of psychological and medical assistants in evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents, including the extended system (family, school, education)
• You undertake conceptual work, further develop the diagnostic and therapeutic offer and supervise psychological and medical assistants
• You participate in the care of children and adolescents within the framework of the Bern Outpatient Clinic concept
• You act at the interface between clinic and research and support recruitment for research projects
• You have opportunities to engage in teaching and the internal continuing education programmes of the KJP

Your profile

• You have successfully completed your psychotherapy training and have gained experience in a similar environment
• You want to apply, pass on and conceptually help shape diagnostic and treatment concepts according to current evidence-based guidelines
• You are motivated and committed to shaping the future of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy together and creating new treatment offers
• You want to take on the challenge of leading competently both professionally and personally and designing and implementing complex processes and concepts
• You enjoy taking responsibility and training a new generation of psychotherapists
• Teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration are an enrichment for you
• You are keen on networked and interdisciplinary collaboration with people both inside and outside our clinic
• You are motivated to support treatment-related research

Your contacts

Sibille Steiner

Sibille Steiner answers your specialist questions: T: +41 58 630 61 01

For questions about the application process please contact

Yanis Emanuel Ryser

Email: bewerbungen@upz-bern.ch T: +41 58 630 96 71

The UPZ

The University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ) is the leading competence centre for psychiatry and psychotherapy in the capital region as a university clinic. It ensures psychiatric care in the canton of Bern along the entire care chain, from early detection through outpatient, day clinic and inpatient therapies to rehabilitation and forensics. With over 30 locations, the UPZ offers a comprehensive care network. In addition, the UPZ makes an important contribution in the areas of teaching, training and further education as well as research.

Learn more

https://jobs.upz-bern.ch/de/warum-upz

Your workplace

Hallerstrasse 10, 3012 Bern