Senior Physician 80-100%

05 August 2026
80 – 100%
Permanent position
8008 Zürich

About the job

Adolescent Medicine

Employer: Children’s Hospital Zurich

The Children’s Hospital Zurich, with around 3,000 employees, is the largest university children’s hospital in Switzerland and one of the leading centres for paediatrics and adolescent medicine in Europe. The greatest asset of the "Kispi" are the little ones: up to 100,000 patients are treated annually, and in 47 specialist departments we do everything for their well-being. Not only are the most modern devices and the highest quality in treatment paramount at Kispi, but also a good sense for interpersonal matters. In addition to the entire spectrum of paediatric and paediatric surgical medicine, the Children’s Hospital also offers a unique rehabilitation centre and a research centre.

Your Tasks

You will take on the professional and organisational leadership of the Adolescent Medicine department and actively shape its further development, assuming leadership responsibility as part of the senior medical team in general paediatrics.
The main medical responsibility for the inpatient and outpatient treatment of adolescents with psychosomatic disorders, eating disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, and other complex clinical pictures lies within your remit.
In close collaboration with child and adolescent psychiatry as well as psychology, you will advise and care for patients on a consultative basis in various specialist departments.
With your expertise, you will develop and establish innovative treatment concepts and sustainably influence the further development of adolescent medicine.
Furthermore, you will engage with enthusiasm in the training, continuing education, and professional development of doctors as well as in interprofessional knowledge transfer.

Your Profile

FMH in Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, general paediatric expertise
Specialist title or equivalent in psychosomatic and psychosocial medicine desired
Proven clinical experience in outpatient and inpatient psychosomatics for adolescents
Communication skills in dealing with adolescents, their parents/families, and the treatment team
High team competence, enjoyment, and appreciative sensitivity for interprofessional collaboration
Cooperative leadership style, willingness to take responsibility, ability for strategic-conceptual project work

Dr med Lara Gamper
Senior Physician
+41 44 249 59 21

Children’s Hospital Zurich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zurich

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