Assistant Physician in the Clinic for Consultation, Geriatric and Neuropsychiatry

Assistant Physician in the Clinic for Consultation, Geriatric and Neuropsychiatry

80-100%

As part of the Clinic for Consultation, Geriatric and Neuropsychiatry (Clinic Director Dr med Rafael Meyer), the Centre for Geriatric Psychiatry (led by Kristine Ewert, Dr med Andrea Wälder and Susanne Spring) fulfils a valuable mission for the mental health of older people and their relatives with its services. It has four specialised wards as well as two outpatient clinics with Memory Clinics at the Aarau and Windisch locations. In addition to consultations and advisory services for relatives, the outpatient area includes the geriatric psychiatric consultation and liaison service for nursing homes. The centre is an SIWF-recognised training centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Geriatric Psychiatry, Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry, as well as General Internal Medicine.

Profile

• Interest in geriatric psychiatry and neuropsychiatry (65+) or in people with intellectual developmental disorders and psychiatric comorbidities (18+)
• Interest in the psychiatric care of people with comorbid psychiatric and somatic pathology, whose complexity complicates treatment processes
• Sense of responsibility, reliability and ability to work in a team in line with our values of courage, commitment and trust
• High social skills, independent and efficient working style as well as high resilience
• Enjoyment of multiprofessional and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Very good German language skills, both spoken and written

Tasks

• You will work under the leadership and supervision of a senior physician on one of the geriatric psychiatric wards (adults 65+) or on the acute ward for people with intellectual developmental disorders (adults 18+)
• You will treat older patients with a wide range of psychiatric disorders (psychoses, affective disorders, dementias and other neurocognitive disorders, among others) or people with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders
• Evidence-based integrated diagnostics and therapy within the framework of the operational concept and standardised procedures according to professional standards
• Careful, structured case documentation and report writing
• Participation in interdisciplinary meetings
• Collaboration in the multiprofessional and interdisciplinary team
• You will participate in the on-call system of the PDAG

Benefits

Our employees are the heart of our organisation. That is exactly why we offer you so much: Further training is strongly promoted with us. We also invest heavily in team cohesion and offer all our teams access to the software "Moodtalk", which strengthens team communication. In addition, we offer attractive discounts at well-known brands such as Ikea, Zalando, Coop, Lidl and many more. Employees who commute to us by public transport receive a substantial eco-bonus at the end of the year. Additionally, we offer an attractive pension fund solution. Work-life balance is also promoted with us: We are always open to part-time work and offer the possibility to buy additional holiday.

Questions about the position?

Dr med Rafael Meyer Acting Clinic Director and Chief Physician of the Clinic for Consultation, Geriatric and Neuropsychiatry

+41 56 462 23 46