Uster
Senior Physician or Chief Physician 80% - 100% General Internal Medicine with Focus on Geriatrics
- 14 January 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
About the job
Welcome to Uster Hospital, where modern medicine and a familial spirit perfectly complement each other. As a central pillar of healthcare in the Zurich Oberland and the largest employer in the city of Uster, we offer a working environment characterised by helpfulness, honesty, and appreciation. Here you will experience the highest level of professional expertise daily in an environment where you are valued as a person and supported in your professional development. Uster Hospital is a teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zurich. Become part of our dedicated community and pursue with us the vision of a "regional and digital health hub in Zurich East"! Uster Hospital places a special focus on expanding geriatrics as a centre for elderly medicine for the Zurich Oberland. In addition to broad general internal medicine, we offer extended primary care in the fields of acute geriatrics, gastroenterology, cardiology, pneumology, oncology, endocrinology, neurology, and intensive care medicine.
To complement the geriatric team, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a
Senior Physician or Chief Physician 80% - 100% General Internal Medicine with a focus on Geriatrics
Exciting challenges await you
- Ensuring medical care for patients within the acute geriatrics team at Uster Hospital
- Ensuring general practitioner care for partner nursing homes
- Ability to understand and address patients in their medical, social, and psychological entirety
- Supervision of assistant physicians
- Participation in the training of assistant physicians and nursing staff
- Involvement in the internal medicine on-call service (approx. 4 weekends/year at 100% employment)
What distinguishes you for the job
- Specialist title in General Internal Medicine, focus on Geriatrics
- Willingness for interdisciplinary collaboration, flexibility, and commitment
- Resilience, high social competence, and enjoyment in teaching assistant physicians and nursing staff
7 reasons to work with us
- Interesting and varied work in a highly motivated team
- Gaining routine in a broad general medical spectrum within a regional specialised hospital
- Rotation to Internal Medicine or participation in the internal medicine emergency service possible if interested
- Above-average social benefits
- Excellent staff restaurant and numerous discounts
- Central location near Uster train station and motorway access
- ZVV BonusPass or affordable parking options - with Parkingpay, max. CHF 4.50 per day
Your workplace
Uster
Your contact person
Dr Marion Baumann, Chief Physician Acute Geriatrics, Tel. 044 911 20 18 Recruiter: Please understand that we do not consider cooperation with recruitment agencies for this position.
We look forward to your application.
You or you? For us, the matter is clear. Whether you are learning, working in nursing, as a doctor, or CEO, we all use the informal "you". This form signals our familial atmosphere at the hospital. We want you to experience this culture even before your first day of work. Therefore, we communicate in this manner during the application process and interviews. If this sounds appealing to you, we look forward to your application.