Chief Physician / Chief Physician of Medicine and Department Head (Member of the Executive Board)
Kantonsspital Glarus AG
Glarus
Key information
- Publication date:06 August 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Glarus
Job summary
Join Kantonsspital Glarus, a leading medical center in Switzerland. Enjoy a collaborative work environment with numerous benefits.
Tasks
- Oversee leadership in various medical specialties, including geriatrics and oncology.
- Actively participate in strategic planning and achieving goals with the management team.
- Ensure quality service and lead interdisciplinary projects within the clinic.
Skills
- Swiss specialist title in Internal Medicine and leadership experience required.
- Strong clinical skills and modern leadership understanding essential.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities across departments.
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Your opportunities with us
- You are responsible for the personnel, professional, financial, and organizational leadership of the Medical Clinic, including the following specialties: Geriatrics, Palliative Medicine, Oncology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Infectiology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Neurology (approx. 40 FTE)
- As a member of the executive board, you actively shape the strategic direction and are responsible, together with your executive colleagues, for achieving the strategic and operational corporate goals
- You are responsible for the further development of your clinic (development and change processes, strategic and conceptual processing of specialist topics) and act as a partner in interprofessional/interdisciplinary questions and projects
- You ensure a high quality of service in your area of responsibility
- You are committed to interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration, among other things by living it yourself
- You are responsible for medical training (training location category A)
- You take on project responsibility from conception to implementation
- You network with internal and external partners as well as with institutions, referrers, and authorities
You fit with us if
- You bring a Swiss specialist title AIM or a recognized specialist title for internal medicine in Switzerland; an additional FA title is desired, preferably FA for intensive care medicine
- You can demonstrate broad clinical competence and experience in a leadership role
- You have management training in the areas of leadership/business administration/organizational development in healthcare
- You have a modern understanding of leadership
- You are a solid, winning, and integral personality and communicate appropriately to the target group
- You bring very good knowledge of the Swiss healthcare system and the tariff landscape
- You possess the ability for cross-departmental collaboration and consensus building
- You are willing to take on financial responsibility for your clinic, as far as it is within your area of influence
We reward your passion
- with a diverse and challenging task including a large scope for action and design
- with comprehensive infrastructure for your outpatient and inpatient treatments
- with the support of a motivated and committed team consisting of 8 leading physicians, 5 senior physicians, and 15 assistant physicians
- with the enjoyment of the benefits of a family-oriented, regional hospital in the midst of breathtaking scenery
- with attractive compensation and fringe benefits
The Glarus Cantonal Hospital is located in the midst of the spectacular Glarus mountain world – just an hour from Zurich. Here, high quality of life combines with numerous opportunities for mountain sports and outdoor activities. With 65 acute medical beds and 6 IPS beds, the Glarus Cantonal Hospital AG offers a broadly based range of specialties. As a medical competence center, the hospital ensures extended basic care for the canton of Glarus and the surrounding regions.