Psychologist 80–100% - Emmental Hospital

The psychiatry department of Emmental Hospital offers challenging job opportunities for female and male doctors, psychologists, nursing professionals, social workers, and administrative staff with the possibility for personal development and consideration of individual resources. In our manageable operation, the personality of each individual employee shapes the way we interact with each other and our collaboration. We view individuality as an enrichment. We offer jobs at the two locations of Burgdorf and Langnau. We are a successful training institution of BZ Pflege.

For our geriatric psychiatric ward at the Burgdorf location, we are looking for a

Psychologist 80–100% starting from September 2025 or by agreement.

Your main tasks:

In your role, you will take over case management during the inpatient stay and collaboratively design the treatment processes with the interdisciplinary team. You will conduct intake interviews, offer psychotherapeutic individual sessions under supervision, and involve relatives in the therapeutic process as needed. Communication with external professionals – general practitioners or therapists – is also part of your responsibilities, as is participation in the psychiatric emergency service (on-call) of the hospital.

Your profile:

You demonstrate teamwork, flexibility, and systemic thinking. We place particular emphasis on clinical, interdisciplinary collaboration and a compassionate, respectful attitude towards older and cognitively impaired individuals. Ideally, you have started or completed a postgraduate training and have gained initial clinical-psychiatric experience.

In addition, you bring:

A completed degree in psychology

Interest in somato-psychological aspects of mental health

Sense of responsibility and commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration

Our offer

• Vacation
• Collective labor agreement
• Culinary experiences
• Modern Humanly Involved
• Parking
• Events
• Discounts

We offer you:

You will be welcomed into a small, dedicated team that is strongly networked professionally and places great value on mutual support. Your work is varied and practice-oriented – with room for your own ideas and a focus on your personal development.

A structured onboarding process with close support

Diverse internal training opportunities as well as support for external courses

Supervisions and interdisciplinary exchange on equal footing

Rotation opportunities within the psychiatric services

Wide options for your own therapeutic activities – tailored to your level of training

Clear perspectives for your long-term professional development

Information

For further information, please contact Dr. phil. Laura Steiner, Chief Psychologist, or Dr. med. Markus Guzek, Chief Physician of Geriatric Psychiatry, both at the phone number 034 421 27 30.