Chief Physician

About the job

At the end of October 2029, our chief physician in Pfäfers will retire. To ensure a careful and forward-looking succession plan, we are filling this key position early. During a transitional phase, a co-chief physician model with clearly defined areas of responsibility is planned. During this time, there will be structured induction and close collaboration with the current chief physician.

• As part of the succession planning, you will take on the co-chief medical leadership of the psychiatric clinic Pfäfers and work closely with the current chief physician.
• You initiate, manage and accompany development and change processes, especially with regard to the Pfäfers clinic, while effectively contributing your expertise to the overall company of Psychiatry St.Gallen. In doing so, you promote constructive, cross-departmental collaboration in personnel, organisational and medical matters.
• In addition to your leadership role, you are clinically active and care for a clearly defined treatment area.
• You lead the Category A training centre in adult psychiatry and are actively involved in the recruitment, training and further education of medical and psychological professionals.
• You represent the clinic doctors and psychologists in internal and external committees and are actively engaged in networking.
• You are a member of the Pfäfers clinic management and can actively contribute your ideas and expertise to the further development of the clinic. In addition, you contribute your knowledge to site-specific and cross-site projects.

• You bring the necessary professional competence and passion to further develop and sustainably strengthen the Pfäfers clinic and Psychiatry St.Gallen together with us.
• You have a specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy or an equivalent further education and professional practice licence recognised by MEBEKO.
• You have several years of professional and leadership experience in a psychiatric institution and a completed dissertation.
• You have already completed leadership or management training. A specialisation title or habilitation is an advantage.
• You are committed with pleasure to the training of medical and psychological staff and are characterised by a pronounced willingness to work interprofessionally.
• You bring pronounced leadership and management skills and combine entrepreneurial thinking with an efficient and structured way of working.
• You are a committed and socially competent personality with a high team orientation and motivation.
• You have good networking within the Swiss healthcare system.

Apply Online

We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to receiving your online application via our homepage.

As soon as your application has been received online, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by e-mail. We look forward to getting to know you through your dossier and will check whether your qualifications, skills and personality fit the advertised position and Psychiatry St.Gallen. We will then get back to you.

In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatry St.Gallen, the advertised position and the challenges.

In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together whether we are a good match. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.

You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide in your favour after the second interview and will be asked whether you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.

In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. Along with the contract, you will receive relevant information about your employment.

Between accepting the position and the first day of work, as a new employee you can already access relevant internal information. This allows you to form a detailed picture of the company and prepare for the job.

On the first day, you will be onboarded in your new team and with other colleagues. You will set up your new workplace and get an overview of your upcoming tasks. You will also receive your individual induction plan, which will help you to find your way around quickly.