Senior Consultant Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient

Senior Consultant Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient

80-100%

The Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry (KFP) consists of the Expert Opinion Office, the Centre for Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient (ZFPS) and the Centre for Forensic Psychiatry Outpatient (ZFPA). The Expert Opinion Office produces numerous expert reports annually for official clients. The ZFPS includes six wards with a total of 74 beds, where mentally ill offenders are treated within the framework of court-ordered therapeutic measures (Art. 59 Swiss Criminal Code) and crisis interventions are carried out for patients from correctional and remand prisons. The ZFPA operates a forensic outpatient clinic and offers a prison psychiatric consultation and liaison service.

Profile

• You have a recognised specialist qualification in psychiatry and psychotherapy or are advanced in specialist training
• Your attitude towards offenders is appreciative and risk-aware
• You are interested in modern, integrative forensic psychiatric treatment
• You enjoy working in interdisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• As part of an interdisciplinary management team (psychiatry-psychology-nursing/care), you shape the therapeutic milieu and the individual treatment of patients on the secure ward KFP-1
• You supervise the psychiatric-psychotherapeutic training of the assistant doctor on your ward
• For some of the patients under measures, you initiate therapy under highly secure conditions.
• You conduct inpatient assessments on differential diagnostic questions and on the treatability of mentally ill offenders.
• In the context of inpatient acute treatments of prison inmates, you work closely with the Psychiatric-Psychological Service (PPD) of the Lenzburg Prison and the health service of the Aargau prisons.
• If interested, there is the possibility to teach at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and to prepare criminal law expert reports

Benefits

Our employees are the heart of our company. That is exactly why we offer you so much: Further training is strongly promoted with us. We also invest a lot 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?

Friederike Boudriot Chief Physician and Clinic Director

+41 56 462 22 26