Senior Physician
Pfäfers
Key information
- Publication date:10 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Pfäfers
Job summary
Join our team at Psychiatrie St.Gallen, providing impactful care. Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional growth.
Tasks
- Ensure outpatient psychiatric-psychotherapeutic treatment for patients.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration within the outpatient clinic.
- Supervise training for assigned assistant psychologists and doctors.
Skills
- You are a licensed psychiatrist or internal medicine specialist.
- Experience in treating psychiatric patients is essential.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills are required.
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- You are jointly responsible for ensuring the outpatient psychiatric-psychotherapeutic treatment of patients with diseases from the entire diagnostic spectrum.
- You participate in the organizational design and assurance of interdisciplinary collaboration in the outpatient clinic.
- You also work partly in our day clinic and take on psychiatric specialist tasks there.
- You are directly responsible for the training of the assigned assistant psychologists and assistant doctors and supervise them.
- You are a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy or a specialist in general internal medicine. A subspecialty title is an advantage.
- You have a professional practice license from the canton of St. Gallen or meet the necessary requirements to obtain it before starting the position.
- You bring experience in the treatment of psychiatric patients.
- You are committed, appreciate working with patients, and enjoy working in a multiprofessional team.
- You are a flexible, team-oriented, communicative, socially competent personality with motivation for further development.
- You like to work independently, take responsibility, and make decisions confidently.
- You have very good German skills (at least C1).
With around 1,400 employees, we ensure accessible, personal, and effective psychiatric treatments and care for adults at our nine company locations in the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden as well as in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Apply Online
We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to your online application via our homepage.
Confirmation by Email
As soon as your application has been received online, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by email. We look forward to getting to know you through your dossier and checking whether your qualifications, skills, and personality fit the advertised position and Psychiatry St. Gallen. We will then get back to you.
Interview with HR and Department
In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatry St. Gallen, the advertised position, and the challenges.
Invitation to the Second Interview
In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together whether we are a good fit. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.
Oral Offer
You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide on you after the second interview and ask whether you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.
The Contract
In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. With the contract, you will also receive relevant information about your employment.
Preboarding
Between accepting the position and the first day of work, you as a new employee can already access relevant internal information. This allows you to form a detailed picture of the company and prepare for the job.
First Day of Work
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 introduction plan, which will help you find your way quickly.