Kinderspital Zürich
Zürich
Senior Physician 80-100%
- 30 April 2025
- 60 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Native language)
About the job
Area of Deployment Psychosomatic Psychiatric Therapy Ward as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Liaison and Consultation Service
Employer Children’s Hospital Zurich
The Children’s Hospital Zurich, with around 3,000 employees, is the largest university children’s hospital in Switzerland and one of the leading centres for paediatrics and adolescent medicine in Europe. The greatest asset at the "Kispi" are the little ones: up to 100,000 patients are cared for annually, and in 47 specialist areas we do everything for their well-being. Not only state-of-the-art equipment and the highest quality in treatment are paramount at Kispi, but also a good sense for interpersonal matters. In addition to the entire spectrum of paediatric medicine and paediatric surgery, the Children’s Hospital also offers a unique rehabilitation centre and a research centre.
Your Tasks
- The senior medical management of the Psychosomatic Psychiatric Therapy Ward is your main task.
- In the consultation and liaison service in the acute hospital, you conduct child and adolescent psychiatric assessments, consultations and treatments of patients (0 - 18 years) with psychosomatic and somatopsychic issues (inpatient and outpatient).
- In ensuring the holistic treatment of patients in the interdisciplinary team, you are responsible for psychiatric and psychotherapeutic issues.
- You take on (if interested) the case management of your own patient cases.
- Support in the psychiatric on-call service is part of your responsibilities.
- You participate in the further development of interdisciplinary collaboration, in concept development and in internal and external training.
- Additionally, if interested, you have the opportunity to undertake scientific activities to a limited extent.
Your Profile
- Specialist title in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy (or advanced training)
- You have a strong interest in psychosomatic medicine
- Excellent communication and integration skills and enjoyment of interdisciplinary collaboration
- High resilience combined with a flexible and open working style and great commitment
- Very good German language skills, spoken and written
Dr med Monika Strauss
Head Physician
+41 44 249 69 03
Head Physician
+41 44 249 69 03
Children’s Hospital Zurich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zurich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zurich
