Assistant Physician Forensic Psychiatry

You are an assistant physician in training for the specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy and wish to deepen your knowledge in an exceptional outpatient activity? At the University Psychiatric Centre (UPZ) Bern, you have the opportunity to work in the exciting field of forensic psychiatry, a working area at the intersection of psychiatry, medicine and justice.

You care for mentally ill patients with a criminal law title (especially Art. 63, Art. 59) who live freely. What they all have in common is that they have a chronic mental illness and have committed offences. Some of these people live in closely supervised residential homes, others in their private environment. Your duties include treatment with psychotropic drugs as well as disorder- and offence-oriented psychotherapy. Regular exchanges with the authorities take place. You are professionally closely connected to our experienced forensic team and receive senior physician supervision. The interdisciplinary collaboration with justice, nursing and social services as well as the wide range of disorders offer you valuable insights.

Your tasks

• You care for mentally ill people who have committed offences in our outpatient clinic
• You are responsible for carrying out medication and psychotherapeutic treatment including documentation under specialist supervision
• You work medically independently and at the same time are closely connected to the forensic psychiatric specialist team
• You get to know a diverse range of disorders – often under exceptional conditions
• You work on an equal footing with justice authorities, nursing, social work and security personnel
• You have the opportunity to actively participate in expert reports during the course and to further develop your forensic expertise

• You are in training for psychiatry and psychotherapy and have at least 2 years of inpatient clinical experience
• You want to complete your outpatient time specialising in forensic psychiatry
• You have a medical diploma recognised in Switzerland; for foreign diplomas, MEBEKO recognition is mandatory
• You are resilient, decisive and can act calmly and empathetically even in complex situations
• You are interested in legal issues as well as interdisciplinary collaboration
• You have very good German skills (level C1); any additional language is welcome, French preferred

Your contacts

Daniela Hubl

Daniela Hubl answers your specialist questions:
T: +41 58 630 79 24
Yanis Emanuel Ryser

Email: bewerbungen@upd.ch
T: +41 58 630 96 71

Your workplace

Südbahnhofstrasse 14D, 3007 Bern