Senior Physician / Senior Doctor of Geriatric Psychiatry

Senior Physician / Senior Doctor of Geriatric Psychiatry

60-100%, immediately or by arrangement

Your Work Environment

The Geriatric Psychiatry department of the University Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter is an interdisciplinary and interprofessional department. Through close collaboration with the medical colleagues in Geriatrics, Neurology, and Internal Medicine in the hospital, patients with comprehensive somatic comorbidities can also be treated in geriatric psychiatry, thus avoiding transfers to other hospitals. The Geriatric Psychiatry department has a highly specialized setting for individuals with pronounced behavioral disturbances in dementia and/or delirium due to dementia. Additionally, there is a close connection to the Memory Clinic of the hospital, where modern (early) diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are integrated into care. The department is also involved in university research structures (e.g., Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel), allowing staff to actively participate in clinical and translational research projects.

Your Activities

Senior physician leadership of an interprofessional ward team

Regular joint visits with colleagues from Geriatrics

Close collaboration with the Memory Clinic in the hospital with joint interdisciplinary case discussions and participation in innovative concepts, e.g., in the area of biomarker-based diagnostics and novel therapeutic approaches.

Close collaboration with the Delirium Unit in the hospital

Professional training of assistant physicians

Consultation and liaison activities in the hospital

Opportunity to participate in clinical and translational research projects

What We Offer

• A motivating work environment: Work in an innovative and supportive environment that values professionalism and teamwork.
• Diversity and integration: Become part of an international team that sees diversity as a strength.
• Attractive employment conditions: Competitive salary, good insurance and pension fund solutions, weekend and holiday allowances, generous vacation entitlement

Further Education and Development Opportunities

• Content and conceptual co-design of the evolving interdisciplinary geriatric psychiatry field in the UAFP
• Further training time in the focus area of geriatric psychiatry
• Regular interdisciplinary (geriatric psychiatry, geriatrics, neurology, neuropsychology) geriatric medical training program in the hospital
• Joint psychiatric training events with the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel
• Opportunity for research and academic development in a university environment

Your Profile

You enjoy working in a dynamic, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional team

You are interested in innovative care and therapy concepts

You appreciate the unique aspects of a university environment with research and development opportunities

You want to combine clinical work with scientific curiosity and actively engage in clinical and/or translational research projects

You are in advanced specialist training in psychiatry or are a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy or a specialist in neurology with at least 2 years of practical psychiatric experience

You have experience and/or interest in the field of geriatric psychiatry

You have very good German language skills, additional languages are an advantage

Application Contact

PD Dr. med. Sarah Trost

Head of Geriatric Psychiatry

Area: Geriatric Psychiatry

Specialties: Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy MBA, focus on Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Certificate in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (DGPPN, D), Certified Medical Expert SIM