Bern
Senior Consultant Forensic Psychiatry: Civil & Social Insurance Law Expert Reports
- 15 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
- 3000 Bern
About the job
The University Psychiatric Centre (UPZ) Bern is committed, within the framework of assessments and statements by the University Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (FPP), to research-based, in-depth and socially relevant evaluation of people with mental illnesses in legal contexts. The interdisciplinary team combines clinical psychiatry, psychology, law and social sciences to conduct well-founded civil and social insurance law assessments. The aim is to provide legal practitioners with psychological expertise – thereby making an important contribution to public safety and modern psychiatric care.
The FPP offers you the opportunity for insurance medicine and forensic training at university level. Above-average performance is rewarded within a bonus system.
Your tasks
- You independently prepare civil and social insurance law expert reports
- You are supported by assistant doctors and assistant psychologists of the clinic, whose supervision and guidance you take over
- You conduct necessary explorations at the UPZ and in external institutions in the canton of Bern
- You participate in the general psychiatric on-call service
- You actively engage in the education and training for the specialty of psychiatry at the University of Bern
- You support ongoing research projects and can develop your own projects within the framework of the clinic’s research concept if interested
Your profile
- You hold a specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy or are close to completion
- Ideally, you have the certification of Swiss Insurance Medicine (SIM) or wish to obtain it at our training centre
- Experience in preparing expert reports is advantageous
- You work in a structured, responsible manner with high initiative
- You are strong in communication and confident in dealing with internal and external contacts
- You have above-average German language skills in spoken and written form. French language skills are an advantage
The UPZ
The University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ) is the leading competence centre for psychiatry and psychotherapy in the capital region as a university clinic. It ensures psychiatric care in the canton of Bern along the entire care chain, from early detection through outpatient, day clinic and inpatient therapies to rehabilitation and forensics. With over 30 locations, the UPZ offers a comprehensive care network. In addition, the UPZ makes an important contribution in the areas of teaching, education and training as well as research.
Your contacts
PD Dr med Moritz Günther
Moritz Günther answers your specialist questions:
T: +41 58 630 90 77
Yanis Emanuel Ryser
Email: bewerbungen@upz-bern.ch
T: +41 58 630 96 71
Your workplace
Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60
