Bern
Senior Consultant / Consultant Inpatient Old Age Psychiatry
- 10 August 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Basic knowledge)
- 3000 Bern
About the job
Old age psychiatry means combining medical excellence with foresight, humanity and scientific curiosity.
At the University Psychiatric Centre (UPZ) Bern, you will actively shape old age psychiatry as a senior consultant or consultant – professionally, structurally and in terms of content. You take responsibility in clinical care, influence the further development of services and contribute your expertise in research, teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration. In a university environment with a high degree of freedom to shape your role, you make a sustainable contribution to the care of older people with psychiatric illnesses and cognitive changes.
Your tasks
- You lead a psychiatric ward for older people (all clinical pictures) medically and actively shape the services
- You treat patients with integrated psychiatric-psychotherapeutic care
- You conduct old age psychiatric training and case supervisions within the interprofessional team
- You lead and promote assistant doctors as well as the interprofessional team and participate in the clinical teaching of medical students
- You network and coordinate care with adjacent psychiatric and somatic clinics and across sectors
- You support research projects and, if interested and suitably qualified, develop your own scientific projects within the framework of a doctorate or habilitation
Your profile
- You have a specialist qualification in psychiatry, ideally with a focus on old age psychiatry, alternatively a specialist qualification in neurology, general internal medicine or a focus on geriatrics with corresponding clinical experience in psychiatry during your training
- You have a completed medical degree recognised in Switzerland, the EU or EFTA (MEBEKO recognition)
- You are interested in neurocognitive disorders and geriatric medicine
- You enjoy working interprofessionally, are flexible and enjoy teamwork
- You act on your own initiative, proactively and in a structured manner
- You have command of the German language in spoken and written form at level C2
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, training and further education as well as research.
Your contacts
PD Dr med Dr phil Severin Pinilla
Severin Pinilla answers your specialist questions:
T: +41 58 630 79 84
Nicole Portner
Email: bewerbungen@upd.ch
T: +41 58 630 96 71
Your workplace
Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60
