Aarau
Senior Consultant
- 25 March 2026
- 60 – 100%
- Permanent position
About the job
Senior Consultant
60-100%
As part of the Clinic for Consultation, Geriatric and Neuropsychiatry (Head: Dr med Rafael Meyer), the Centre for Geriatric Psychiatry (Head: Kristine Ewert, Dr med Andrea Wälder and Susanne Spring) fulfils a valuable mission for the mental health of older people and their relatives with its services. It has four specialised wards as well as two outpatient clinics with Memory Clinics at the Aarau and Windisch locations. In addition to consultations and advisory services for relatives, the outpatient area includes the geriatric psychiatric consultation and liaison service for nursing homes. The centre is an SIWF-recognised training centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Geriatric Psychiatry, Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry as well as General Internal Medicine.
Profile
- Advanced or completed training for the specialist title in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Interest in further training specialising in Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Sense of responsibility, reliability and ability to work in a team
- High social skills, independent and efficient working style as well as high resilience
- Enjoyment of multiprofessional and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Interest in leadership tasks (e.g. supervision and consultation concept)
Tasks
- Independent evidence-based integrated geriatric psychiatric-psychotherapeutic diagnosis and therapy within the framework of the standardised procedures of the outpatient consultation services
- Careful structured case documentation including report writing
- Supervision and intervision of assistant doctors and psychologists
- Networking/collaboration with involved parties (GP, hospital, relatives)
- Participation in interdisciplinary meetings
- Collaboration in the multiprofessional and interdisciplinary team
- Situational involvement in concept work, WuF offers and projects according to management specifications
Benefits
Our employees are the heart of our company. That is exactly why we offer you so much: Further training is strongly promoted with us. We also invest a lot in team cohesion and offer all our teams access to the software "Moodtalk", which strengthens team communication. In addition, we offer attractive discounts at well-known brands such as Ikea, Zalando, Coop, Lidl and many more. Employees who commute to us by public transport receive a substantial eco-bonus at the end of the year. Additionally, we offer an attractive pension fund solution. Work-life balance is also promoted with us: We are always open to part-time work and offer the possibility to buy additional holiday.
Questions about the position?
Dr med Andrea Wälder Co-Centre Head and Senior Physician
leitung.kan@pdag.ch
+41 56 462 23 47