Assistant Physician Clinic Rheumatology and Pain Medicine 100%

About the job

Bethesda Hospital combines top-class medicine with first-class service and a unique ambience. With the five focus areas of musculoskeletal system, rehabilitation, women's medicine, pregnancy & childbirth, as well as palliative care, our 6000 inpatients annually benefit from state-of-the-art treatment centres under one roof – right in the middle of one of the most beautiful hospital parks in Northwestern Switzerland.

The Clinic for Rheumatology & Pain Medicine is the largest rheumatology clinic in Northwestern Switzerland. We are looking for an assistant physician to start immediately or by arrangement.

We are a training clinic for rheumatology (Category B two years), pain medicine (SSIPM, 1 year), and internal medicine (Category D, 6 months).

There is close interdisciplinary collaboration with the university orthopaedics department in-house, spinal surgery, as well as the internal clinics for rehabilitation, internal medicine, and neurology.
The Clinic for Rheumatology and Pain Medicine actively participates in the doctor-patient (DP) teaching of the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel.


Your tasks

• Interdisciplinary, team-oriented assessment and management of inpatient and outpatient patients in the field of non-inflammatory and inflammatory rheumatology
• Daily training activities, including "Clinical Reasoning", seminars with external speakers, sono sessions, manual medicine, among others
• Work (in blocks) in the rheumatological-orthopaedic emergency department
• Opportunity to learn ultrasound-guided and C-arm-guided infiltrations of the musculoskeletal system
• Day, night, weekend, and emergency duties

• Completed studies
• At least 2 years of experience at a Swiss clinic (internal medicine and/or rheumatology)
• Verified and recognised diploma by MEBEKO
• German language skills at least level C1 (Goethe-Institut)
• Enthusiasm and motivation for the profession and joy in learning
• Team spirit, flexibility, and agility

• Learning the diagnosis and management of a broad spectrum of inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic pain problems, including imaging anatomy (X-ray, MRI, CT, sonography) and image-guided interventions on joints, soft tissues, and spine
• Mentoring and curriculum planning (cooperation/network of our clinic with the rheumatological university clinics Basel and Bern)
• Versatile further education and training opportunities
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with various specialist areas