Chief Clinical Psychiatrist at the Cantonal Sociopsychiatric Organisation (OSC), Mendrisio

About the job

Chief Clinical Psychiatrist at the Cantonal Sociopsychiatric Organisation (OSC), Mendrisio

Class and annual salary (including 13th month):

special contract

Responsibilities:

• decides and manages the individual therapeutic plan for the patient according to diagnostic and pharmacotherapeutic framework, ensuring, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the correct implementation of patient care
• ensures and conducts specialist medical-psychiatric or child psychiatric consultations, where necessary in collaboration with psychologists, guaranteeing correct diagnostic, psychopharmacological and rehabilitative assessment
• actively collaborates with doctors from psychiatric and somatic hospital facilities and with private practice doctors, in agreement with the OSC chief psychiatrist. Regarding somatic care necessary for the patient’s well-being, organises and co-manages the planned somatic treatments
• ensures FMH training for assistant doctors and other public or publicly interested professionals. Is required to update their professional knowledge in compliance with FMH regulations to maintain the specialty title
• verifies, in agreement with the deputy psychiatrist and/or the OSC chief psychiatrist, that ideal preconditions are met for a network intervention in the community in collaboration with involved public and private structures
• ensures on-call duty in the community and/or shifts at the Cantonal Psychiatric Clinic (CPC)
• prepares medical psychiatric or child psychiatric expert reports assigned to them and supervised by a chief psychiatrist
• guarantees the correct completion of TARDOC and TARPSY services

Requirements:

• medical degree (or equivalent qualification)
• FMH specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy or in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy (or equivalent titles)
• authorisation to practise medicine freely in the Canton of Ticino issued by the Health Office
• perfect command of the Italian language, knowledge of English and/or a second official language
• experience in medical-therapeutic work in sociopsychiatric teams
• teamwork skills
• knowledge of the territory and the sociopsychiatric care network of the Canton of Ticino

Special notes:

• employment relationship: appointment (arts. 15 and 16 LORD)
• full-time employment (100%) or lower employment rates (to be defined). Candidates are invited to indicate their desired percentage in their application
• service location will vary depending on available positions. Candidates are invited to specify whether they apply within their training in psychiatry and psychotherapy or in child and adolescent psychotherapy
• availability of the candidate to work irregular shifts
• start date: during 2026
• candidates not yet authorised to practise medicine freely in the Canton of Ticino, without language proficiency certification (Italian-B2) and, in case of foreign qualifications, without recognition issued by the Medical Professions Commission Mebeko for both the medical degree and the specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy or the specialist title in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy (or equivalent titles), must obtain all requirements before starting work as established during the selection process for the specific vacant position. Failure to obtain the requirements will result in automatic forfeiture of the appointment
• the actual start of the selected candidate’s activity is subject to the issuance of the authorisation to practise medicine freely in the Canton of Ticino by the Health Office of the Canton of Ticino

Application conditions:

• applications must be submitted online. Other forms of application will not be considered valid
• in addition to documents to be submitted at the time of online application (cover letter and motivation, curriculum vitae, diplomas, certificates and work attestations), further documentation may be requested later (criminal record with related self-certification and health status self-certification)

Employment conditions:

• appointment or assignment: as provided by the Law on the Organisation of State Employees and Teachers of 15 March 1995 (LORD) and the related Regulation. Any changes in law concerning salary and organisation are explicitly reserved
• working hours: 42 hours per week (for a 100% employment relationship), flexible or according to service needs

Deadline:

31 December 2026

Further information can be obtained from Dr Zefiro Benedetto Mellacqua, Medical Director of the Cantonal Psychiatric Clinic (CPC), tel. 091 816 55 35, and Dr Raffaella Ada Colombo, Medical Director of the OSC Sectors, tel. 091 815 21 91.