Assistant Physician

The Fribourg Mental Health Network (RFSM) is attached to the Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DSAS). The RFSM is a centre of medical, nursing and psychosocial expertise specialised in mental health.

The RFSM is seeking, for its Psychiatric and Psychotherapy Hospital Sector for the Elderly, an assistant physician. In this senior medical role and under the responsibility of the sector’s medical director, you will actively participate in clinical management, service development and the operation of the sector. The RFSM employs 800 people and remains a human-scale institution with a warm and caring working atmosphere. Fribourg is a canton of 350,000 inhabitants with a university hosting 11,000 students. Marsens is located 50 km from Lausanne and 30 km from Bern and has a non-saturated property portfolio with rents well below those in the cantons of Vaud and Geneva.

The State as employer encourages work-life balance and offers an attractive environment and working conditions to its employees. For more information, follow this link .

RFSM Benefits: Affiliated with Swibeco - Health promotion - Red Cross Chaperone - Nestlé Shop Discounts - Internal language courses

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• Ensure medical and clinical responsibility for the entities entrusted to you and ensure the quality and continuity of care
• Participate in the management, organisation and coordination of the sector’s medical activities, in close collaboration with the medical director and other senior staff
• Guarantee the coherence of the therapeutic framework and contribute to the development, implementation and evolution of care concepts
• Support and supervise chief residents and assistant physicians in their clinical activities
• Actively participate in postgraduate medical training and, as needed, in RFSM teaching activities
• Promote interdisciplinary and interprofessional care in collaboration with nursing, psychological, social and therapeutic teams
• Develop collaboration with partners in the health, medico-social and outpatient network to ensure coordinated care pathways for elderly patients
• Participate in the development of new services, new therapeutic concepts and quality improvement projects for the sector
• Contribute to RFSM institutional activities and, by delegation, represent the sector with internal and external partners
• Participate in the medical referral system according to the organisation in force within the RFSM

• Federal medical diploma or title recognised by MEBEKO
• FMH specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy, or equivalent title
• FMH specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy of the elderly, or equivalent title
• Confirmed clinical experience in elderly psychiatry
• Experience as a senior physician, chief resident or in a role with supervisory responsibilities
• Strong interest in interdisciplinary work and developing care adapted to the specific needs of elderly people
• Leadership, organisational, communication and collaboration skills
• Interest in training and supervising physicians in training
• Additional training in management or administration is an asset
• Fluency in French; good knowledge of German is desirable

Dr Franco Masdea, franco.masdea@rfsm.ch, T +41 26 308 04 85