Senior Physician / Consultant General Internal Medicine 40-100% (m/f/d) 40 - 100% - Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hospital Network

About the job

The AR Hospital Network

The Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hospital Network with the Herisau Acute Hospital and the AR Psychiatric Centre in Herisau ensures extended basic medical care for the population in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and is also the first point of contact for a large part of the population in the surrounding region. Both locations are relevant for care within the canton and beyond.

We are looking for

The Herisau Hospital in Eastern Switzerland is part of the Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hospital Network (SVAR) and has a Department of Internal Medicine, a Department of Surgery, a Women’s Clinic, as well as a Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Emergency Medicine. The hospital also includes an interdisciplinary emergency department and a certified intensive care unit.

In the Department of Internal Medicine under the leadership of Dr Simon Ritter, we are seeking a Senior Physician / Consultant with a workload of 40–100% starting 1 July 2026 or by arrangement.

Attractive tasks

• You are jointly responsible for comprehensive and high-quality patient care
• You take on the professional and personnel leadership of our assistant physicians
• You participate in the senior medical on-call service and help organise further training events

That is why we want you

• You are a committed individual with high social competence
• You have several years of clinical experience and enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration
• You have an interest in ultrasound medicine and wish to obtain the ultrasound proficiency certificate
• You hold or are about to complete the specialist title in General Internal Medicine

Additionally, you benefit from

We prefer direct applications. Recruitment agents please contact Human Resources Management directly (bewerbermanagement@svar.ch). Applications without prior contact will not be considered.

• Active involvement and assumption of responsibility in a versatile working environment
• Short communication paths facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration
• You are part of a well-coordinated team and receive excellent support from the senior physicians of the specialist disciplines Angiology, Gastroenterology, Intensive Care Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology and Pneumology
• We offer you training opportunities as well as attractive employment conditions with benefits
• Informal "du" culture throughout the hospital network
• Further information about SVAR can be found at www.spitalverbund.ch

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