Specialist Psychologist or Assistant Psychologist

Specialist Psychologist or Assistant Psychologist

60-100%

The Centre for Specialised Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (ZPP) is part of the Clinic for Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the PDAG (Clinic Director Prof. Dr. med. Marc Walter). It encompasses the inpatient treatment services specifically oriented towards psychotherapy for people with complex trauma-related disorders, chronic depression, personality disorders, as well as problems managing acute life crises independently or with outpatient services. The offer also includes a specialised consultation for pregnancy and breastfeeding. The ZPP is led by Dr. med. Nina Schweinfurth-Keck, Chief Physician, Dr. phil. Armin Blickenstorfer, Chief Psychologist, and Andrea Jaggi, Head of Nursing and Specialist Therapies, and comprises three wards including one for supplementary insured patients as well as an outpatient clinic. Part of the centre is also a training institute. It offers a modular certified curriculum within the framework of the Königsfelder Seminars with training in scientifically based psychotrauma therapy. For doctors, the centre is an SIWF-recognised training centre for psychiatry and psychotherapy category A inpatient (3 years).

Profile

• You have a completed degree in psychology and are already in an advanced, preferably completed, psychotherapy training
• You bring experience and knowledge in scientific psychotrauma therapy and/or CBASP. We mainly work with the following trauma-focused methods: EMDR, Narrative Exposure Therapy, IRRT and other behavioural therapeutic trauma therapies, enactive psychotrauma therapy
• You enjoy psychotherapeutic work and have sufficient self-experience and willingness to engage with the severely distressing or traumatic experiences of patients and their consequences
• You are confident in using common office applications and already have experience with electronic medical records

Tasks

• You work as the case lead in a specialised team-oriented interdisciplinary setting with a total of five psychological psychotherapists, a joint medical and psychological management, specialist therapists (art therapy, movement therapy), specially trained nursing staff and peers, as well as a social worker
• You independently treat adults with trauma-related disorders (especially PTSD, complex PTSD and dissociative disorders) and/or chronic depression (treatment according to the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy - CBASP concept) under supervision
• After familiarisation, you conduct outpatient indication interviews for possible inpatient treatments and take care of organising outpatient follow-up treatments
• You maintain the electronic medical record with specialised diagnostics and also ensure the timely preparation of treatment reports
• You will be integrated into the clinic's duty roster

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 heavily 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. phil. Armin Blickenstorfer, Chief Psychologist

armin.blickenstorfer@pdag.ch

+41 56 462 24 70