Chief Medical Officer in Psychiatry at the Cantonal Sociopsychiatric Organization (OSC), Mendrisio

About the job

Chief Medical Officer in Psychiatry at the Cantonal Sociopsychiatric Organization (OSC), Mendrisio

Class and annual salary (including 13th month salary):

special contract

Tasks:

• decides and manages the individual therapeutic plan for the patient according to the diagnostic and pharmacotherapeutic framework, ensuring, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the correct implementation of patient care
• ensures and performs specialist medical-psychiatric or child psychiatric visits, where necessary in collaboration with psychologists, for patients 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, organizes and co-manages the planned somatic care
• ensures FMH training for assistant doctors and other public or publicly interested professional figures. Is required to update their professional knowledge in compliance with FMH provisions for maintaining 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 territory in collaboration with involved public and private structures
• ensures on-call duty in the territory 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 drafting of TARDOC and TARPSY services

Requirements:

• medical diploma (or equivalent title)
• FMH specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy or in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy (or equivalent titles)
• authorization for free practice in the Canton of Ticino for the medical profession issued by the Health Office
• perfect command of the Italian language, knowledge of English and/or a second official language
• medical-therapeutic work experience in sociopsychiatric teams
• teamwork attitude
• knowledge of the territory and the sociopsychiatric care network of the Canton Ticino

Special notes:

• employment relationship: assignment (art. 15 and 16 LORD)
• full-time employment (100%) or with lower employment rates (to be defined). Candidates are invited to indicate the desired percentage in their application
• service location will vary depending on available positions. Candidates are invited to indicate if 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 in possession of authorization for free practice in the Canton of Ticino for the medical profession, language proficiency certificate (Italian-B2), and, in case of foreign titles, recognition issued by the Medical Professions Commission Mebeko for both the medical diploma 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 activity as established during the selection process for the specific vacant position. Failure to obtain the requirements will result in automatic forfeiture of the assignment
• the actual start of activity of the selected candidate is subject to the issuance of the authorization for free practice in the Canton of Ticino for the medical profession issued by the Health Office of the Canton 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), additional documentation may be requested later (criminal record with related self-certification and self-certification of health status)

Employment conditions:

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

Deadline:

December 31, 2026

Further information can be obtained from Dr. med. Zefiro Benedetto Mellacqua, Medical Director of the Cantonal Psychiatric Clinic (CPC), tel. 091 816 55 34, and Dr. med. Raffaella Ada Colombo, Medical Director of the OSC Sectors, tel. 091 815 21 91.