Stiftung Ostschweizer Kinderspital
St.Gallen
Senior Physician paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology with prospect of Co-Leadership (60–80 %)
- 29 October 2026
- 60 – 80%
- Permanent position
- German (Intermediate)
About the job
We are looking for a committed senior physician for our paediatric gastroenterology department immediately or by arrangement. Depending on qualifications and experience, there is the possibility to take over the co-leadership of the department directly or as part of targeted further development.
Senior Physician paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology with prospect of Co-Leadership (60–80 %)
Your tasks- You will care for the entire spectrum of gastroenterological and hepatological diseases in outpatient clinics and inpatient consultations and independently perform endoscopic examinations.
- You will work in our established multiprofessional treatment teams.
- You will supervise and support assistant physicians, fellows, as well as junior assistant physicians.
- You will participate in the general paediatric on-call service (approx. 1-3 shifts per month).
- Depending on your qualifications, you will take over the co-leadership of the department directly or prospectively and actively shape its further development.
- You have the opportunity to participate in clinical research projects and initiate your own projects.
- You hold a specialist title in paediatrics with a focus on paediatric gastroenterology or an equivalent qualification recognised in Switzerland.
- You bring solid clinical experience in paediatric gastroenterology and hepatology as well as in endoscopy.
- You are a committed, communicative and team-oriented personality with enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration and professional development.
- Ideally, you have leadership experience or are interested in taking on leadership responsibilities and actively shaping the department.
We offer you
- Responsibility, because we trust in the competence of our employees
- Prospects, because we develop together with you and offer you the possibility, depending on qualifications and experience, to take on a co-leadership role directly or prospectively
- Knowledge, because we invest specifically in your professional development and generously support internal and external training and congress attendance
- Teamwork, because we know that we can only achieve our goals together
- Opportunities to shape, because you can actively influence the future of our department and we offer you protected time for research and scientific development
Your work area
Paediatric gastroenterology at the Eastern Swiss Children’s Hospital covers the entire spectrum of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas. In our clinic, we care for patients from newborns to adolescents and conduct around 2,500 consultations and 300 endoscopic examinations annually. As a recognised SIWF training centre of category B, we place great value on close interdisciplinary and multiprofessional collaboration. Our new building on the shared campus with the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen offers us additional opportunities for professional networking and development.
