Assistant Psychologist

About the job

• As a member of our interdisciplinary treatment team, you care for patients in an outpatient setting.
• After thorough training, you take on the psychiatric assessment, treatment, and counseling of patients and their relatives.
• In your varied daily work, you encounter the entire spectrum of psychiatric disorders and conduct individual and group conversations.
• As an assistant psychologist, you coordinate treatments, plan therapies, and perform psychological testing assessments.
• You participate in reports, case discussions, and training sessions and maintain close communication with other caregivers.

• You have a completed psychology degree and have gained at least two years of experience in inpatient adult psychiatry.
• Your federally recognized psychotherapy training is advanced.
• You have an assistant psychotherapy permit from the canton of St. Gallen (permit to work under supervision) or meet the necessary requirements to obtain it before starting the position.
• Your interest lies in outpatient, interdisciplinary treatment oriented to the needs of patients and their relatives.
• You enjoy working independently, are open-minded and empathetic, and appreciate a committed team.
• You have very good German skills (at least level C1).

Apply Online

We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to receiving your online application via our homepage.

As soon as your application is received online, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by email. We look forward to getting to know you through your dossier and will check whether your qualifications, skills, and personality fit the advertised position and Psychiatrie St.Gallen. We will then get back to you.

In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatrie St.Gallen, the advertised position, and the challenges.

In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together whether we are a good match. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.

You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide on you after the second interview and we will ask if you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.

In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. Along with the contract, you will receive relevant information about your employment.

Between accepting the position and the first day of work, as a new employee, you can already access relevant internal information. This allows you to form a detailed picture of the company and prepare for the job.

On the first day, you will be onboarded in your new team and with other colleagues. You will set up your new workplace and get an overview of your upcoming tasks. You will also receive your individual introduction plan to help you quickly find your way.