Senior Physician Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient 80 - 100%
Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG
Windisch
Key information
- Publication date:22 August 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Windisch
Job summary
Join ZFPS as we seek a dedicated team member for our facility. Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for growth.
Tasks
- Shape therapeutic milieu and individual treatments for patients.
- Supervise psychiatric training for assistant doctors in your unit.
- Conduct assessments for mentally ill offenders and their treatment.
Skills
- You hold a specialist certification in psychiatry or are advanced in training.
- Respectful and risk-aware approach towards offenders is essential.
- Interest in modern, integrative forensic psychiatric care is required.
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For the Center for Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient (ZFPS) we are looking for you as of 01.11.2025 or by arrangement
Tasks
- As part of an interdisciplinary management team (psychiatry-psychology-nursing/care), you shape the therapeutic environment and the individual treatment of patients on the secure ward KFP-1
- You supervise the psychiatric-psychotherapeutic training of the assistant physician on your ward
- For some of the measure patients, you initiate therapy under highly secure conditions.
- You conduct inpatient assessments on differential diagnostic questions and on the treatability of mentally ill offenders.
- In the context of inpatient acute treatments of prison inmates, you work closely with the Psychiatric-Psychological Service (PPD) of the Lenzburg prison and the health service of the Aargau prisons.
- If interested, there is the possibility to teach at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and to prepare forensic expert reports
Profile
- You have a specialist recognition in psychiatry and psychotherapy or are advanced in specialist training
- Your attitude towards offenders is appreciative and risk-aware
- You are interested in a modern, integrative forensic psychiatric treatment
- You enjoy working in interdisciplinary teams
Benefits
Questions about the position?
Friederike Boudriot
Chief Physician and Clinic Director