Senior Consultant / Senior Consultant Autism Specialist Unit

Senior Consultant / Senior Consultant Autism Specialist Unit

60-100%

In the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (Clinic Director Dr med Angelo Bernardon), children and adolescents up to the age of 18 are treated. The integrated treatment offering of the clinic includes an outpatient area with a central outpatient clinic as well as four outpatient clinics distributed across the canton, a consultation and liaison service, and an inpatient area with an acute ward, two psychotherapy wards, a day clinic and a clinic school. The teams consist of clinical professionals from the fields of medicine, psychology, nursing and social pedagogy, and in the clinic school, teachers and special education teachers. The Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy is a teaching hospital of the University of Zurich and a certified training centre Category A.

Profile

• You hold a specialist title in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy FMH, are close to completing it, or have an equivalent MEBEKO recognised qualification.
• Ideally, you have leadership experience and leadership training or are willing to undertake such training.
• You enjoy interdisciplinary and guideline-oriented work and promote it accordingly.
• You are motivated to ensure the most efficient assessment and treatment of children and adolescents involving their families.
• You are characterised by initiative, high social competence and situation-appropriate communication as well as flexibility and resilience.
• You are a humorous personality, both in everyday life and in dynamic situations, thus ideally complementing our team.

Responsibilities

• You take on the personnel and professional leadership of the Autism Specialist Unit (in co-leadership with the Senior Psychologist and the Head of Special Education).
• You lead the clinical staff in assessing patients suspected of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), advising their parents and caregivers, and treating them if necessary.
• You administer common psychological test procedures and conduct psychopharmacological adjustments, consultations and treatments.
• You make diagnoses and assessments according to the valid diagnostic scheme and develop a plan of measures based on this.
• You participate in the background emergency service of the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.
• You ensure mutual representation of your colleagues at your leadership level during absences.
• You collaborate with the management of the Centre for Outpatient Triage, Crisis Interventions and Special Consultations as well as other departments of the CAP and external partners.

Benefits

Our employees are the heart of our organisation. 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?

KD Dr med Michael Watson Chief Physician

+41 56 461 20 10