Senior Physician
Pfäfers
Key information
- Publication date:25 August 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Pfäfers
Job summary
Join us as a senior physician in a dynamic psychiatric team. Enjoy a supportive work environment and professional growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Lead an interdisciplinary treatment team collaboratively with nursing.
- Ensure comprehensive medical and therapeutic care for patients.
- Continuously develop the unit's conceptual direction with leadership.
Skills
- Must be a licensed psychiatrist with experience in acute psychiatry.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential.
- Ability to work independently and make responsible decisions.
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- As a senior physician, you lead the interdisciplinary treatment team on an equal footing in dual leadership with the nursing ward management.
- Together with dedicated assistant physicians and psychologists, you ensure comprehensive medical and therapeutic care for our patients.
- Together with the nursing department management, you continuously develop the conceptual orientation of the ward.
- You accompany and promote the assigned assistant physicians and assistant psychologists through structured training and regular supervision.
- You are a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy.
- You have experience in acute and emergency psychiatry and in treating patients with psychoses.
- You appreciate inpatient work with mentally ill people and feel comfortable in a multiprofessional environment. A recovery-oriented attitude is not just theory for you but lived practice.
- Commitment, personal responsibility, and an independent working style characterize you as well as your joy in team exchange.
- You like to work independently, take responsibility, and make decisions on your own.
- You have a professional practice license from the canton of St. Gallen or meet the necessary requirements to obtain it before starting the position.
- Very good German skills (at least level C1) complete your profile.
With around 1,400 employees at our nine company locations, we ensure accessible, personal, and effective psychiatric treatments and care for adults in the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden as well as in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Apply Online
We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to receiving your online application via our homepage.
Confirmation by Email
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 checking whether your qualifications, skills, and personality fit the advertised position and Psychiatry St. Gallen. We will then get back to you.
Interview with HR and Specialist Department
In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatry St. Gallen, the advertised position, and the challenges.
Invitation to the Second Interview
In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together if we are a good match. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.
Oral Offer
You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide in your favor after the second interview and ask if you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.
The Contract
In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. With the contract, you will also receive relevant information about your employment.
Preboarding
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.
First Day of Work
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, which will help you find your way quickly.
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