Senior Physician Hand Surgery / Orthopaedics 60 - 100 % (m/f)
- 25 October 2026
- 60 – 100%
- Permanent position
- Baar
About the job
The Zug Cantonal Hospital is dedicated to the health of the population of the Canton of Zug and the surrounding regions. Around 1,200 employees, including 180 in training and further education, work in various fields. Every year, we treat and care for over 11,500 inpatients and more than 70,000 outpatients. More than 27,500 people are treated annually in the interdisciplinary emergency centre. In our Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, approximately 2,500 procedures are performed annually, and around 2,000 inpatients and 9,000 outpatients are treated. The clinic is divided into subspecialised teams: shoulder and elbow, hand and wrist, hip, knee, foot and ankle, as well as traumatology. Spinal surgery is offered in cooperation with a centre hospital. The Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology is authorised to provide further training for the specialist title in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System in category B1. For our Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, we are seeking from 1 January 2027 or by arrangement a Senior Physician Hand Surgery / Orthopaedics 60 - 100 % (m/f)What you will achieve with us
You will take responsibility for our hand surgical and orthopaedic patients – from the first encounter to the conclusion of treatment.
- You will independently conduct an outpatient hand surgery clinic 3 days a week (60%)
- If desired, you may also lead an orthopaedic clinic on an additional 2 days per week
- You will treat our patients conservatively and holistically
- With the appropriate qualifications and interest, there is also the possibility of combined conservative and operative hand surgical activity
- You will help shape the further development of hand surgery with us, contributing your own ideas and strengths.
What matters to us
We are not looking for a perfect biography. We seek a personality who works carefully, takes responsibility, and fits in with us on a human level.
For operative work, you hold a specialist title in hand surgery and/or orthopaedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system.
For purely conservative work, you bring many years of experience in outpatient care in the field of the musculoskeletal system. A specialist title is not a prerequisite for this.
You approach patients and colleagues with empathy, respect, and appreciation. You are loyal and team-oriented and maintain an overview even when things get demanding.
You are open, cooperative, and flexible – and enjoy passing on knowledge, developing the team, and shaping new paths together.
Good medicine arises where professional competence and humanity come together.
What we offer you
With us, you will not find a workplace where you simply fulfil a function.
You will become part of a small, collegial, committed hand surgical team that works closely with various specialties such as orthopaedics, rheumatology, neurology, etc.
You can expect:
- a broad spectrum of elective and trauma hand surgery
- a versatile role with your own scope for design
- close interdisciplinary collaboration with other clinics
- regular internal training sessions
- support and opportunities for external further training
- No on-call duties
- modern employment conditions and very good social benefits
- a workplace in a central location, in close proximity to Baar train station and motorway access
Perhaps we are looking for exactly you.
If you live hand surgery with expertise, curiosity, and humanity and are keen to make a difference together, we look forward to getting to know you.
