Chief Physician / Chief Doctor in the Department of Dementia Disorders (Geriatric Psychiatry)

Chief Physician / Chief Doctor in the Department of Dementia Disorders (Geriatric Psychiatry)

60-100%, from September 1, 2025

Your Work Environment

The Department of "Dementia Disorders" led by Professor Dr. Dr. med. Marc Aurel Busche is a nationally and internationally leading center for cognitive disorders and dementias. It includes both inpatient and outpatient geriatric psychiatry as well as the Memory Clinic of the University Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter and is directly connected to university research through the working group "Brain Ageing and Neurodegeneration" at the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel. Patients benefit from state-of-the-art early diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, ranging from initial cognitive disorders to advanced dementia conditions. The department is interdisciplinary and interprofessional and has close collaboration with the departments of geriatrics, neurology, and rehabilitation within the institution. Through the professorship in "Dementia Disorders", the department is comprehensively integrated into local university research structures (e.g., Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and Department of Clinical Research) and maintains international collaborations, including with the UK Dementia Research Institute. Therefore, you have the opportunity to directly connect clinical work with innovative research on dementia diseases (e.g., EEG/MEG, sleep, neurophysiology, cognition, and biomarkers as well as experimental and clinical studies). You can expect exciting, varied, and responsible areas of responsibility in a versatile, dynamic, and university-oriented environment. Become part of a team that combines the highest level of care competence with internationally visible research and drives innovative therapy concepts from idea to clinical study.

Your Activities

Medical leadership of an interprofessional ward team

Administrative and strategic leadership tasks in the Department of "Dementia Disorders" including the design and further development of the clinical offerings

Close collaboration and active participation in the Memory Clinic with joint interdisciplinary case discussions as well as involvement in innovative concepts, e.g., in the area of biomarker-based diagnostics and novel therapeutic approaches

Initiation, leadership, or participation in clinical and translational research projects and studies with the possibility for academic advancement

Regular joint visits with colleagues from geriatrics

Interdisciplinary collaboration with the Delirium Unit in the institution

Professional training of assistant doctors and participation in student teaching

Consultation and liaison activities within the institution as well as in nursing and care homes

What We Offer

• A motivating work environment: Work in an innovative and supportive environment that values professionalism and teamwork.
• Diversity and integration: Become part of an international team that sees diversity as a strength.
• Attractive employment conditions: Competitive salary, good insurance and pension fund solutions, weekend and holiday allowances, generous vacation entitlement

Further Training and Development Opportunities

• Active content and conceptual involvement in the evolving interdisciplinary geriatric psychiatry field in the UAFP
• Training time in the focus of geriatric psychiatry
• Regular interdisciplinary geriatric medical training program within the institution
• Joint psychiatric training events with the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel
• Excellent conditions for clinical and translational research and academic career development (e.g., habilitation) in a university environment
• Opportunity for protected research time

Your Profile

You are a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy

You have leadership experience and enjoy working in a dynamic, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional team

You are interested in innovative care and therapy concepts and want to actively develop them further

You appreciate the opportunities of a university environment and connect clinical work with scientific curiosity

You bring interest and ideally experience in clinical-translational research projects and clinical studies

You have experience in the field of geriatric psychiatry

You have very good German language skills, additional languages are an advantage

Application Contact

PD Dr. med. Sarah Trost

Head of Geriatric Psychiatry

Area: Geriatric Psychiatry

Specialties: Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy MBA, focus on Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Certificate in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (DGPPN, D), Certified Medical Expert SIM