Assistant Psychologist

About the job

Assistant Psychologist

St. Gallen

15.02.2027 or by arrangement

Your Tasks

• In the day clinic setting, you will take on the psychiatric-psychotherapeutic and psychoeducational treatment of elderly patients aged 60 and over in group settings and conduct preliminary interviews to determine indications for the day clinic programme.
• The focus of your work lies in the group therapy area with indication-specific and cross-disorder group offerings such as psychoeducation, ACT and interactional discussion groups.
• Case-related documentation, reports and performance recording in the clinical information system are part of your daily routine and are supported by the medical management and the secretariat.
• Within the team, you will experience interprofessional collaboration on an equal footing with short decision-making paths and will be actively involved in the further development of the day clinic concept.
• Regular external supervision, internal case discussions and individual professional support by an experienced psychotherapeutic and psychiatric management accompany you in your professional development.
• Close cooperation with the Geriatric Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at the St. Gallen location, outpatient case management and, if interested, participation in the neuropsychological assessment team complement your diverse range of tasks.

Your Profile

• With your completed psychology degree and initial experience in inpatient adult psychiatry, you bring a solid foundation for this role.
• Your started or already advanced training in a federally recognised psychotherapeutic method forms an important basis for your further professional development.
• We are looking for a personality for our team who understands group therapy not only as a method but as an important part of modern patient care and wishes to contribute actively.
• Your interest lies in day clinic and interdisciplinary treatment, where the individual needs of patients and relatives are consistently at the centre.
• You appreciate interprofessional collaboration, short decision-making paths and flat hierarchies as well as the opportunity to actively contribute to everyday work with initiative and responsibility.
• Very good German language skills in spoken and written form at least at C1 level as well as your motivation for continuous professional development complete your profile.

Your Salary

Your gross salary for a 100% workload is expected to be between CHF 91,406 and CHF 130,000 per year.

Your Contacts

Antje Schatton

Senior Physician, Department Head

+41 58 178 52 16

antje.schatton@psychiatrie-sg.ch

Diana Mändli

HR Specialist Recruiting

+41 58 178 14 34

diana.maendli@psychiatrie-sg.ch

About Us

With around 1,400 employees, we ensure accessible, personal and effective psychiatric treatments and care for adults at our nine company locations in the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden as well as in the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Application Process

Apply Online

We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to receiving your online application via our homepage.

As soon as your application has been received online, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt by email. We look forward to getting to know you through your dossier and will check whether your qualifications, skills and personality fit the advertised position and Psychiatrie St.Gallen. We will then get back to you.

In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatrie St.Gallen, the advertised position and the challenges.

In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together whether we are a good match. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.

You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide in your favour after the second interview and we will ask you whether you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your 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.

Between accepting the position and your first day at work, you as a new employee can already access relevant internal information. This allows you to form a detailed picture of the company and prepare for the job.

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 induction plan, which will help you to find your way around quickly.