Senior Physician – Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Dementia Disorders

About the job

Senior Physician – Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Dementia Disorders

80-100%, from 01.02.2027 or by arrangement

Your work environment

With over 1000 employees, the University Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER is one of the leading institutions in Switzerland for geriatric medicine, psychiatry and rehabilitation. With us, the highest medical competence and genuine empathy come together – become part of our dedicated team!

Our geriatric psychiatry specialises in dementia, delirium and neuropsychiatric disorders. In an interdisciplinary and interprofessional treatment setting, we care for people with cognitive impairments and pronounced psychological and behavioural symptoms. Geriatric psychiatry is part of the Department of Dementia Disorders, which also includes the Memory Clinic Basel and the Dementia Research Centre. In close collaboration with the Memory Clinic, we are involved in the further development of diagnostics and therapy for dementia diseases. This includes biomarker-based diagnostics and new disease-modifying therapies such as Donanemab for early Alzheimer’s disease. We work closely with colleagues from geriatrics, neurology and internal medicine as well as the Delirium Unit. Joint ward rounds and interdisciplinary case discussions enable comprehensive psychiatric and somatic treatment even in the presence of pronounced comorbidities. The Dementia Research Centre and the connection to the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel offer you the opportunity to participate in clinical and translational research projects and to contribute your own questions from patient care.

Your duties

Senior medical leadership of an interprofessional ward team with responsibility for differentiated, evidence-based and patient-centred treatment

Co-design and further development of diagnostic and therapeutic concepts in geriatric psychiatry

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

Opportunity to participate in clinical and translational research projects and to contribute your own questions from patient care

Regular joint ward rounds with colleagues from geriatrics

Professional training of assistant doctors

Consultation and liaison activities within the hospital

What we offer

• Training period specialising in geriatric psychiatry

• Regular interdisciplinary geriatric medical training programme within the hospital

• Joint psychiatric training events with the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel

• Content and conceptual scope for shaping the further development of our interdisciplinary geriatric psychiatric area with room for your own ideas and professional focuses

• Opportunities for scientific collaboration and academic development in the environment of the Dementia Research Centre and in connection with the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel

Your profile

You are a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy or neurology, or are in advanced specialist training in one of these fields

You have experience in geriatric psychiatry or a special interest in this field

You combine clinical diligence and judgement with a high standard of patient care quality

You want to combine clinical work with scientific curiosity and appreciate the research and development opportunities of a university environment; your own research experience is welcome

You enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and interprofessional team and take responsibility for the professional development of younger colleagues

You are interested in innovative care and therapy concepts and want to actively help shape them

You appreciate the special features of a university environment with research and development opportunities

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