Psychologist in Charge of the Psychoanalytic Seminar of the Jura Arc (SPsyAJ)

A cantonal public law institution, the CNP is tasked with leading the health policy of the canton of Neuchâtel in the field of mental health, in collaboration with partner institutions. The CNP aims to rehabilitate patients suffering from mental disorders by adopting an integrated and community psychiatry model; it implements public policies for the promotion and prevention of mental health; it acts as a reference centre in the field of professional training and research in psychiatry.

The Neuchâtel Centre of Psychiatry is seeking for its postgraduate training pathway in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy, a

Psychologist in Charge of the Psychoanalytic Seminar of the Jura Arc (SPsyAJ)

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Attached to the Institute of Training and Research in Mental Health (IFRSM), the SPsyAJ contributes to the postgraduate training of psychologists who will become psychotherapists with a federal postgraduate title and to the development of clinical skills in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy.

We are looking for a committed individual wishing to put their clinical, pedagogical and organisational expertise at the service of the development and prominence of this pathway.

Your duties:

In close collaboration with the IFRSM team, you ensure the strategic, pedagogical and organisational management of the SPsyAJ, ensuring the quality of its teaching, its sustainability and its development.

In this capacity, you are responsible for:

• Leading and organising the activities of the Psychoanalytic Seminar of the Jura Arc (SPsyAJ) to guarantee its operation, under delegation from the Medical Directorate and the functional responsibility of the IFRSM head.
• In close collaboration with the IFRSM head, ensuring the financial viability of the SPsyAJ, notably through resource pooling with the IFRSM, in a logic of rationalisation and optimisation of means.
• Promoting the pathway to other professionals, institutions and universities.
• Coordinating and participating in strategic reflections concerning the postgraduate and continuing training pathway of the SPsyAJ in connection with the CNP Medical Directorate and the organisation responsible for the pathway (the FSP).
• Participating in strategic reflections concerning the operation of the CNP postgraduate training led by the IFRSM.
• Ensuring the federal accreditation of the pathway under the responsibility of the FSP.
• Updating the requirements for psychotherapist training by adapting regulations according to the Confederation's quality standards with the responsible organisation, the Medical Directorate and the IFRSM.
• Guaranteeing the continuous improvement of the pathway's quality by respecting the objectives and directives of the CNP, in coherence with the FSP's requirements.
• Ensuring collaboration with the CNP interprofessional network and the responsible organisation as well as with other accredited training pathways.

The main required skills are as follows:

• You hold the federal postgraduate psychotherapist title, with postgraduate training in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy.
• You have at least 5 years of clinical experience as a federally recognised psychologist-psychotherapist.
• You have a good knowledge of the Swiss postgraduate psychotherapy training system, its regulatory requirements and professional bodies, notably the FSP and the OFSP.
• You show a strong interest in knowledge transmission, pedagogy and supporting professionals in training.
• You possess solid skills in organisation, project coordination and partnership development.
• Endowed with a strategic vision and unifying leadership, you know how to mobilise different stakeholders around common goals.
• Your autonomy, rigour, sense of collaboration and excellent communication skills allow you to operate comfortably in an institutional and academic environment.

Start date: 1 December 2026 or to be agreed

Workplace: Préfargier site, 2074 Marin-Epagnier

Work rate: 30%

Contract type: Permanent contract (CDI)

Application deadline: 31 October 2026

Contact persons: Olivier Schirlin, Head of IFRSM

Marie Leclerc, Sourcing and Recruitment Manager

Would you like to help train the next generation of psychotherapists and develop a reference pathway in the Jura Arc? We look forward to receiving your application, which will be treated confidentially.

Complete application files (cover letter, CV, diplomas and work certificates, recognition) should be sent directly via Jobup.