Health Specialist / Health Specialist in Geriatric Psychiatry

Health Specialist / Health Specialist in Geriatric Psychiatry

60-100%

As part of the Clinic for Consultation, Geriatric and Neuropsychiatry (Clinic Director Dr med Rafael Meyer), the Centre for Geriatric Psychiatry (management Kristine Ewert, Dr med Andrea Wälder and Susanne Spring) fulfils a valuable mission for the mental health of older people and their relatives with its services. It has four specialised wards as well as two outpatient clinics with Memory Clinics at the Aarau and Windisch locations. In addition to consultations and advisory services for relatives, the outpatient area includes the geriatric psychiatric consultation and liaison service for nursing homes. The centre is an SIWF-recognised training centre for psychiatry and psychotherapy, geriatric psychiatry, consultation and liaison psychiatry, as well as general internal medicine.

Profile

• Completed training as a health specialist, preferably with professional experience in geriatric psychiatry, acute geriatrics, long-term care with application of validation
• In addition to commitment and a sense of responsibility, we expect joy and interest in the care and support of people in later life
• Flexible, resilient and innovative personality with high social competence who practises the nursing profession with joy and high professionalism
• With your pronounced service orientation, you can respond individually to our patients and their relatives
• Good PC user skills complete your profile

Tasks

• You complement the interdisciplinary team of our geriatric psychiatric acute wards with nursing expertise and commitment
• You will be involved in responsibility in an interesting and varied area
• You support people in acute crisis, actively involving relatives and the individual life situation of the patients
• You see yourself as part of the interdisciplinary treatment teams, jointly responsible for the optimal implementation of the ward concepts as well as the company’s mission statement

Benefits

Our employees are the heart of our company. That is exactly why we offer you so much: Further training is strongly promoted with us. We also invest a lot in team cohesion and offer all our teams access to the software "Moodtalk", which strengthens team communication. In addition, we offer attractive discounts at well-known brands such as Ikea, Zalando, Coop, Lidl and many more. Employees who commute to us by public transport receive a substantial eco-bonus at the end of the year. Additionally, we offer an attractive pension fund solution. Work-life balance is also promoted with us: we are always open to part-time work and offer the possibility to buy additional holiday.

Questions about the position?

Susanne Spring Head of Nursing and Specialist Therapies

+41 56 462 27 89