Senior Physician / Consultant General Ward 80-100% (m/f/d) 80 - 100% - Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hospital Network

About the job

The AR Hospital Network

The Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hospital Network, with the Herisau Acute Hospital and the AR Psychiatric Centre in Herisau, ensures extended basic medical care for the population in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and is also the first point of contact for a large part of the population in the surrounding region. Both locations are relevant for care within the canton and beyond.

We are looking for

In the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy under the direction of Dr med. univ. (HR) Mirjana Vidakovic, we are seeking from 1 July 2026 or by arrangement a senior physician or consultant with a specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy for a workload of 80-100%.

Attractive tasks

• Management of a ward together with the nursing ward management regarding organisational matters and processes
• Promotion of interdisciplinary collaboration with professionals and institutions involved in treatment
• Ensuring psychiatric-psychotherapeutic examination, treatment and care of all patients in the assigned area, taking into account existing hospital guidelines
• Case-leading treatment of patients in individual, couple and family settings including crisis interventions
• Control of all patient-related correspondence, medical record keeping including performance recording and collection of quality assurance data
• Ensuring compliance with legal requirements and ethical guidelines
• Introduction of new employees, leadership, further training, supervision and qualification of directly subordinate assistant doctors and psychologists according to the clinic's guidelines and the requirements of FMH or FSP
• Leading and participating in interdisciplinary meetings, reports and supervisions

Therefore, we want you

• Swiss-recognised specialist qualification in psychiatry and psychotherapy
• You have professional experience in psychiatry and are familiar with the environment of an inpatient setting
• Good German language skills, spoken and written
• You are an open and communicative personality and place great value on interdisciplinary collaboration

Additionally, you benefit from

We prefer direct applications. Recruitment agencies please contact Human Resources Management directly (bewerbermanagement@svar.ch). Applications without prior contact will not be considered.

• Intensive induction by an experienced team
• Short communication paths facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration
• From the senior physician level, we provide individual offices
• Other attractive benefits

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