Senior Physician for the Memory Clinic

Responsibilities

• Your diverse tasks include specialist assessment, diagnostics and counselling of outpatients with cognitive impairments and suspected dementia (all age groups) as well as supporting and actively shaping processes in a highly dynamic specialty that will develop significantly in the coming years.
• In addition, you conduct follow-up checks for comprehensive counselling and treatment of patients with dementia.
• As a specialist, you also take on geriatric emergency duties and participate in consultation services.
• You maintain constructive multidisciplinary collaboration with other clinics, departments and professional groups.
• Furthermore, you actively engage in the training and education of our assistant doctors at a university level.

Profile

• Broad internal medicine training with a specialist title in General Internal Medicine, additional specialist title in Geriatrics desirable or proven experience in Neurology or Geriatric Psychiatry
• Interest in expanding and deepening your geriatric medical skills (possibly aiming for completion of the specialist title in Geriatrics)
• High social and communication skills and enjoyment in dealing with cognitively impaired and older patients and their relatives
• Structured, well-organised, efficient and reliable working style

We offer

We offer you more than just a job! Our City Hospital world is characterised by an open culture of addressing each other informally, uncomplicated, personal interaction, respect and appreciation. The University Clinic for Geriatric Medicine City Hospital Zurich Waid pursues a comprehensive concept of modern interdisciplinary and interprofessional geriatric medicine – from prevention and dementia assessment to acute medical treatment and aftercare. We offer you a varied clinical activity in a specialty with a future, a family-like environment as well as progressive employment conditions of the City of Zurich with excellent social benefits and very good conditions for work-life balance with at least six weeks’ holiday and the possibility of compensatory time off. An enthusiastic and motivated team looks forward to working with you.

About us

City Hospital Zurich, with over 34,000 inpatient and around 436,000 outpatient patients per year, is among the top 10 hospitals in Switzerland. As a modern central hospital at several locations in the city of Zurich, we offer the full range of basic medical care, including 24-hour emergency and intensive care medicine. Our 4,400 employees are committed daily with great dedication and passion to excellent patient care.

Interested?

For further information, please contact Dr Patricia Lanz, Head Physician Memory Clinic, telephone +41 44 417 11 24, and Dr Berta Truttmann, Chief Physician, telephone +41 44 417 12 34.