Assistant Physician / Assistant Physician Internal Medicine
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Location
- Zollikerberg
- First posted
A warm welcome to your new place of work.
The Clinic for Internal Medicine offers you a job vacancy at a 100% workload, usually for three years (based on two years with an optional extension of one year) as
Assistant Physician / Assistant Physician Internal Medicine
If you also want to make a difference in people's lives, please read on:
Become part of the Clinic for Internal Medicine with training status A, which is a central and important service center of the hospital, treating over 3,000 inpatient patients, over 20,000 emergencies, and more than 450 patients in the interdisciplinary intensive care unit per year. In addition, specialist medical examinations and consultations for the specialties of gastroenterology, cardiology, pneumology, endocrinology, and oncology are carried out in the medical outpatient clinic. Furthermore, a certified acute geriatrics unit and a certified palliative care ward exist within the clinic.
Long-term advertisement for our long-term recruitment (Clinic Category A)
As an established, primary care regional hospital in the greater Zurich area with 173 beds, we offer you a well-founded, two- to three-year training at the highest level in the Department of Emergency and Acute Medicine at Spital Zollikerberg.
Important note regarding the application process:
This advertisement serves for continuous, proactive recruitment for our fixed pool of approximately 34 assistant physicians. We are not filling acute vacancies this way, but rather planning our staff assignments long-term in advance following the completion of the regular 2 to 3-year curricula (approx. 16 positions per year). Due to the very high volume of applications, we can only consider dossiers that fully meet our selection criteria.
Your tasks with us:
• Patient care: Comprehensive medical care of inpatient and outpatient patients (over 3,000 inpatient cases, over 20,000 emergencies per year) with mostly complex, multimorbid clinical pictures - closely supervised by regular chief physician visits as well as our leading and senior physician management team
• Clinical documentation: Responsibility for the seamless electronic medical record, the writing of concise reports, and professional interface communication with referrers and subsequent institutions
• Operational maintenance: Active participation in shift service to ensure seamless 24/7/365 patient care within the team
Get a first impression of your new place of work with our 360° tour.
So that you feel comfortable with us:
• Excellent career basis: Recognized status as Clinic Category A for General Internal Medicine. We offer you the perfect springboard for your further specialist curriculum or your specialist medical career
• Maximum training depth: A training program unique in Switzerland with at least 4.5 hours of structured training per week, which is firmly integrated into your daily work routine
• Broad rotation spectrum: Structured rotations in the ward, acute geriatrics, palliative medicine, in the interdisciplinary emergency center, in the ICU (over 450 patients/year), in the medical specialist outpatient clinic (gastroenterology, cardiology, pneumology, endocrinology, oncology) and nephrology/dialysis, as well as in partner institutions (GP practice, rotation into the internal medicine team of the technical orthopaedics of the Klinik Balgrist, outpatient emergency medicine SOS-Ärzte, psychiatry of the Klinik Hohenegg, addiction medicine in the Zentrum für Abhängigkeitserkrankungen). Appreciative working environment: A motivated, collegial team with flat hierarchies, close specialist supervision, and a tangibly familial hospital atmosphere
• Work-Life-Support: Attractive recognition models, modern employment conditions, and support for family compatibility through our subsidized hospital nursery
You can find all amenities for employees on our Benefits page here.
If you also want to be the best version of yourself, you will find the opportunities to do so with us.
Requirements for our selection process:
• Clinical prior experience: We primarily address colleagues who already bring at least 1-2 years of clinical experience in General Internal Medicine. This allows you a direct, efficient entry into our complex ward and emergency processes (career starters can only be considered in exceptional cases).
• Language competence: Very good German skills in speaking and writing at level C2, native language or equivalent certificate. These are required for demanding patient communication, medical documentation, and cooperation with referring professionals.
• Diploma recognition: A successfully completed degree in human medicine. For foreign degrees, official MEBEKO recognition (diploma and any study titles) must already be present and enclosed with the application documents. Applications in the recognition phase cannot be considered.
• Mindset: Willingness for above-average commitment, networked interprofessional action, and a strong team and patient orientation.
Your way to us:
We look forward to your online application via our online tool including a cover letter, your preferred start date as well as an alternative date, training and work certificates, and a meaningful CV.
Applicants whose medical education or further training was not conducted in German please enclose a recognized language certificate at level C2.
Further information will be gladly provided by Annette Zengerle, Secretariat Clinic Management Department Emergency and Acute Medicine, Internal Medicine, T 044 397 20 14.
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