Psychologist in psychotherapy training – focus on psycho-oncology

The University Clinic for Medical Oncology combines highly specialized patient care with research, teaching, and innovation. We offer all services for diagnosis, therapy planning, tumor treatment, and follow-up care for cancer diseases. What awaits you <br /> • Psychological support for patients with a cancer disease as well as their relatives in outpatient and inpatient settings • Carrying out psycho-oncological consultations and psychotherapeutic interventions under professional supervision • Support in coping with disease-related burdens, anxieties, and depressive symptoms • Accompanying patients with existential questions in the curative and palliative treatment context • Close interprofessional collaboration with doctors, nursing, social workers, chaplaincy, and other specialist disciplines • Active participation in shaping holistic, patient-centered care by contributing your psychological expertise <br /> What you bring with you <br /> • Master's degree in psychology • Started training in psychotherapy • Interest in psycho-oncology and in supporting people with a cancer disease • Enjoyment of interprofessional collaboration in a university environment • Empathic personality with high social and communication competence • Independent, responsible, and reflective way of working <br /> Our offer <br /> • Varied and responsible activity in a dedicated and interprofessional team • Structured induction as well as close professional support during psychotherapeutic training • Regular internal and external supervision as well as diverse continuing education opportunities • Participation in the entire spectrum of psycho-oncological care of a university Comprehensive Cancer Center • Opportunity to build comprehensive psychotherapeutic competencies in a highly specialized environment • The recognizability of the activity as clinical practice in psychotherapeutic-psychiatric care is to be clarified with the respective training institute <br /> Questions about the position? Further information will be gladly provided by Prof. Dr. phil. Alexander Wünsch Lead Psychologist Psychotherapist and Psycho-oncologist alexander.wuensch@insel.ch