Senior physician / senior physician with a focus on geriatrics 60-100 % — Luzerner Kantonsspital (LUKS)
- Location
- Luzern
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 2 days ago
Role overview
The acute care department at the Lucerne site has 21 beds and provides interdisciplinary care for both surgical and internist patients.
The overarching goal is to maintain and restore independence in everyday life and the quality of life.
In addition to the treatment of the underlying disease, geriatric syndromes such as gait and balance disorder, cognition, polypharmacy, sensory deficits, swallowing disorder or malnutrition are clarified and treated.
- The acute care department at the Lucerne site has 21 beds and provides interdisciplinary care for both surgical and internist patients.
- The overarching goal is to maintain and restore independence in everyday life and the quality of life.
- Ensuring high-quality, evidence-based geriatric care on the acute geriatric ward, including OA visits, interprofessional case meetings and family meetings, and participation in the general internal medicine service system
- Engagement in the education and training of assistant doctors and nurses and participation in geriatric and orthogeriatric training
Main responsibilities
- Ensuring high-quality, evidence-based geriatric care on the acute geriatric ward, including OA visits, interprofessional case meetings and family meetings, and participation in the general internal medicine service system
- Engagement in the education and training of assistant doctors and nurses and participation in geriatric and orthogeriatric training
- Active participation in the Old Age Accident Center as an interdisciplinary lighthouse project of orthogeriatric care, including accident surgery visits, consiliary care, AUZ report and geriatric consultation
- Participation in the further development of acute geriatrics, with a perspective participation in the internistic visiting service as well as the opportunity for clinical research and academic development Requirements
- Specialist title General Internal Medicine (FMH or equivalent) with focus title Geriatrics (recognized degree or in further education, shortly before graduation)
- Proven clinical expertise in acute care medicine with solid anchoring in internal medicine
- Experience in orthogeriatric care is beneficial
- Understanding integrated, interdisciplinary care models We offer:
- Possibility for co-creation in the establishment and expansion of acute geriatrics and age traumatology
- Engage in a clinically and strategically important growth area with the opportunity to actively shape the further development of modern geriatric care models
Additional details
- Participation in the further development of acute geriatrics, with a perspective participation in the internistic visiting service as well as the opportunity for clinical research and academic development
- Understanding integrated, interdisciplinary care models
Notes and original content
- Requirements
Questions about this listing
What salary does Luzerner Kantonsspital (LUKS) offer for this role?
Luzerner Kantonsspital (LUKS) lists CHF 69'500 - 106'000 gross per year for this position in Luzern. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Luzerner Kantonsspital (LUKS) offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Lucerne?
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