ER Chief Medical Officer — EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale

Role overview

The Ticino multisite hospital is present with its institutes on the whole cantonal territory for a total of 1’000 beds.

The organization allows to effectively combine local approach and overall vision, ensuring the population a global and proximity hospital offer, regardless of where the services are required.

Thanks to the commitment and expertise of more than 6,500 employees and their attention to the human relationship, EOC ensures quality health care by taking care of more than 41,000 patients per year and providing more than 600,000 outpatients.

The following position is addressed to candidates wishing to apply spontaneously as a Chief Medical Officer of the EOC Emergency Medical Service (SMU EOC) is located in Lugano and Bellinzona (category 1 multidisciplinary training centre), as well as in Mendrisio and Locarno (category 2 training centre).

The headquarters of Lugano also serves as a hub centre for the Canton Ticino as regards time pathologies such as stroke, polytrauma and ischemic cardiopathy.

Each head of the SMU EOC will be assigned priority to one of the EOC SMU EOC (Bellinzona, Locarno, Lugano, Mendrisio) and will be able to rotate on the other sites.

Applicants/ eligible candidates will be employed within an interdisciplinary team in which they will perform clinical activities and will have the opportunity to do clinical and training research, also covering organizational tasks.

People chosen will also have a role as tutor of doctors in training, as well as medical students of the University of Italian Switzerland.

Applicants will have wide and interesting training opportunities, ranging from weekly training, simulation, discussion of complex clinical cases, to clinical toxicology lessons.

They can then attend courses such as ACLS, ATLS, POCUS, PALS, NIV and complete their training to obtain the recognition of SMUSS emergency doctor if not yet in possession.