Medical Resident in Training to Psychiatrist

Do you want to specialize as a graduated general practitioner to become a psychiatrist, and are you that professional general practitioner who wants to develop themselves and is flexible in mindset? Within the Psychiatry department of Maastricht UMC+, there are four vacancies for four training positions to psychiatrist in 2026.

Your duties will take place within Maastricht UMC+, with possible secondment to one of our partners.

The general tasks will be

• Conducting psychiatric anamnesis

• Performing psychiatric and physical examinations;

• Diagnosing;

• Formulating treatment plans;

• Treating patients;

• Guiding patients and/or family within the disease process;

• Participating in clinical discussions, patient discussions, and staff meetings

• Participating in the duty roster, including on-call services in the evening, night, and weekend;

• Participating in scientific research (possibly as part of a PhD track) and education.

The Brain+Nerve Center (HZC) is a collaboration of ten specialties within the MUMC+, where the clinical and operational approaches are jointly coordinated and implemented. The HZC focuses on patients with complex conditions related to the brain and/or nervous system, where the conditions often consist of multiple types of complaints and are characterized by complexity and comorbidity. Because the complaints are investigated by specialists from various medical fields, we can perform efficient diagnostics and treatments, also for complex, tertiary care questions. Furthermore, within the Brain+Nerve Center, the various specialties work closely together in the fields of scientific research, education, and training, whereby innovations and fundamental knowledge are continuously generated and further developed.

In the Brain+Nerve Center, specialists from the following medical fields work together:

• Psychiatry

• Medical Psychology

• Neurology

• Neurosurgery

• Clinical Neurophysiology

• ENT

• Audiology

The Psychiatry department leads the Psychiatry University Clinic (PUK) of the MUMC+. Within it, the department focuses on academic psychiatric and hospital psychiatric care within 5 care pathways, namely 1) Cognition 2) Psychosomatics, 3) Mood, 4) Child, Youth & Adolescents, and 5) Eating Disorders. The care processes take place across the settings of outpatient clinic, day treatment, and clinic within the PUK, and also via psychiatric consultation in other departments in the MUMC+. Together with the Medical Psychology department and the psychiatric nursing ward, the department provides Mental Health Care (GGZ) within the MUMC+. The staff members of the psychiatry department are directly connected to the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology at Maastricht University. The department holds a unique position in the region, where, together with network partners, the academization of psychiatry and mental health care in care, research, and training is shaped in South-East Netherlands. An important part of the department in this regard is the independent (university) training to psychiatrist within the MUMC+, together with network partners.

UOPZ
Within the MUMC+, this is a dynamic, academic training program, carried out by the partnership with Maastricht University. Much attention is paid to the individual development of the residents, and there are various possibilities for special in-depth study in the field of scientific research (possibly including a PhD track), psychotherapy, psychiatry at the interface of somatic medicine, eating disorders, and academic child psychiatry. Additionally, Maastricht UMC+ collaborates within the training to psychiatrist with Mondriaan, METggz, and Zuyderland, Sittard location (UOPZ consortium), and within OOR-ZON regarding the educational curriculum with GGzE Eindhoven.

Together with the department within UM and Mondriaan, the MUMC+ has developed a network of active care programs in regional mental health care over the past 10 years, with much attention to transmuralization, continuous care evaluation, and a proper balance between scientific evidence and the unique experiences of individual patients. The region serves as a national model in the field of psychosis care, neuropsychiatry (also in the context of gerontopsychiatry), and hospital psychiatry (top-referral and nationally unique MedPsych units for adults and children).

The psychiatrists attach importance to cultivating and maintaining a collegial atmosphere and a safe training climate. The entirely revised educational curriculum is aimed at the integration of practical skills and theoretical knowledge, and makes use of a choir of university specialists. There is a separate curriculum for modern psychotherapy, with ample opportunities for individual supervision of psychotherapeutic activities. Maastricht University is one of the few Dutch Universities with a KNAW-recognized top psychiatric research program.

You have successfully completed your medical studies, possess a general practitioner diploma recognized in the Netherlands, and are BIG-registered. Furthermore, you possess good social and interpersonal skills. You enjoy working in a multidisciplinary team.

You have a demonstrable interest in the field of psychiatry. Clinical experience is recommended.

For this position, you must be able to provide a Certificate of Conduct (VOG) before the start of employment.

To start successfully in this role, it is important that you have a good command of the Dutch language (minimum B2 level) due to contact with, among others, patients and colleagues. Additionally, it is a requirement that you are permitted to work in the Netherlands (EU/EEA nationality or a valid work permit).

Depending on education and experience, the salary is at least € 4,642.- and at most € 6,393.- gross per month for a full-time appointment. This salary is exclusive of irregularity allowances, holiday allowance, and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% of your gross annual salary.

This concerns a temporary employment contract for the duration of the training for an average of 46 hours per week in accordance with article 2.4.4 Cao umc.

It is expected that you will work irregular shifts during evening, night, and weekend hours and public holidays.

At Maastricht UMC+, we ensure that you have everything to make your contribution to ultimate care. The right employment conditions belong with that. Read here what we offer you.

For more information about the position or the training and career opportunities, you may contact prof. dr. A. Leentjens (trainer), reachable at 043-387 7443 or via opleiding.psychiatrie@mumc. Want to shadow for a day? That is also a possibility!

For information about the application procedure, follow this link. General information about employment conditions and working at Maastricht UMC+ can be found here. Unable to find the answer to your question? Then contact the Recruitment team.

Have you become enthusiastic? Feel free to apply—as long as the vacancy is open, we will continue to process responses.

We recruit our candidates ourselves and do not work with external agencies for this vacancy.