Geriatric Medicine Specialist in Amsterdam

• a varied and meaningful job in a professional and pleasant working environment where your input is valued;
• an indefinite contract for 18 hours per week, or in combination with working on a PG ward for 34 hours per week;
• a salary between € 7002,- and € 9725,- (FWG 75) based on a 36-hour work week;
• excellent employment conditions in accordance with the GGZ collective labor agreement, with all kinds of nice extras. Click here for more information about our employment conditions.

Parnassia is looking for a specialist in geriatric medicine for the DOC team in Zaandam.

Are you a flexible, creatively thinking, solution-oriented colleague? As a specialist in geriatric medicine, do you want to be part of a multidisciplinary and specialist team where you, as an SO, are responsible for medical-somatic care and psychogeriatric diagnostics and treatment? Then read on.

Dementia Research and Consultation (DOC) is a specialist team for people with (the suspicion of) dementia when diagnostics and treatment are complex.

This team investigates, treats, and guides people with complaints that may indicate dementia. In doing so, we want to support our clients as well as possible by looking at what care is needed, where it is important to let clients live at home as long and independently as possible. In the role of specialist in geriatric medicine.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team, which consists of, among others, a geriatric psychiatrist, a healthcare psychologist, and outpatient nurses.

Your duties

• performing intakes and crisis intervention (within office hours);
• treating and guiding elderly people with often severe cognitive problems, including the associated administrative tasks and care coordination;
• taking charge and establishing/maintaining contact with the clients' network/system;
• working in an outreach capacity and representing the team in the city, including through collaboration with chain partners;
• collaboration with the other specialist team (Parnassia Geriatric Psychiatry).

Did you know that as a specialist in geriatric medicine, you can also combine this position with a position at the PG inpatient clinic for 16 hours per week, meaning you work a total of 34 hours per week?