Psychiatrist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven psychiatrist who wants to further develop within academic hospital psychiatry across the entire lifespan. This is a versatile position of 32 hours per week, in which you will work in various parts of our department and gain experience in both inpatient and outpatient patient care. Initially, this concerns an appointment for one year.

You are interested in complex psychiatric issues in connection with somatic conditions and feel at home in an academic environment where patient care, education, research, and innovation are closely interconnected. You are curious, connecting, and flexible, and you enjoy working in multidisciplinary teams.

Whether you have recently registered as a psychiatrist or have already gained some experience, you have the ambition to further develop within academic hospital psychiatry.

The position offers the opportunity to gain experience within various parts of the department. In doing so, you will work within both clinical and outpatient settings and contribute to highly specialized patient care for people with complex psychiatric disorders, often in combination with somatic issues. Through the combination of patient care, education, research, and innovation, this position offers a broad foundation to further develop within academic psychiatry.

• you contribute to both clinical and outpatient diagnostics and treatment of patients with complex psychiatric disorders and somatic comorbidity;
• you work together with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, and other medical disciplines within Radboudumc;
• you contribute to the further development of specialized diagnostics and innovative forms of treatment within our care programs;
• you participate in the education of medical students, residents, and other healthcare professionals;
• you are given the space to further develop your own interests in the fields of patient care, education, research, or innovation.

Based on the knowledge gained in biological psychiatry and related disciplines, disorders are treated that have developed from a young age based on gene-environment interactions and are accompanied by various forms of comorbidity from adolescence onwards. Within an area of expertise surrounding developmental disorders, this concerns the diagnostics, advice, and treatment of ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and their most common comorbidity in the form of addiction and mood disorders. The department has a clear emphasis on addiction psychiatry, which also has a clinical component in the MPU and is a leader in the field of complex opioid detoxification.

Using the mechanism of overlapping neurobiology as an explanatory mechanism, a second area of expertise exists in the treatment of affective disorders and anxiety disorders and their comorbidity. The focus lies on severe and/or treatment-resistant mood disorders, with treatments such as ECT, rTMS, esketamine, and pharmacogenetic advice. Additionally, work is being done to overcome the stigma surrounding biological treatments and to increase knowledge about them, both nationally and internationally, in combination with proven effective psychological treatments such as CBT and schema therapy.

This approach focuses on strengthening human resilience through mindfulness- and compassion-based interventions. Resilience is seen here as the ability to recover from or adapt to adversity or stressful circumstances. In this care program, a non-pharmacological transdiagnostic approach is used, in which common cognitive and behavioral patterns that make one vulnerable to various mental disorders are identified and influenced by mindfulness training. This also makes an important contribution to (relapse) prevention.

The department provides diagnostics and treatment of psychiatric disorders in somatic conditions via the Medical Psychiatric Unit (MPU) and outpatient comorbidity care, including the POP clinic, neuropsychiatry, pain clinic, and de-novo psychiatry. The department is a gateway specialty and provides integral and (highly) specialized diagnostics and treatment. Radboudumc offers possibilities for rapid diagnostics in case of suspected somatic-psychiatric comorbidity thanks to collaboration with ER physicians, somatic specialists, and the possibility of extensive supplementary diagnostics. The consultative function is fulfilled both within and outside the hospital. Additionally, the department is easily accessible for GPs, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and other mental health partners in the region. As an MPU, the department contributes to acute regional care with the HIC in close cooperation with Pro Persona, the CWZ, and Rijnstate.

For all care programs, the outpatient clinic, the MPU, and the neurobiological treatment center are utilized.

The patient care of the Psychiatry department is part of the Center for Brain and Senses. The center aims to make an important contribution to the prevention, cure, and living with a disorder of the brain and senses. For the patients of today and the care of tomorrow, with the goal that people can function as optimally as possible personally and socially.

The center contributes to the mission of Radboudumc for a 'significant impact on healthcare' through sustainable and innovative technological and person-centered diagnostics, prevention, and treatments. Within the center, collaboration occurs across professional boundaries, where everyone can contribute equally to the team. The diversity of disorders, expertise, knowledge, professionals, and people stimulates interprofessional learning and collaboration. Additionally, there is close collaboration with patients and professional network partners within and outside the UMC, including partners in the region.

• The first interviews will take place on December 2, 2026, between 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM. It would be good if you could take this into account.
• A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is required for this position.

We are recruiting for this vacancy ourselves. We do not appreciate acquisition; however, sharing within your network is welcome.