AIOS Clinical Geriatrics

Complex medicine, truly having time for your patient and working in a close-knit team? Then training to become a clinical geriatrician might be exactly what you are looking for.

The Southern Training Cluster (Catharina Hospital, GGZ Eindhoven, Zuyderland Medical Center, and Mondriaan GGZ Heerlen) is looking for enthusiastic physicians who want to train as clinical geriatricians.

At this moment, a training position is available at Zuyderland Medical Center.

No two elderly patients are the same. It is precisely that combination of complex medical issues, vulnerability, cognitive disorders, and social factors that makes the profession challenging and varied. You look beyond a single condition and work intensively with colleagues from different disciplines to provide the most appropriate care.

The training to become a clinical geriatrician lasts five years and consists of:

• 2 years of preliminary training in Internal Medicine (the preliminary training can also be completed at another training hospital of your choice)
• 3 years of advanced training in Clinical Geriatrics, including internships in neurology and geriatric psychiatry.

We are looking for physicians who are curious, enjoy collaborating, and gain energy from complex patient care.

Ideally, you already have experience within clinical geriatrics. Do you not have this yet? Then there is also the possibility to first gain experience as an ANIOS within our team.

The training is provided within the Eindhoven region and the Sittard-Geleen/Heerlen region. At this moment, only the training position at Zuyderland Medical Center is available. The geriatric psychiatry internship is completed at Mondriaan GGZ in Heerlen.

Zuyderland is a top-clinical teaching hospital (STZ) with locations in Sittard-Geleen and Heerlen. The Clinical Geriatrics department consists of nine clinical geriatricians and one internist-geriatrician and is part of the partnership of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology (MDL), Clinical Geriatrics, and Intensive Care.

You will join a dedicated department where lines of communication are short and collaboration is a matter of course. Much attention is paid to training, supervision, and personal development.

As an AIOS, you will become acquainted with the entire field. You will work, among other things, in:

• the clinical ward (25 beds);
• the fall and memory outpatient clinic;
• the semi-acute unit;
• the multidisciplinary trauma unit;
• the consultation team;

In addition, the department is active within the Transmural Palliative Team and is involved in various scientific research projects.

During your training, you will complete an internship at Mondriaan GGZ Heerlen. Here, you will gain experience in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in the elderly, both outpatient and inpatient.

You will be appointed according to the Cao Ziekenhuizen in the salary scale for physicians in training to become specialists. The classification depends on your experience.

Are you curious if clinical geriatrics suits you? We would love to tell you more about the training and would like to introduce you to our department.

Ms. E. Castro (clinical geriatrician and trainer Zuyderland) e.castro@zuyderland.nl.

Dr. W.M.W.H. Sipers (clinical geriatrician and deputy trainer Zuyderland) w.sipers@zuyderland.nl.

Telephone number 088-4599713.

More information about clinical geriatrics can be found at www.nvkg.nl. More information about the training to become a clinical geriatrician in Cluster South can be found on the OORZON website: Clinical Geriatrics | OORZON

A reference check and screening may be part of the procedure. For all positions within Zuyderland, a VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct) is required.