ANIOS Clinical Geriatrics

• A gross monthly salary in FWG 65 from € 4,729 to € 7,127 (at the level of February 1, 2026) based on full-time employment of 36 hours per week. The scale is dependent on your relevant work experience. As of August 1, 2026, a collective labor agreement (CAO) increase of 2% will follow.
• A one-year contract (for an average of 38 hours per week) with the possibility of extension
• Travel allowance
• The possibility to work part-time
• Good career guidance from the 2 trainers, regardless of which direction you want to go
• An approachable mentor with whom you can always brainstorm if something is bothering you or if you have questions
• Opportunities for career advice
• Possible participation in the resident association ZuydAss, including fun activities with residents from the entire hospital, such as padel tournaments
• Fun team-building outings with the department (from dinners to Christmas drinks)

As a teaching hospital, we attach great value to the continuous development of our residents. Therefore, we make an educational budget available for ANIOS. With this budget, Zuyderland aims to support ANIOS in their professional growth through further training, congresses, or courses.

Read what else you will receive

Learn a great deal about hospital care for vulnerable elderly people in this unique ANIOS role in clinical geriatrics within a multidisciplinary and expert team.

• You will provide daily patient care at the outpatient clinic, the SAUG, within the consultation team, on the nursing ward, or in the ER. You will always do this under the guidance of the clinical geriatrician or the internist in geriatric medicine.
• You will be involved in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems in vulnerable elderly people. Patients often have a combination of physical, psychological, and social problems.
• You will work in various locations mentioned above and are therefore more than just a ward doctor.
• You will work primarily with vulnerable, very ill patients with necessary functional impairments, co-morbidity, and polypharmacy. As an ANIOS in geriatrics, you can often achieve a lot for them during this vulnerable stage of life.
• Naturally, you will always do this under the supervision of a geriatrician or an internist in geriatric medicine. There is also plenty of room to discuss cases before or after with specialists or nurses.
• You will attend educational sessions 2-3 times per week on broad topics that are useful in your work.
• As an ANIOS, you will get the opportunity to participate in the ROIG ultrasound course. What you learn there can subsequently be applied in daily practice under the supervision of the specialist.
• As an ANIOS, you will participate in the 24-hour shift structure

"The trainers in clinical geriatrics offer good guidance regarding your career opportunities. They look at your personal goals, even if you do not want to become a geriatrician. If you do want to, they help with your portfolio development." - resident in clinical geriatrics

Locations: Sittard and Heerlen

As an ANIOS in Clinical Geriatrics at Zuyderland, you will work closely with various disciplines, such as cardiology, emergency medicine, internal medicine, nurses, VS or PA, and paramedics. As a result, you will learn extensively from diverse specialties.

You will work in several locations within the hospital: as a ward doctor in the Geriatric Medicine department, but also during consultations in other hospital departments, at the outpatient clinic and the semi-acute unit, and in the emergency department. This allows you to gain very diverse experience in a short period of time.

Zuyderland is the leading teaching hospital for clinical geriatrics in the province. You will work alongside expert specialists and can count on a safe learning environment with much attention to your personal development.

Do you want to make a difference for a vulnerable and important target group in society: the elderly? Come work as an ANIOS in Clinical Geriatrics at Zuyderland. Your work is very varied: you will work on the wards, but also at the outpatient clinic, the semi-acute unit (SAUG), the consultation departments, and the ER. This means that, through collaboration with other specialists, nurses, and paramedics, you will learn a great deal in a short time. This position is a good foundation for a further career in geriatrics, general practice, and other specialties. Will you become the newest team member of our friendly and helpful department?

As an ANIOS in clinical geriatrics, you will be well-prepared for a training career as a clinical geriatrician, but also as, for example, a specialist in geriatric medicine, an internist, or a GP. You will gain extensive experience in the care of ill, vulnerable elderly people, and learn a great deal about it thanks to supervision by expert geriatricians. You will be deployed broadly within the hospital, which makes the position very varied and extra educational.

You are (now or almost) an enthusiastic junior doctor. You are good at collaborating, including multidisciplinarily. You have the ambition to continue working with elderly patients with a vulnerable health status, preferably as a clinical geriatrician. However, we also welcome people with the ambition to become, for example, a GP, or with other ambitions, to apply.

• You have an affinity for working with the elderly.

Working as a resident at Zuyderland: what is it like?

View the experience stories of other residents on our special site. Here you will also find more information and read what your future workday as a resident at Zuyderland might look like.

Working as a resident

From our Clinical Geriatrics department, we offer geriatric expertise within the hospital and in the region. We offer care in a nursing ward with 25 beds, in a (fall and memory) outpatient clinic, in a semi-acute unit, in a multidisciplinary trauma unit, and in a consultation team. With our team, we do everything possible to offer the best care in the South Limburg region for (vulnerable) elderly people. We do this from a multidisciplinary team. Within this, the clinical geriatrician specializes in the treatment of elderly people with complex medical problems.

Zuyderland is the only teaching hospital for geriatrics in the region. The department consists of 7 clinical geriatricians, 2 internists in geriatric medicine, and 10 residents. Our department is part of the Co-MIK partnership, consisting of internal medicine, gastroenterology (MDL), clinical geriatrics, and intensive care medicine. The departments work together intensively to help patients as well as possible. There is a pleasant atmosphere and we offer a safe learning environment in which you have easy access to specialists and trainers. Also, precisely because we are a peripheral hospital, there is much room for personal guidance.

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Zuyderland: your hospital?

Making even complex and intensive care feel as everyday as possible - that is our mission. That is why we believe in a pleasant atmosphere, a good conversation, and also laughing together. With more than 10,000 employees, Zuyderland is the largest medical center in Limburg. We are a peripheral hospital that prioritizes high-quality care.

As a top-clinical teaching hospital, we deliver excellent, local, and innovative patient care in a welcoming environment. We also devote much attention to training you to be the medical specialist of the future. Our vision? That the best training is as personal as possible. You decide for yourself what your learning trajectory looks like. We help you map out your path and offer the positive environment in which you can grow well.

Interested? Apply directly!

Have you become enthusiastic about this vacancy? Apply directly and send us your motivation and CV.

Do you want to know more or do you have questions about the vacancy?

For substantive questions, please contact:

• dr. W.M.W.H. Sipers, trainer, via w.sipers@zuyderland.nl
• drs. E. Castro, deputy trainer, via e.castro-zuyderland.nl

You can also reach them by telephone via 088 - 45 99 713.

Do you have questions about HR matters? Then email medischeopleidingen@zuyderland.nl or call 088 - 45 98 000 (option 5 - option 2).

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

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.