Head of Department (m/w/d) Social Psychiatry in the Health Department

Senior Consultant (m/w/d) The Health Office of the City of Cologne is one of the largest and most prestigious in the Federal Republic. Here, about 450 employees carry out the municipal tasks of the public health service on the basis of the laws of the Federal Republic and of the State and of the decisions taken by the Council. In addition to the social psychiatric service, including two social psychiatric centers, the department currently includes the substitution collective for opioid-dependent people, the mobile medical service for housingless people and the social work and addiction field. From 01.08.2025 we are looking for a leadership personality with a well-founded professional competence in psychiatry and psychotherapy, who wants to shape and further develop health care for the population of a million city with high commitment. You feel addressed? Then apply and make Cologne fitter!

You... perform the professional and service management of the Department of Social Psychiatry with around 110 employees and ensure a high-quality work of the public health service. take over a professional control and the strategic, economic and human development of the department in the sense of the main objectives of the city of Cologne. The further development of your department with a view to implementing the Public Health Service Pact is one of your key tasks and challenges. are responsible for positioning the multi-professional teams of the social psychiatry service for the nine urban districts, the substitution collective and the mobile medical service in a constantly changing social environment and finding convincing solutions for the challenges in a large city. are professional contact*in for internal and external participants in questions of mental health and psychiatric care in the preparation and development of guidelines and contributions. You work closely with the Department of Health Planning and Promotion, where psychiatry and addiction coordination as well as coordination of the Municipal Psychiatric Association are located. develop your department in terms of content and organization, initiate reform processes, understand the implementation of the urban guidelines for leadership and cooperation and take into account the change principles and sustainability objectives of the city of Cologne. responsible for health and safety matters in your department and take part in the medical readiness of the Health Office. take active support as a special function in the execution of elections and the motivation of your employees to take over such a function will be requested. This applies to a maximum of three days per choice, which are rewarded with special leave and a compensation for expenses.

Expected: a medical approval and a specialist recognition in the field of psychiatry and psychotherapy; and at least three years of senior management. We would like to point out that since 01.03.2020 the regulations of the Masernimpfschutzgesetz have been in force for this purpose. This will convince us: You... possess a further education authority in the field of psychiatry and psychotherapy or the willingness to obtain them in the future. have strong strategic competencies, very good professional problem-solving competence, innovative ability and analytical thinking skills and a goal-oriented and value-adding understanding of leadership. are experienced in dealing with decision-making bodies, the public and the press and are competent here. have knowledge ... in change and project management as well as in participation processes. on municipal administrative processes and relationships. the relevant legal bases of psychiatric care, including the right to accommodation and the right to privacy.

have above-average collaborative, communication and integration capabilities in cooperation with internal and external partners as well as strong negotiating competence and enforcement capability. have gender competence and diversity conviction, are committed to the reconciliation of work and life and effective promotion of women and promote individuality and diversity and implement the inclusion agreement. experience from a multiannual activity in a social-psychiatric service as well as in the community psychiatry and in addiction medicine.

an intensive incorporation by the former body holder during a period of knowledge transfer. in addition to all the benefits of the public service, an interesting, diverse and exceptional area of responsibility with a high degree of responsibility for ownership and leadership. a supplementary pension through an attractive pension. The place is rated according to AT (extra-tariff pay) of the collective agreement for employees in the public service. The weekly working hours are 39 hours per week. Employment is possible in part-time and full-time. The setting is terminated. The job invitation is made internally and externally parallel. JOBV1_EN