Chief Surgeon

Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart, an academic teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Tübingen, is a modern, high-performance, and dynamically growing clinic with a confessional background. Located in the heart of Stuttgart, we provide care to approximately 21,000 inpatients and 90,000 outpatients annually with a team of around 1,850 employees and 400 beds in 8 main departments.

The surgical clinic at Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart, represented by the Medical Director (m/w/d), comprises several main departments, each led by a chief surgeon.

The Department of General and Visceral Surgery offers a comprehensive treatment spectrum as a regional provider, with two main areas of focus. Firstly, the surgery of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, and secondly, hernia surgery (national reference center, cooperation partner of the University of Tübingen) including reflux surgery.

Our goal is to develop and expand the future-oriented oncological visceral surgery with a focus on colorectal surgery. A unique feature is currently the MIC and robotic-assisted surgery in all indications. To this end, the surgical clinic, together with the urology department, already has two Da Vinci Xi surgical robots available. With the certification of our colorectal center (currently in transit status), we aim to establish and consolidate another focus of our certified oncological center. In addition to certification, we plan to establish and develop an interdisciplinary visceral medicine center, together with gastroenterology, with high priority and support from the sponsor.

On the other hand, it is essential to maintain and further develop the treatment focus of hernia surgery with a national reputation within general and visceral surgery, as well as to provide new impulses for the long-standing interdisciplinary pelvic floor center through new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Your Responsibilities

• You will represent and organize the clinic with convincing professional and social competence.
• You are responsible for the medical, economic, and organizational development in the context of certification as a colorectal center (currently in transit).
• Establish a competitive and visible oncological visceral surgery.
• Establish and develop an interdisciplinary visceral medicine center in close cooperation and joint leadership with the head of gastroenterology.
• Lead and organize an interdisciplinary pelvic floor consultation hour.
• Establish a curriculum for robotic surgery in the context of specialist training in visceral surgery.
• Support the establishment of a department for bariatric surgery.

Your Profile

• Specialist training in general and visceral surgery, additional qualification in proctology desired.
• High professional competence in visceral MIC and robotics, particularly in the field of colorectal surgery in all indications, Master Operator Da Vinci Xi.
• Experience in establishing and leading a certified colorectal center and certified pelvic floor/continence center.
• Long-term active participation in section-specific professional societies and associations, as well as participation in clinical studies specific to the profession.
• An engaged and performance-oriented personality with a high level of collegiality, responsibility, and interprofessional integration ability.
• A high level of leadership competence and willingness to represent and live the leadership goals of our institution.
• Scientific interest and habilitation are desirable but not a condition.
• Collaboration ability and willingness to engage in collegial, interdisciplinary cooperation with other specialist clinics.
• Comprehensive commitment to the training and further education of assistant and specialist physicians (m/w/d).
• The patient is at the center of your activities, and you embody our corporate image and the goals of our diakonial institution.

We Offer You

• A challenging, varied, and responsible work environment with many opportunities for design in a new, modern clinic on a growth trajectory.
• A pleasant working atmosphere in an engaged and motivated team.
• A future-oriented and high-performance clinic structure.
• A position-specific, performance-based remuneration.
• Versatile offers for the promotion of your personal health, as well as staff leasing.
• The possibility of childcare for children up to 6 years.
• Excellent public transportation connections.