Occupational groups
We love diversity, whether on a large or small scale, in the international research landscape and in our teams on site: As a renowned psychiatric-psychotherapeutic clinic in the heart of Mannheim and Germany's largest neuropsychiatric research centre, our network extends throughout Europe. Our employees come from many different countries, have different professional backgrounds and work together in multi-professional teams on an equal footing.
Are you looking for meaningful work and a circle of colleagues based on tolerance, trust and appreciation? Then we'd like to get to know you. We are keen to hear from all committed people who are dedicated to their professional field and thereby make the CIMH even better.
Medical staff will find an exciting field of activity here with a broad range of disorders and multimodal therapy options, including a wide variety of psychotherapeutic approaches. The close link between patient care and research at the CIMH gives physicians the opportunity to play an active role in clinical and scientific studies. Anyone planning an academic career will find a wide range of topics and the opportunity for habilitation at the CIMH.
We advance our employees' clinical and scientific careers through a wide range of further training and networking opportunities and participation in international congresses. We value passionate clinicians as well as ambitious clinician scientists.
At the CIMH, medical work and care go hand in hand. Get to know Moritz and Julia here:
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Interdisciplinary work and thinking outside the box are part of everyday life at the CIMH for Urs and Sonja:
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Those who have studied psychology will find excellent conditions in clinical diagnostics, psychotherapeutic care and research at the CIMH, including the opportunity for doctoral studies and habilitation. We also offer postgraduate training as a psychological psychotherapist and as a child and adolescent psychotherapist.
Our nursing staff play a central role in the multi-professional teams. With an approachable and supportive attitude, they create the basis for sustainable therapeutic relationships. In terms of primary care, they support patients individually, promote their independence and assume responsibility within the framework of the various therapeutic approaches. Nursing staff at the CIMH play a key role in shaping new, innovative treatment concepts.
As practical instructors, our nurses pass on their knowledge and experience to trainees. At the same time, we support their professional training or further development into managers with individual opportunities.
#unbedingtwir – Get to know our nursing staff.
At the CIMH, nursing and medical work go hand in hand. Julia and Moritz show how it's done:
Occupational therapy at the CIMH is consistently geared to the requirements of everyday life and the ability to work. Based on a structured functional analysis, our occupational therapists offer individual and group therapies according to the latest professional standards.
They help our patients regain their everyday skills, improve their social skills and gain psychological stability, while providing incentives for self-help. Due to the variety of therapies and the wide age spectrum of our patients, occupational therapists at the CIMH have varied tasks and can make a big difference.
Here you can find out what occupational therapist Anna-Lisa and sports therapist Mathilde particularly value at the CIMH:
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Body and sports therapies have positive effects on mental disorders that are partially comparable to the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy or drug therapies. Regular exercise reduces anxiety, depression, hyperactivity and tension, while improving cognitive abilities, mood and sleep.
Our physiotherapists and sports therapists help to regenerate physical, mental and social functions with their range of exercise, sports, body therapy and physiotherapy. They enable our patients to experience self-efficacy and motivate them to take care of their health beyond their stay in the clinic.
You can learn about the interdisciplinary collaboration between sports therapist Mathilde and occupational therapist Anna-Lisa here:
In the child and adolescent psychiatry teams, social education workers and educators design educational tasks and plans, take part in parent training and family discussions and offer experiential education opportunities. They have a strong professional involvement and make a major contribution to the positive development of our young patients through their varied work.
The social service staff are part of our multiprofessional ward and track teams and at the same time integrated into a team of experienced professional colleagues. With empathy and expertise, they help our patients find their way back into a regular daily routine, master organizational challenges and develop and test professional perspectives.
Due to the variety of life situations of our patients, committed social workers at the CIMH find an exciting and varied field of activity, including goal-oriented further training and supervision.
The CIMH is a European leader in neuropsychiatric and psychotherapeutic research. Die Research at the CIMH ranges from basic research to clinical research and health services research. The professional qualifications and career paths of our research staff are equally varied.
Our scientists work in a highly networked approach and can use the infrastructure of the Centre for Innovative Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Research along with other Core Facilities. The colleagues from the Research Strategy and Research Communication Unit support our scientists with a wide range of opportunities for networking and successful career development.
Physician and scientist Urs and computer scientist Sonja explain what advances their research and the role that mutual inspiration plays:
The CIMH is growing and developing dynamically. The administration's diversely qualified employees are therefore constantly working on new solutions to enable innovations in research and patient care. Whether in finance, IT, personnel, construction and quality management, corporate development, communication or technology, the administration team acts as a reliable and innovative service provider for our experts in the clinics and research departments.
Our employees themselves are best placed to explain how we work together:
