Head of the Department of Psychiatry

Department: Department of Psychiatry  – Faculty of Medicine
Deadline: 19 Apr 2026
Start date: 1. 9. 2026
Job type: full-time
Job field: Science and research | Education and schooling

Director of the University Hospital Brno and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University announces a selection procedure for the position:

Head of the Department of Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry is a medical, educational, and research institution of the University Hospital Brno and the Faculty of Medicine of MU. It includes outpatient and inpatient services, and also provides services in the field of psychological care. The clinic also focuses on the prevention of mental disorders and provides care for adult patients and children from three years of age. The priority of the workplace is not only the treatment of chronic mental illnesses, but rather focuses on acute psychiatric-psychological care. The clinic is also a methodological center for the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology in the Brno region.

The Department Head position candidate must be a respected expert in the field of psychiatry, with experience of working in a given area and with expertise in pre-graduate and postgraduate education.

The Head of the department will be responsible for the management of the clinic, undergraduate medical education, doctoral studies, publishing and coordination of research conducted at the clinic. The Candidate for Department Head will present his/her idea of fulfilling the above during the selection process.

Requirements for a declared position:

• University education in general medicine or equivalent education acquired abroad;
• Eligibility to pursue the profession of physician in the relevant field in accordance with Section 5 of Act No. 95/2004 Coll.;
• Academic degree PhD or scientific rank of CSc;
• Habilitation within the meaning of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education, the scientific-pedagogical title of professor is an advantage;
• Personal and professional requirements for managing the medical and academic team of the clinic;
• Teaching experience and readiness to guarantee vocational subjects taught at the workplace;
• Scientific and publishing activities in the given field;
• Active knowledge of the Czech language;
• Moral integrity;
• Fulfilment of prerequisites according to Act No. 451/1991 Coll. (the Lustration Act); does not have to document persons born after 1 December 1971 and applicants from abroad.

We offer:

• Work in an inspiring intellectual environment with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary cooperation;
• Work in a top medical and educational workplace, involvement in teaching in a unique simulation centre;
• Professional growth and the possibility of continuing education;
• Supplementary pension insurance and other benefits.

Applications together with

• a structured CV,
• an overview of scientific and publishing activities,
• contact details of two persons for references (name, position, telephone number),
• photocopies of qualification papers and diplomas (external applicants only)
• a criminal record (no older than three months)
• certificate according to Act No. 451/1991 Coll. (does not have to document persons born after 1 December 1971 and applicants from abroad),

should be sent to the HR department of the Faculty of Medicine through e-Application (see below). For more information, please contact Mgr. Adéla Otáhalová at e-mail  adela.otahalova@med.muni.cz