Chief Physician / Director of the Clinic for Pneumology incl. Professorship (m/f/d)

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For our Clinic of Pneumology, Allergology, Sleep and Respiratory Medicine at the Wuppertal Barmen site, we are looking for a successor to Prof. Dr. med. Kurt Rasche as of 01.05.2026 due to retirement.

Chief Physician/Director (m/f/d) of the Clinic for Pneumology, Allergology, Sleep and Respiratory Medicine and Professorship of Pneumology at Witten/Herdecke University

full-time.

• Strengthening and further development of our cutting-edge pneumological medicine
• Strengthening existing medical specialties
• Management of your medical team
• Expansion of interprofessional cooperation
• Collaboration with other professional groups and colleagues from other specialist areas and the further development and optimization of processes
• Representing the department in research and teaching at the Faculty of Health at Witten/Herdecke University

• You are a specialist (m/f/d) in internal medicine and pneumology as well as intensive care medicine, sleep medicine and ideally allergology in order to master the complete spectrum of pneumology. You will impress with your specialist knowledge and outstanding quality of results
• You have a high level of social competence and treat patients and their relatives with respect and empathy
• Business management thinking and actions are a matter of course for you
• As a leader with the courage to innovate and convincing professional and personal qualities, you know how to motivate with a goal-oriented management style
• You are an enthusiastic university lecturer (m/f/d) and scientist (m/f/d) - appointment requirements for the professorship are a habilitation or equivalent scientific achievement in the field of internal medicine/pneumology. We also expect relevant evidence of research and teaching achievements (publications, acquisition of third-party funding, evidence of successful teaching)
• Legally required proof of immunization against measles

• In our company, you will benefit from the short lines of communication between specialists. Locally, between the chief medical board and the management of our maximum care provider, nationally from the exchange in the Helios specialist group
• As a university hospital, we offer you full access to research and teaching
• Attractive earning opportunities
• The Helios PlusCard: supplementary insurance financed by Helios with, among other things, elective treatment by a doctor of your choice in the event of hospitalization in one of our acute clinics
• Discounts for over 480 top brands and prevention programs, e.g. discounts at sports studios
• We offer you the chance to travel to work in an environmentally friendly way - with an employer subsidy for the Deutschlandticket

Helios is the leading hospital operator in Europe. Collegial and interdisciplinary cooperation and the rapid implementation of innovations guarantee our patients the best possible care. This creates a unique space for your knowledge, talents, ideas and future plans.

Helios University Hospital Wuppertal is a maximum care facility and the largest hospital in the Bergisches Land region with over 1,000 beds, around 50,000 inpatients and 100,000 outpatients. The clinic is certified as an oncology center of the DKG (CC) and is anchored in the state hospital plan as an oncology center of excellence.

The Clinic for Pneumology, Allergology, Sleep and Respiratory Medicine covers the entire spectrum of modern pneumology with the exception of pneumological transplantation medicine. The clinic offers all diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in this specialist field. All diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of the specialty are comprehensively implemented here. The clinic has all relevant specialist certifications and further training authorizations in the fields of internal medicine, pneumology, intensive care medicine and sleep medicine.

The clinic operates an intensive care weaning unit as well as a weaning care unit ("Lebensluft") established as a pilot project, which implements innovative concepts for ventilation weaning. The sleep medicine center rounds off the clinical care.

Together with the Clinic for Thoracic Surgery (Director: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Biancosino), the Clinic for Pneumology forms the Bergische Lungenzentrum.

A wide range of collaborations in the inpatient and outpatient areas ensure comprehensive patient care.

The Professorship of Pneumology at Witten/Herdecke University is located at the Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Clinic for Pneumology, Allergology, Sleep and Respiratory Medicine. This is a joint selection procedure.

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Equal opportunities in the workplace are important to us. That is why we particularly encourage people with disabilities, of all gender identities and backgrounds to apply.

For further information, please contact the clinic's Managing Director, Dr. Holger Raphael, on (0202) 896-3000 or the Medical Director, Prof. Dr. Patrick Haage, on (0202) 896-2565.

Helios Clinic Wuppertal GmbH
Heusnerstr. 40
42283 Wuppertal