Team Leader Nursing and Care (Long-term Care)

Publication date:22 November 2025
Workload:100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:Opfikon

Job summary

Join the Alterszentrum Gibeleich as a Teamleiter/in Pflege und Betreuung! This role offers a chance to shape care for our residents in a dynamic environment.

Tasks

Lead three group leaders and a team of eight professionals.
Manage staffing schedules and ensure quality care for 64 residents.
Optimize operations while adhering to resources and regulations.

Skills

Completed vocational training in nursing and leadership education required.
Strong leadership and innovative mindset needed.
Excellent German communication skills essential.

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About the job

Team Leader Nursing and Care (Long-term Care)

Today's senior center has around 80 beds, 37 senior apartments, and a decentralized living group for people with dementia. In addition, the Gibeleich senior center offers a public restaurant, operates a meal service for the residents of the city of Opfikon, and supplies 11 children's daycares. In the coming years, the senior center is to be further developed into a competence center for health in old age.

General Information

Workload
80-100 %
Start date
January 1, 2026, or by arrangement
Employer
Gibeleich Senior Center / Nursing and Care Department
Type of employment
Permanent
Type
Job offer

Tasks

Management of three group leaders as well as all specialists in the own area (currently 8 specialists including 3 group leaders). The assistant staff is managed by the group leaders
Responsible for duty planning with support from the group leaders
Responsible for needs-oriented nursing and care of 64 residents distributed over 4 floors
Planning, optimization, and monitoring of operational processes, while adhering to personnel, organizational, and financial resources
Responsible for the BESA assessments of the residents and for the development processes with support from the BESA tutor
Active participation and responsible further development of the future of the own department together with the nursing and care management
Support of trainers in the training of apprentices and students

Expectations

Completed vocational training in the field of nursing at tertiary level as well as completed further training in leadership
Professional experience in an equivalent function is an advantage
Energetic, exemplary, and responsible leader
Openness to the interRai LTCF and digitization projects
Very good German skills in spoken and written form

We offer

Responsible, exciting, and varied activity with great scope for design
Professional support from BESA tutor, Advanced Practice Nurse, and the naturopath
Home office possibility
Attractive employment conditions and social benefits
Generous training and further education opportunities
Very good accessibility by public and private transport

Procedure

Please send your complete application documents to Ms. Arleen Schanz-Reyes, Head of Nursing and Care, personal.az@opfikon.ch

Further information

For further questions, Ms. Arleen Schanz-Reyes, Head of Nursing and Care, is available by phone at 044 829 85 22.