Certified Nursing Specialist 80 - 100%
Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:25 November 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join the team at Justizvollzug und Wiedereingliederung for a fulfilling role. Enjoy a supportive work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Support and assist incarcerated individuals in daily life and crises.
- Provide initial intervention for medical and psychiatric emergencies.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary care team in health matters.
Skills
- Completed education in psychiatric or somatic health care; min. 5 years experience.
- Team-oriented approach with a high level of social competence.
- Flexibility and willingness for professional development in justice settings.
Is this helpful?
Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich and is responsible for penal and measure enforcement as well as the implementation of various types of detention. For our 1,400 employees from around 40 professions, the successful social reintegration of offenders and the prevention of recidivism are of particular importance.
The newly created Medical Service department ensures the medical-somatic basic care for incarcerated persons in all correctional institutions of the Canton of Zurich. As a central organizational unit, it guarantees a harmonized and high-quality health care according to the equivalence principle and works closely with the Psychiatric-Psychological Service and the JuWe institutions.
The Main Department of Pre-Trial Detention Centers Zurich (UGZ) - one of seven main departments of JuWe - currently operates seven prisons for pre-trial and security detention. One of these prisons is the Limmattal Prison (GFL), located in the Dietikon district building, which together with the Horgen Prison Department (GFH) offers 121 places for inmates. In addition to a department for adult inmates, the GFL has a strictly separated youth department as well as a crisis intervention department.
To complement our team at Limmattal Prison, we are looking for a resilient, open-minded, and humorous personality starting February 1, 2026.
This is your field of activity
- Accompanying and supporting incarcerated persons in everyday life and during crisis situations as well as promoting their social skills
- First intervention in medical and psychiatric emergencies as a member of the entire care team
- Organizing and participating in somatic, psychiatric, and dental consultations for the basic health care of inmates
- Conducting emergency training with the care team
- Collaborating in an interdisciplinary treatment and care team
- Contact person for internal and external work partners on health-related issues
- Co-responsibility for medication management and the operation of the pharmacy
- Shaping and developing the health service by contributing your professional and social competence
- Willingness to work shifts including weekends and public holidays
What you bring
- Completed training in psychiatric or somatic health and nursing (DN II or HF)
- Interest in the care and support of incarcerated persons in crisis situations
- At least 5 years of professional experience as a nursing specialist, preferably in psychiatry or an emergency department
- Team-oriented working style while adhering to security-relevant regulations in a prison
- Flexibility, personal responsibility, and a high level of social competence
- Willingness for professional development/education in the correctional services work environment
- Very good knowledge of German; knowledge of other languages is an advantage
- Minimum age of 25 years
- Impeccable reputation
What to expect
- A versatile and demanding activity in an interesting, extraordinary, and secure working environment
- Careful induction and a supportive, reliable team
- Well-connected workplace in Dietikon
- Wide range of training and further education opportunities
- Employment conditions according to cantonal guidelines
How to apply
We look forward to applicants with a lot of initiative, openness, humor, and joy in working in a dynamic company.
Take the next step in your professional career with us and send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to your dossier!
Any questions? Daniel Bosshart (Prison Director) is happy to assist you at 043 258 21 00. For questions about the application process, please contact the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 257 43 19.
JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the application process. Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
