Specialist Gerontopsychiatric Care and/or Deputy Ward Manager

• You strengthen our team on the dementia and delirium ward as a committed and professionally skilled specialist in the field of geriatric and neuropsychiatry and support the team in complex care and support situations.
• You actively work in the early and late shifts in nursing and care within the nursing team and contribute your professional expertise.
• You take on the role of daily responsibility and structure the daily routine with the nursing team.
• You accompany patients and their relatives individually as the responsible contact person through the nursing-therapeutic process.
• You ensure the implementation of concepts and guidelines in collaboration with the ward manager and the nursing specialist, thus enabling competent nursing care on the ward.
• Depending on interest and ability, you additionally take on the role of deputy ward manager for nursing and share responsibility for the leadership and development of approximately 25 employees in the nursing service.

• You have completed training as a nursing specialist FH and have a CAS in the field of dementia, or you have completed training as a nursing specialist HF with a DAS in the field of gerontological care or are willing to develop in this field.
• You have at least two years of professional experience in the field of dementia/delirium or gerontopsychiatry.
• You are an empathetic and communicative personality with a high degree of teamwork and keep a cool head even in challenging situations.
• You are interested in applying and further developing your leadership skills.
• You are an initiative personality with very good communication skills and enjoy multiprofessional collaboration.

Apply Online

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As soon as your application is received online, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by email. We look forward to getting to know you through your dossier and will check whether your qualifications, skills, and personality fit the advertised position and Psychiatrie St.Gallen. We will then get back to you.

In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatrie St.Gallen, the advertised position, and the challenges.

In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together if we are a good match. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.

You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide on you after the second interview and we will ask if you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.

In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. Along with the contract, you will receive relevant information about your employment.

Between accepting the position and your first day at work, you as a new employee can already access relevant internal information. This allows you to form a detailed picture of the company and prepare for the job.

On the first day, you will be onboarded in your new team and with other colleagues. You will set up your new workplace and get an overview of your upcoming tasks. You will also receive your individual introduction plan to help you quickly find your way around.