Deputy Head of Nursing Station
Pfäfers
Key information
- Publication date:24 December 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Pfäfers
Job summary
Join our team at the Psychiatry St.Gallen, known for accessible care.
Tasks
- Take responsibility for the nursing process in our emergency unit.
- Assist in the operational leadership alongside the head physician.
- Act as acting head during their absence, ensuring quality care.
Skills
- Must have a recognized nursing qualification and psychiatric expertise.
- Strong team player with empathy and social competence.
- Flexible, resilient, and committed to personal development.
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- You take over the professional responsibility for the entire nursing process in collaboration with the station management, according to the nursing concept and quality standards, of our admission and emergency station 60+.
- You are jointly responsible, as deputy for the nursing station management in dual leadership together with the responsible senior physician, for the organizational, operational, and professional management of the station.
- In the absence of the station management, you assume their responsibility and areas of responsibility as deputy.
- You actively participate in the daily station routine and shift work and act as a reference person in direct care to ensure the safety and care of our patients.
- You have completed training as a certified nursing specialist HF/FH (SRK recognition or positive SRK pre-check required for foreign diplomas).
- You have solid expertise in psychiatric nursing.
- Ideally, you already have some leadership experience or are willing to acquire it – with our support.
- You possess pronounced empathetic skills and are a team player who values and promotes multiprofessional collaboration.
- You have social skills, are flexible and resilient, and are used to working independently and responsibly.
- You are characterized by a willingness for continuous personal and professional development.
- You have empathy in dealing with patients.
With around 1,400 employees at our nine company locations, we ensure accessible, personal, and effective psychiatric treatments and care for adults in the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden as well as in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Apply Online
We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to receiving your online application via our homepage.
Confirmation by Email
As soon as your application has been 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 Psychiatry St. Gallen. We will then get back to you.
Interview with HR and Specialist Department
In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatry St. Gallen, the advertised position, and the challenges.
Invitation to the Second Interview
In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together whether we are a good match. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.
Oral Offer
You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide on you after the second interview and will ask if you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.
The Contract
In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. With the contract, you will also receive relevant information about your employment.
Preboarding
Between accepting the position and the first day of 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.
First Day of Work
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, which will help you find your way quickly.
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