Pistor AG
Männedorf
2 days ago
Certified Nurse / Nurse or Certified Social Pedagogue / Social Pedagogue (Children's Ward)
- 10 February 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Männedorf
Job summary
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich cares for individuals with mental health issues. Join a supportive team environment that values innovation and trust.
Tasks
- Support children and teens in daily life and crisis situations.
- Ensure quality psychiatric and social pedagogical care.
- Collaborate with families and coordinate emergency admissions.
Skills
- Recognized qualification in nursing or social pedagogy required.
- Experience in pediatric psychiatry preferred.
- Ability to work independently and handle various shifts.
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About the job
The Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich treats and cares for mentally ill people of all ages. The over 2500 employees from 55 different professions contribute in interdisciplinary teams to the holistic care of patients, from diagnosis through therapy to aftercare. Our work is based on mutual trust and personal responsibility, and together we promote an innovative corporate culture. As a university hospital, we are successfully involved in national and international research projects.
Certified Nurse / Nurse or Certified Social Pedagogue / Social Pedagogue (Children's Ward)
70% - 90%
A new perspective? For patients. And for you.
In the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (KJPP) in Männedorf, children aged 5 to 15 with mental disorders are treated and cared for on two wards and a day clinic by an interdisciplinary team in a psychiatric-psychotherapeutic and milieu-therapeutically oriented setting. The Center for Child Psychiatry "Brüschhalde" at the Männedorf location has a modern infrastructure with a generously designed outdoor area. It is located in a recreational area between the Pfannenstiel region and Lake Zurich.
The treatment offer for our young patients includes a ward for short interventions and therapies and three psychotherapy wards with different treatment focuses. Each ward has eight treatment places available.
By arrangement, we are looking for a
Your tasks
- Active support of children and adolescents in their daily lives as well as in acute situations
- Ensuring nursing and social pedagogical care in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry
- Interprofessional work with parents, core teams, and reference systems
- Internal organization and coordination of emergency admissions (short intervention and therapy area)
- Active design of a resource-promoting milieu-therapeutic treatment setting
- Assistance in the training of apprentices and students on the ward
Your profile
- Completed, recognized vocational training in the HF/FH field (recognition certificate for foreign degrees)
- You see patients at the center of your work
- Professional experience in the psychiatric field, preferably with children and adolescents
- Enjoyment in actively participating in the development process of the newly designed offer
- Independent work, a solution-oriented attitude, and resilience characterize you
- Willingness to work various shifts on all weekdays (mainly early and late shifts)
Our offer
- Exciting, varied, and responsible areas of work in a versatile, dynamic, and university-influenced environment
- Case and team supervision
- Very good interprofessional collaboration as well as a committed management team
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- The opportunity to actively participate in change processes
- Very good employment conditions according to cantonal personnel law
- Attractive social benefits (60% coverage of pension fund contributions)
- Only 30 minutes from Zurich main station
- Discounted shopping opportunities as well as staff parking spaces, good public transport connections, and participation in the ZVV BonusPass
Nicola Keller
Ward Manager
Tel. +41 44 921 23 41
Ward Manager
Tel. +41 44 921 23 41
Contact:
For further information, please contact Nicola Keller, Ward Manager, Tel. +41 44 921 23 41.
For further information, please contact Nicola Keller, Ward Manager, Tel. +41 44 921 23 41.
We look forward to receiving your complete online application. We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.
