Head of Nursing and Care / Deputy GL 80-100%

Kilchberg

Key information

Publication date:28 August 2025
Workload:80 – 100%
Place of work:Kilchberg

Job summary

Join the beautiful Alterszentrum Hochweid in Kilchberg, a caring home for the elderly. Experience a supportive environment focused on patient well-being and growth.

Tasks

Lead and develop the nursing and care department operations.
Enhance and coordinate resident-oriented care processes.
Foster collaboration with residents, families, and staff.

Skills

Degree in nursing with leadership experience; expertise in dementia care.
Empathy and teamwork with a positive attitude are essential.
Strong IT skills with MS Office and care management tools.

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The beautifully located Hochweid Senior Center in Kilchberg includes a nursing and care home with space for around 48 residents as well as a care living group with 10 places for people with dementia. The focus of our work is on palliative care and dementia care. Our center also includes a senior settlement with 53 senior apartments as well as 5 additional senior apartments in the Conradstift at Dorfstrasse 80/82.

If the well-being of elderly people is a matter close to your heart, you can inspire an international and multicultural team, and you want to grow with your task, then join us as

Head of Nursing and Care / Deputy GL

You can look forward to this challenge

Responsibility for the operational, professional and personnel management as well as development of the nursing department
Optimization, coordination and further development of resident- and resource-oriented nursing and care processes
Your role as an empathetic contact person for residents, their relatives and employees and active shaping of the community in our institution
Design of interdisciplinary cooperation with external and internal stakeholders as well as network partners and ensuring excellent nursing and care services
Close cooperation with the management and team leaders combined with responsibility for high quality standards, cost-effectiveness and goal achievement
Proactive, strategic-conceptual and future-oriented management of demanding projects

This is what we expect from you

Completed training as a certified nurse FH or HF
Extensive experience in staff management and department leadership
Several years of experience in long-term care of people with dementia and palliative care setting
High empathy, teamwork skills and a positive basic attitude
Very goodEDP skills (MS Office, careCoach, RAI LTCF)
A touch of humor and confident communication in German
Ability to inspire, make decisions and handle conflicts

This is what we offer you

An appreciative corporate culture in a family-oriented environment with a strong sense of WE
A secure job in a respected, palliative care-certified and beautifully located institution with a view of Lake Zurich
Attractive social and insurance benefits and generous retirement provision
A company parking space, subsidies for public transport subscriptions, health promotion and leisure activities
Affordable and healthy meals from the in-house kitchen, fruit basket, free drinks, paid mid-morning break
At least 5 weeks of vacation per year, compensation days and the possibility to buy additional vacation
Wide range of training, further education and junior staff promotion programs

Have we made you curious?
Please apply exclusively via our online application portal at www.alterszentrum-hochweid.ch. Applications submitted by e-mail will neither be considered nor answered.

Applications from third-party providers/recruiters will not be considered!

Do you have questions? Feel free to contact us.