Dipl. Nurse HF/FH Geriatric Psychiatry 50-100%

About the job

In our geriatric psychiatry unit, currently with 16 beds, older people, usually from the age of 65, are comprehensively treated and supported. The focus is on the diagnosis, therapy and prevention of mental illnesses that occur in connection with age or may be favoured by age-related changes. 

With professional competence, empathy and a holistic view, you accompany our patients through their individual care and treatment process. In doing so, you take responsibility for the professional management of care and work closely with the interprofessional treatment team as well as relatives and external partners.

Your area of responsibility

• Key worker role and nursing case management: You plan, manage and evaluate the care process of the patients assigned to you.
• Shift responsibility: You coordinate the shift professionally, set priorities and ensure a clear distribution of tasks and delegation within the nursing team.
• Psychiatric nursing: You assess the mental state, recognise changes early and act professionally and appropriately in crises and challenging situations.
• Geriatric psychiatric nursing: You support people with various clinical pictures such as dementia, delirium, depression, addiction disorders or psychoses as well as psychiatric and somatic multimorbidity.
• Work with relatives: You advise and support relatives and involve them appropriately in the treatment process.
• Interprofessional collaboration: You contribute your nursing expertise in ward rounds and case discussions and actively participate in setting and reviewing treatment goals.
• Discharge and transition management: Together with the treatment team, you develop sustainable follow-up solutions and work with Spitex, care homes, referrers and other external partners.

In doing so, you create a trusting and appreciative atmosphere in which our patients feel safe, taken seriously and professionally supported.

Fancy a glimpse?

Why nursing with us is not just nursing, you can find out in  our video .

Your profile

• Completed training as a Dipl. Nurse HF/FH; with foreign diploma with corresponding SRK recognition
• Professional experience in the psychiatric field desired
• Willingness for professional development (including full cost coverage of an age-relevant CAS by Spital Affoltern)
• Team-oriented, independent and resilient personality 
• Enjoyment of collaboration and networking with internal interfaces as well as active commitment to interprofessional cooperation
• Initiative, cooperative and solution-oriented working style
• High sense of responsibility as well as the ability to act proactively and appropriately to the situation
• Strong social and communication skills as well as an appreciative approach to patients, relatives and staff

Our culture – your benefits

"With us, you can still be yourself": It is familial and personal here. As part of the Spital Affoltern team, you also benefit from attractive employment conditions and numerous fringe benefits: joker day, shopping discounts and two subscriptions for free entry to the FORTYSEVEN Wellness Spa are just a few examples of our  fringe benefits .

About us

Spital Affoltern is the largest employer and training institution in the Knonauer Amt. Around 550 employees work with us every day for the well-being of the patients. Find out more about us in  our portrait . 

Questions about the job content? Spital Affoltern AG Melanie Brügger Co-Head of Nursing, Social Affairs and Therapies Phone number +41 44 714 33 94 E-mail melanie.bruegger(@)spitalaffoltern.ch