Verein Spitex Nidwalden
Alpnach
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Health Specialist EFZ as a Second Educational Path
- Publication date:09 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Alpnach
Job summary
Spitex Nidwalden is a dynamic company in home care. Join a supportive team!
Tasks
- Provide care for sick and elderly individuals in their homes.
- Assist clients with daily tasks to promote independence.
- Complete training alongside experienced professionals at XUND.
Skills
- Must be 22 with two years of relevant caregiving experience.
- Strong verbal and written German communication skills required.
- Ability to work autonomously and take on responsibilities.
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About the job
Spitex Nidwalden is a dynamic and future-oriented company in the field of outpatient care. Around 160 health, nursing, and housekeeping professionals are on the move daily. We enable our clients to live a self-determined life in their familiar environment through comprehensive care services. Our team is our greatestasset. We place great value on a positive working atmosphere and the continuous
development of our employees.
We offer training positions from August 2026 as
Health Specialist EFZ as a second educational path
As a health specialist, you care for, support, and nurse sick, impaired, and elderly people in their daily environment. The corresponding training consists of professional activity at the training company, lessons at the vocational school, and inter-company courses (üK) at the XUND Health Education Center in Alpnach.
The catch-up training to become a health specialist offers the opportunity to complete a shortened two-year apprenticeship in healthcare.
Requirements
You have reached the age of 22 and have at least two years of practical experience in
the field of nursing and care with at least a 60% workload. Good oral and written German skills are also required.
What we offer
As a trainee at Spitex Nidwalden, you work in a team with great independence, a lot of
personal responsibility, and varied activities. You will be accompanied, supported, and assessed by our trainers and experienced professionals. In addition, you have 33 days of vacation.
Opportunities with this training
The federal certificate of competence as a Health Specialist offers you the opportunity to work in hospital-internal and hospital-external institutions of the healthcare system. At the same time, various further education and training opportunities at a higher technical school are open to you.
Further information
For more information, please contact Silvia Durrer, Head of Education, at telephone number 041 618 20 50.
Are you interested?
Then we look forward to receiving your complete application. Please send it to Sibylle von Matt,
Head of Personnel by e-mail: personal@spitexnw.ch (please as a PDF file).
