Schaffhausen
Area Manager Psychiatry
- 05 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
The Hospitals of Schaffhausen include the Cantonal Hospital, the Psychiatric Services, the Radiology and Cardiology Posthof Neuhausen practices, as well as the Neurology Practice Schaffhausen Centre. With over 1,700 employees, we ensure the extended medical and nursing basic care of the Schaffhausen region. Annually, we care for approximately 11,000 inpatients and 90,000 outpatients. Additionally, we are an important training centre in the canton.
Do you want to shape rather than just manage? As Area Manager Psychiatry, you will take on a central leadership and management role from 1 November 2026 or by arrangement. Together with the medical and nursing management, you will further develop the Psychiatric Services, lead the administration, and ensure an economically sustainable and professional organisation. In doing so, you combine business management thinking with a strong understanding of people and the particularities of psychiatry.
The Psychiatric Services consist of the Breitenau Psychiatric Centre, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, and the HeGeBe, and together with the Cantonal Hospital, they form one of several locations of the Hospitals of Schaffhausen. The Breitenau Psychiatric Centre in the Breite district of Schaffhausen comprises the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy with its inpatient, day clinic, and outpatient treatment offerings, as well as long-term psychiatry.
Area Manager Psychiatry
What Awaits You
- You manage the commercial and administrative concerns of the Psychiatric Services and actively shape their further development.
- Together with the medical and nursing management, you influence the operational and organisational development of psychiatry.
- You are responsible for budget, forecasts, cost management, and reporting, creating transparency about the economic development.
- You support the medical and nursing management in business, administrative, and financial matters.
- You work closely with HR, finance, controlling, and other central hospital departments.
- You identify optimisation potentials and continuously develop administrative and organisational processes.
- You contribute to strategic, structural, and organisational developments as well as investment and business case decisions.
What You Bring to Us
- You have a solid business management education and bring experience in finance, controlling, and corporate management.
- You have experience in leading and developing employees and know how to motivate people towards common goals.
- Ideally, you are familiar with the structures and challenges of a hospital or the healthcare sector.
- You recognise connections, think ahead, and derive concrete recommendations for action from figures and analyses.
- You want not only to manage but actively develop processes, structures, and the organisation.
- You communicate clearly and appropriately for the audience and are confident in interacting with different professional groups and management levels.
- Even with complex topics, you keep an overview, set priorities, and find pragmatic solutions.
Benefits
Family Friendliness
Do you want to balance family and work well? With our in-house nursery directly on the Cantonal Hospital site, we support you in achieving a healthy work-life balance that not only works but feels good.
Work-Life Balance
Your life is versatile, and we understand that. Whether part-time, job sharing (also in leadership positions), extended maternity leave, unpaid leave, or additional holidays instead of a 13th-month salary: we create flexible solutions with you.
Pension Benefits
We think ahead with you. With an employer contribution of 60% to pension fund contributions, we already provide for your future today, so that you are well secured in retirement and your quality of life is maintained.
Accommodation
Are you new to Schaffhausen or need temporary accommodation? No problem. We provide furnished rooms if needed, uncomplicated, close to the workplace, and perfect for your start.
Employee Parking & REKA Vouchers
You can reach us easily by bus, train, or car. Numerous employee parking spaces are available near the hospital at attractive conditions. Public transport instead of a car? We think that’s great and reward you with REKA vouchers with up to 20% discount.
Further Training
Do you want to know more, be able to do more, and make more of a difference? We offer you a variety of internal training opportunities for your next step, your thirst for knowledge, and your personal development.
Questions about the Application
Stefan Herberich
Deputy Head HRM / Head HR Consulting
stefan.herberich@spitaeler-sh.ch
Questions about the Position
PD Dr. med. Bernd Krämer
Chief Physician Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
bernd.kraemer@spitaeler-sh.ch
