IT Application Manager with Focus on KIS 80-100%

Can you be relied upon - professionally and personally?

The University Psychiatric Clinics Basel offer a stimulating environment where people engage for others, make a difference, and develop themselves. We place great value on close interprofessional collaboration and maintain a respectful and open culture. This includes attractive employment conditions with a suitable working model and progressive social benefits.

In your role as Application Manager KIS, you take responsibility for the operation, coordination, and further development of our clinical information system KISIM. You are the central contact person between the clinical departments, IT, and external service partners, ensuring that the clinical information system and related systems are operated stably, securely, and in accordance with the requirements of the clinical processes of the UPK, and are continuously developed.

IT Application Manager with Focus on KIS 80-100%

Your Tasks

• Configuration, parameterisation, and maintenance of KIS modules and other system functions
• Management and maintenance of user permissions, roles, and application-specific master data
• Participation in strategic digitalisation projects, taking on sub-project responsibility and leading small projects
• Support of clinical departments and users in the use of KISIM in daily operations (2nd-level support)
• Consultation and support of departments in professional and technical adjustments as well as in the further development of clinical processes (requirement, change, and test management)
• Planning, coordination, and execution of updates, release deployments, and associated system tests
• Creation and maintenance of documentation on service processes, systems, and applications
• Co-responsibility or partial responsibility for other clinical applications and their interfaces

Your Competencies

• Completed training as an IT specialist EFZ or comparable qualification with further education (e.g. business informatics HF/FH)
• Several years of professional experience in the support and further development of clinical applications, ideally a clinical information system (preferably KISIM)
• Knowledge of IT service management (ITIL 3 or ITIL 4) and project management
• Understanding of clinical processes and workflows; experience in the psychiatric environment is an advantage
• Experience in requirement, change, and test management as well as collaboration with various departments
• Analytical, communicative, and structured working style with high personal responsibility and strong service orientation
• Good German language skills, spoken and written

Your Prospects with Us

• Attractive and contemporary employment conditions under the GAV (such as: minimum 30 holidays/free days per year, above-average pension fund benefits: 2/3 of pension fund savings contributions are paid by the employer, non-occupational accident insurance (contributions: employee 2/3, employer 1/3))
• Possibility of home office
• Attractive and diverse training programme (internal courses, support for external training, professional and leadership development)
• Exclusive fleet discounts with various vehicle manufacturers
• TNW network: U-subscription at a discounted price (job ticket)
• Free sports offerings on and off the UPK campus (such as Pilates, Power Yoga, gym; discounted fitness centre offer)
• Various catering options directly on the UPK campus
• Beautiful park area, quiet working environment
• More information at https://karriere.upk.ch/ihr-vorteil.html

The permanent position is available from 1 February 2027 or by arrangement.

Do you have questions? Contact us.

Elmin Kumalic, Head of IT Digitalisation, is happy to provide further professional information at +41 61 325 58 28. For general questions, you can also contact Maurizio Chirico, HR Business Partner, at +41 61 325 53 39.

We look forward to receiving your online application.