Deputy Head of Dementia Care Department - 3rd World (m/f/d), 80 - 100 %

About the job

Where words fail, closeness matters. You are a qualified nursing professional HF / FH or health specialist and care deeply about nursing and leading the team. You care for people in the most vulnerable phase of their dementia, offering them protection, calm, and dignity. In our dementia department 3rd World, you accompany residents who rely on closeness, security, and empathetic care – with a keen sensitivity for the staff to share responsibility together. As a competence centre for dementia, we combine two recognised approaches: person-centred care according to Tom Kitwood and the Three Worlds Model by Dr Christoph Held. We are one of the first institutions in Switzerland to consistently implement this model.

The Regional Care Centre Baden is one of the largest providers of long-term care in Switzerland. We offer our residents of all ages specialised professional care and support in various areas of expertise. Our headquarters in Baden (AG) is currently being comprehensively modernised through new construction and renovations, complemented by 86 new retirement apartments.

For the RPB location in Baden, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a competent, reliable, and committed person as Deputy Head of the Dementia Care Department 3rd World (m/f/d), 80 - 100 %

Deputy Head of Dementia Care Department - 3rd World (m/f/d), 80 - 100 %

This is how you support us:

• You professionally, evidence-based, and with great empathy care for and support people with advanced dementia within the framework of primary nursing
• You create a calm, low-stimulus yet deliberately sensory care environment, using rituals, familiar scents, and mobile care oases
• You understand what our residents need even without words, reading facial expressions, gestures, and behaviour as messages
• You carefully coordinate care, food intake, and pain management to the needs of each individual
• You work closely with centre doctors, therapy, activation, and pastoral care
• You accompany relatives with openness and understanding, even in stressful situations
• You take on daily responsibility
• You support the head of the care department and assume responsibility
• You know: sometimes silent togetherness helps more than a thousand words

This is how you convince us:

• You have completed training as a qualified nursing professional HF / FH or health specialist EFZ with several years of professional experience or an equivalent recognised qualification
• You bring experience in dementia care
• You are resilient, patient, and remain calm even in demanding moments
• You have a palliative, appreciative attitude and treat people in the last phase of life with respect
• You are familiar with RAI-NH and Polypoint PEP or are willing to learn
• You value teamwork more than lone wolf behaviour
• You are an empathetic, flexible, and cheerful personality with a solution-oriented way of thinking and acting

This is how we inspire you:

• A working day focused on closeness, touch, and relationship building instead of pure task orientation
• Work within a concept that sets standards throughout Switzerland: Three Worlds Model and person-centred care
• A modern infrastructure with bright, threshold-free rooms, protected areas, and the "Garden of Remembrance"
• Space for your ideas – we prefer to listen rather than say: "we have always done it this way"
• A mindful culture of "you" shaped by respect and appreciation
• An internal, versatile training programme

And that’s not all! Discover many more attractive benefits in the areas of work-life balance, health promotion, wellness, discounts, and future prospects on our career page .

Are you ready?

For professional enquiries, please contact Ulrike Braun, Head of Nursing, member of the management team, telephone 056 203 8168.

For questions about the application process, please contact Maurus Felix, Head of Human Resources, telephone 056 203 81 29.