Weiningen ZH
Head of Nursing (100%) | Spitex
- 24 October 2026
- 100%
- Weiningen ZH
Job summary
Join Spitex Rechtes Limmattal, a leading non-profit in home care.
Tasks
- Lead and develop our nursing team with clarity and respect.
- Ensure high-quality care standards are met and improved.
- Drive innovative projects and optimize workflows actively.
Skills
- Degree in nursing and leadership experience required.
- Strong leadership and organizational skills essential.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities needed.
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About the job
More leadership. More design. More impact. You, for example.
You don’t just want to take on responsibility, but really make a difference? You lead people with clarity and appreciation, think entrepreneurially and want to actively help shape the outpatient care of tomorrow?
Then we should get to know each other.
Spitex rechtes Limmattal is a modern, regionally anchored non-profit organisation with around 90 employees. On behalf of our municipalities Oberengstringen, Unterengstringen, Weiningen, Geroldswil, Oetwil an der Limmat and Fahrweid, we ensure that people can live professionally, individually and autonomously in their familiar home.
With us, high care quality, humanity and a future-oriented way of working come together. We rely on personal responsibility, short decision-making paths and open collaboration.
For the professional, personnel and organisational overall responsibility of our nursing department, we are looking for a committed, strong leader with an entrepreneurial mindset as
Head of Nursing (100%) | Spitex
Your task – leading people. Ensuring quality. Shaping the future.
As Head of Nursing, you take on a central leadership role in our Spitex. You lead our five team leaders, continuously develop the nursing department and, together with your leadership team, ensure a professional, economical and high-quality care provision.
You are close to the people, keep the big picture in mind and create the conditions for our employees to perform their work with joy, competence and personal responsibility.
What awaits you:
- Lead and develop: You take on the personnel and professional leadership of our five team leaders, strengthen their leadership skills and promote a respectful, binding and open leadership culture.
- Ensure care quality: Together with our nursing expert, you are responsible for securing and continuously developing our care, support and quality standards.
- Manage nursing operations: You ensure efficient structures and processes and, together with the responsible leaders, are accountable for demand-oriented duty and deployment planning.
- Act economically: You share budget responsibility, manage resources proactively and use relevant key figures to link quality, employee satisfaction and economic efficiency.
- Strengthen collaboration: You promote constructive cooperation between the nursing teams, management, internal specialist departments and external partners.
- Shape change: You identify development potentials, optimise existing processes and drive innovative projects and digital solutions forward with us.
- Contribute strategically: In close cooperation with management, you bring your experience, ideas and perspectives to the further development of our Spitex.
What you bring – professional competence meets leadership personality.
You know how to inspire people, delegate responsibility and provide orientation even in demanding situations. You think solution-oriented, act proactively and combine nursing quality with business understanding.
What distinguishes you:
- Completed training as a certified nursing professional HF/FH or an equivalent qualification recognised in Switzerland
- Completed further training in leadership, management or leadership
- Several years of professional experience in nursing and at least two years of proven leadership experience; experience in Spitex is an advantage
- Strong leadership and social skills as well as enjoyment in accompanying, promoting and developing people
- Sound understanding of care quality, operational processes and economic contexts
- Entrepreneurial and networked thinking as well as the ability to set priorities and make sustainable decisions
- Strong communication skills, assertiveness and a constructive approach to challenges and conflicts
- Openness to change, digital developments and new ways in outpatient care
What is especially important to us: You lead with attitude, clarity and trust. You listen, involve people, take responsibility and stand behind your decisions. In doing so, you never lose sight of the employees or our clients.
What you can look forward to – more than just an attractive workplace.
We know that good leadership requires appropriate framework conditions. That is why we offer you not only a responsible role but also real opportunities to make an impact.
Your leadership role and development:
- A versatile management position with high personal responsibility, scope for design and short decision-making paths
- Direct and partnership-based cooperation with management
- A committed leadership team and professional support from our nursing expert, HR and other internal specialist departments
- The opportunity to actively shape structures, processes and the future development of our Spitex
- Internal and external training opportunities as well as support for your personal and professional development
Your employment conditions and benefits:
- 5 to 7 weeks holiday: 5 weeks regularly, 6 weeks from age 50 and 7 weeks from age 60
- Balance Plus: Option to purchase up to two additional weeks of holiday
- Above-average pension fund: We cover up to 60% of contributions
- Attractive long-service gifts: After 5 years you receive half a month’s salary, thereafter generally every 5 years a month’s salary
- Extended insurance coverage: Accident insurance with treatment costs in the private ward
- Annual working hours: For flexible and self-responsible work organisation
- Home office: Individually and by arrangement possible
- Free parking: Directly at our location in Weiningen
- Additional benefits: Discounts with partner companies as well as joint staff events
And last but not least, you can expect a working environment where respectful interaction, mutual support and a good dose of humour have a fixed place.
Ready to take on leadership with impact?
Then we look forward to getting to know you!
With us, you will find a leadership role where you can contribute your experience, take responsibility and help shape the future of outpatient care together with us.
Apply easily via our online application tool. For a first impression, we look forward to receiving your CV, relevant diplomas and certificates of further training as well as your work references.
Do you have any questions?
Emina Patkovic, Managing Director, will be happy to provide information at 043 455 10 10 or e.patkovic@spitex-rechteslimmattal.ch .
We look forward to your application and to learning more about you, your leadership experience and your ideas.
We do not consider applications through recruitment agencies for this position.