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Zürich
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Operations Management
- 10 February 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Zürich
Job summary
The Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich cares for individuals with mental illnesses. Join a dynamic team dedicated to holistic patient care and research.
Tasks
- Lead innovative change processes and implement clinic strategies.
- Ensure and enhance quality guidelines based on effectiveness and efficiency.
- Foster a collaborative work environment with a team of 16 staff.
Skills
- Recognized professional education in healthcare with management experience.
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset focusing on efficient service delivery.
- Innovative thinking and a clear future orientation.
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About the job
The Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich treats and cares for mentally ill people of all ages. The more than 2500 employees from 55 different professions contribute in interdisciplinary teams to the holistic care of patients, from diagnosis through therapy to aftercare. Our work is based on mutual trust and personal responsibility, and together we promote an innovative corporate culture. As a university hospital, we are successfully involved in national and international research projects.
Operations Management
80% - 100%
As the leading clinic for adult psychiatry and psychotherapy in Switzerland, we not only fulfill the care mandate of the canton of Zurich but also act as a university institution with research and teaching assignments from the University of Zurich. At 8 locations, including five clinical facilities and a research center, over 1000 dedicated employees create a versatile and dynamic working environment. Here you have the opportunity to actively contribute to a significant institution.
The Center for Social Psychiatry (Chief Physician PD. Dr. med. Stefan Vetter) offers extensive outpatient and partial inpatient as well as inpatient short-term services (crisis intervention). Innovative therapy concepts are an integral part of our clinical offerings.
For the inpatient crisis intervention (KIZ), we are looking for a position starting April 1, 2026, or by arrangement
Your tasks
- Initiation and moderation of forward-looking change processes as well as active implementation of the clinic's and center's strategic principles
- Ensuring and further developing quality guidelines with consistent consideration of WZW criteria (effectiveness, appropriateness, economy)
- Professional, organizational, and personnel management of a team of 16 employees (nurses and temporary staff) together with the deputy
- Ensuring best-practice-oriented, patient-centered treatment quality
- Designing a multiprofessional and integrative working method in close collaboration with your leadership partners
- Active participation in concept and project work as well as their implementation
- Active improvement of ward occupancy as well as targeted and economical use of available resources
- Ensuring that processes and treatments meet the requirements of effectiveness, appropriateness, and economy
- Cross-departmental leadership, collaboration, and use of shared services to create synergies and strengthen the integration of areas
Your profile
- Completed and recognized professional training in the HF or FH field
- Proven management experience that benefits your team
- Entrepreneurial thinking and acting with a focus on efficient and WZW-compliant service delivery
- Willingness to take responsibility for achieving business management targets
- High value placed on supporting, promoting, and developing the team
- Knowledge of agile leadership methods and their application in the team
- Enjoyment of cross-departmental collaboration and active shaping of cross-area integration
- Solution-oriented attitude, networked thinking, organizational skills, and high resilience
- Strong innovative power and clear future orientation
Our offer
- Exciting, varied, and responsible areas of responsibility in a versatile, dynamic, and university-influenced environment
- Very good interprofessional collaboration
- Case and team supervision
- We enable you to actively participate in shaping our treatment offerings
- Agile working environment
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Employment conditions according to cantonal personnel law
- Attractive social benefits (60% coverage of pension fund contributions)
- Discounted shopping opportunities as well as sports offers, company-owned daycare, and participation in the ZVV BonusPass
Contact:
For further information, please contact Emanuele Ruzzon, Head of Nursing and Operations Coordinator ZSP, Tel. +41 58 384 75 82. We look forward to receiving your complete online application. Unfortunately, we cannot consider dossiers sent by email or from personnel agencies.
For further information, please contact Emanuele Ruzzon, Head of Nursing and Operations Coordinator ZSP, Tel. +41 58 384 75 82. We look forward to receiving your complete online application. Unfortunately, we cannot consider dossiers sent by email or from personnel agencies.
