Deputy Residential Area Manager
- 04 July 2026
- 100%
- Basel
Job summary
The Adullam Foundation specializes in age medicine and care in Northwest Switzerland. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead while remaining deeply involved in caregiving.
Tasks
- Lead a team hands-on, fostering relationships within care.
- Support management in organizational and personnel matters.
- Enhance residents' quality of life through direct care.
Skills
- Must have a nursing degree and experience in long-term care.
- Strong leadership skills and presence in daily care activities.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
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About the job
The Adullam Foundation is a leading institution for geriatric medicine, therapy and care in Northwestern Switzerland. It operates a hospital and an affiliated care centre each in Basel and Riehen. The approximately 800 employees offer elderly people a regionally unique all-round care from acute medicine through rehabilitation to transitional and long-term care. Holistic care at Adullam includes a high quality standard, lived humanity and great respect for old age.
Leadership for you does not begin in the office – but where care is lived.
You are a nursing professional with heart and mind and want to take responsibility without giving up direct contact with our residents? You want to actively help shape changes and accompany a team not from a distance but right in everyday life? Then this role could be just right for you.
Together with the residential area manager and two other deputy residential area managers, you form a committed leadership team. Together you continuously develop your residential area over two floors professionally, organisationally and culturally.
You are a nursing professional with heart and mind and want to take responsibility without giving up direct contact with our residents? You want to actively help shape changes and accompany a team not from a distance but right in everyday life? Then this role could be just right for you.
Together with the residential area manager and two other deputy residential area managers, you form a committed leadership team. Together you continuously develop your residential area over two floors professionally, organisationally and culturally.
The special feature of this role:
You spend the majority of your working time directly in care. You lead where relationships are formed – with our residents and in daily interaction with your team. Your leadership role thrives on presence, example and collaboration.
You spend the majority of your working time directly in care. You lead where relationships are formed – with our residents and in daily interaction with your team. Your leadership role thrives on presence, example and collaboration.
Deputy Residential Area Manager
80%
| Location Basel
Your Tasks
- You lead your team with presence, heart and professional competence – not just from the office, but in the midst of everyday care.
- You support the residential area manager in personnel, organisational and professional matters.
- You take responsibility in direct care and contribute daily to the quality of life of our residents.
- You promote employees individually and accompany them in their professional and personal development.
- You coach FaGe trainees and HF students and create learning moments that remain memorable.
- You question processes, contribute ideas and actively participate in projects and quality management.
- You help shape our transformation, rethink care and inspire others for change.
- You strengthen an open, appreciative and trusting team culture.
Your Profile
- You have a qualification as a registered nurse (DNII, HF, FH) and ideally experience in long-term care.
- You have already gained leadership experience and ideally have completed a leadership training or are willing to do so.
- You work solution-oriented, take initiative and like to bring in new ideas.
- Changes motivate you – you take action instead of waiting.
- You communicate openly, empathetically and on equal terms.
- You keep an overview and act calmly even in demanding situations.
- Very good German skills and enjoyment in working with digital tools.
- RAI knowledge is an advantage but not a must.
You can look forward to:
• A leadership role with plenty of scope for design – without losing connection to care.
• A strong leadership team that supports each other and takes responsibility together.
• The opportunity to actively help shape our organisation in an exciting transformation phase.
• A modern understanding of care and a care mission statement that we live together.
• Diverse internal and external training and development opportunities.
• An interprofessional team with lots of heart, humour and mutual support.
• Good compatibility of work and private life – night shifts are not part of your duties.
Change needs people who make it possible.
Do you enjoy helping to shape new things, accompanying people and further developing care? Do you want to take responsibility and at the same time stay close to the residents and your team?
Then we look forward to getting to know you.
For further information, please contact
Anina Zemp – Head of Nursing, 061 266 63 08.
• A leadership role with plenty of scope for design – without losing connection to care.
• A strong leadership team that supports each other and takes responsibility together.
• The opportunity to actively help shape our organisation in an exciting transformation phase.
• A modern understanding of care and a care mission statement that we live together.
• Diverse internal and external training and development opportunities.
• An interprofessional team with lots of heart, humour and mutual support.
• Good compatibility of work and private life – night shifts are not part of your duties.
Change needs people who make it possible.
Do you enjoy helping to shape new things, accompanying people and further developing care? Do you want to take responsibility and at the same time stay close to the residents and your team?
Then we look forward to getting to know you.
For further information, please contact
Anina Zemp – Head of Nursing, 061 266 63 08.
Our Offer
Job ticket TNW at youth rate
Staff restaurant with discounted meals
Paid break with free morning snack
Generous support for external training
Fair social benefits and attractive holiday arrangements
Pension benefits, even with low part-time workloads
Attractive part-time models and annual working hours
External occupational social counselling for employees
Warm welcome culture and appreciative working environment
No night shifts
