Head of Care & Support / Member of the Executive Board (80-100%)

About the job

IKA Rosengasse is the joint elderly care and nursing institution of the municipalities of Fehraltdorf, Russikon and Weisslingen. With 32 nursing places and 23 retirement apartments, it offers older people a home that combines self-determination, security and quality of life. Looking to the future, the co-design of a new building or a renovation as well as the strategic realignment of the institution are at the centre of an exciting development phase (see also www.rosengasse.ch).

We place great value on individual care and respectful interaction. To strengthen our committed team, we are looking for an empathetic and experienced personality to join us immediately or by arrangement for the

Head of Care & Support / Member of the Executive Board (80-100%)Your main tasks:

• Professional, personnel and organisational management of the care and support team in collaboration with the deputy and the topic leaders
• Ensuring and further developing the holistic, high-quality care for the best possible individual support of the residents
• Responsibility for the economical use of personnel and material resources, respectively for duty planning
• Educational responsibility in collaboration with the trainers and main responsibility for the training and further education of the Care & Support area
• Solution-oriented collaboration especially with the Head of Hospitality & Catering as well as with the home doctor and external service providers
• Member of the Executive Board and taking on various administrative and representative tasks (presence on public holidays and events)
• Responsible for admission enquiries (retirement centre and retirement apartments)

Your profile:

• Qualified nurse HF / FH
• Experience and expertise in gerontology as well as palliative care
• Valid professional training permit from the canton of Zurich
• Leadership training and experience (at least 2 years) as well as pronounced professional, self and social competence
• Conceptual and organisational skills, networked thinking and basic business knowledge
• Flexibility, resilience, empathy and a high degree of responsibility and appreciative assertiveness
• Strong social and communication skills and a winning manner, very good German skills (spoken and written) and willingness to take on administrative tasks
• Proficient in MS Office and care and planning applications (GeoCon), experience with RAI LTCF and care documentation BesaDoc

We offer:

• Dynamic and varied leadership role
• A pleasant working environment in a committed team that cultivates a first-name culture among each other
• Scope for ideas and concepts
• Training and further education opportunities
• Working hours to help shape
• Performance-based remuneration in accordance with cantonal guidelines and attractive social benefits
• Free parking and other benefits

Have we piqued your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your application with photo. For enquiries, we are happy to assist: until 11 September: Beate Schmitt, Head of Care & Support ad interim, 044 954 88 10, and from 14 September: Maurizio Ciardo, Centre Manager, 044 954 88 18 / 20 (direct)