Nurse Specialist / Nurse Specialist Permanent Night Shift
- 05 November 2026
- 20%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
- 3000 Bern
About the job
The LUNA youth ward offers inpatient psychiatric basic care for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. In a protected environment, young people with psychological burdens are accompanied and treated by an interdisciplinary team. The aim is to stabilise in crisis situations and sustainably improve mental health.
Your tasks
- You accompany children and adolescents in the pedagogical-therapeutic environment, promote their independence and enable them to actively shape their development and therapy process
- You work as a key person in a multiprofessional team of specialists in education, psychology and medicine
- You contribute your professional perspective to the diagnostic process, help consolidate a common understanding of the case and, together with the treatment team, take responsibility for documented goal clarification and implementation of therapy
- You take co-responsibility for the practical training of new professionals and support them in their daily work
- You contribute to meeting the clinic's performance targets
Your profile
- You have completed training as a HF nurse specialist and ideally have experience working with children and adolescents
- You have the necessary qualification for practical training or are willing to complete a specialised course
- You are empathetic, reflect on your actions and actively seek solutions for challenging situations
- You are flexible, resilient and enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration
- You understand how to work constructively with parents and guardians
- You can provide a clean criminal record (private and special private extract)
- You have very good German language skills in spoken and written form; any additional language is a plus
The UPZ
The University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ) is the leading competence centre for psychiatry and psychotherapy in the capital region as a university clinic. It ensures psychiatric care in the canton of Bern along the entire care chain, from early detection through outpatient, day clinic and inpatient therapies to rehabilitation and forensics. With over 30 locations, the UPZ offers a comprehensive care network. In addition, the UPZ makes an important contribution in the areas of teaching, training and further education as well as research.
Your contacts
Thomas Britschgi
Thomas Britschgi answers your specialist questions:
T: +41 58 630 72 74
Yanis Emanuel Ryser
Email: bewerbungen@upz-bern.ch
T: +41 58 630 96 71
Your workplace
Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60