Luzern

Lawyer with a focus on Health Law (a)

20 October 2026
80 – 100%
Permanent position
German (Intermediate)
Meyerstrasse 20, 6002 Luzern

About the job

Lawyer with a focus on Health Law (a)

80% - 100% | Lucerne | Home office possible

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Are you looking for a role where your legal expertise creates real societal benefit? As a legal sparring partner for the specialist departments, you will handle diverse legal issues and strengthen a healthcare system that contributes daily to the care of the population of Lucerne.

Your tasks

In this versatile role, you provide internal and external legal advice in the areas of health, epidemics, social insurance, contract, tendering, adult protection law and data protection.

In the licensing and supervisory activities of the fields of human medicine, dentistry and remedies, you contribute your legal perspective while also showing understanding for the professional concerns of the departments.

Decisions on the release from professional secrecy of healthcare professionals are drafted by you.

You prepare orders and legal documents in the supervisory and licensing area as well as in other legal fields of the Health and Sport Department.

You lead and actively contribute to projects of our department and support parliamentary initiatives as well as legislative projects of the Health and Social Department.

Your profile

You have a completed degree in law (Master); a lawyer’s licence is an advantage.

Ideally, you bring several years of professional experience in public administration, preferably in the health sector.

Your forward-looking and networked thinking as well as your independent, service- and solution-oriented working style distinguish you.

Thanks to your confident and precise written expression, you manage to convey complex legal matters clearly and appropriately for the target audience.

Just as much as you like to take responsibility for topics independently, you also enjoy working in a team and actively contributing.

What you can look forward to

Our fields of activity are as diverse as we are.
Environment, infrastructure, finance, security, health, education and much more - together we shape the canton of Lucerne.

You will get ahead with us.
We offer attractive and exciting career and development opportunities - both in leadership and for specialists.

We work flexibly and smartly.
Mobile-flexible working is highly valued here. More than half of our employees work part-time and realise their professional goals in harmony with their private commitments.

You benefit with us.
Attractive further training offers , discount platforms for employees, mobile and internet offers, Next Bike, fleet discounts, and other benefits.

All our benefits at a glance

Your employer

Working for the Canton of Lucerne means shaping the future - that of the canton, its residents and not least your own. More than 7,000 employees in 200 different professions contribute daily to the excellent quality of life in our canton.

The Health and Sport Department (DIGE) is the competence centre of the Canton of Lucerne for public health and sport. Around 80 employees ensure the framework conditions for medical care for the population of Lucerne, are responsible for licences and exercise supervision in the healthcare system. Whether health promotion or care, sport promotion, remedies, human or dental medicine: the aim is to provide the canton of Lucerne with the best possible support and keep it fit in all matters relating to health and sport.

The "a" in the job title stands for "all". The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and variety.