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Head of Nursing Development 60 - 70% (m/f/d) - Hospital Network Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- 22 May 2026
- 60 – 70%
- Herisau
Job summary
Join our team in providing quality, evidence-based nursing care. Enjoy an innovative work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Collaborate with doctors and therapists on patient care.
- Develop and evaluate nursing goals and standards.
- Organize training for nursing staff and ensure compliance.
Skills
- Experience in nursing, quality management, and ethics required.
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities essential.
- Analytical skills for data collection and reporting needed.
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About the job
Attractive tasks
Focus topics:
• Quality and evidence-based nursing
• Professional nursing development
• Patient safety and risk management
• Nursing documentation and information management
• Processes and care models
• Ethics, law and compliance
• Innovation management
Main tasks:
• Collaboration with doctors, therapists, management
• Development, implementation and evaluation of nursing goals, standards and processes
• Organisation of nursing development (nursing research, quality development, nursing audit)
• Training and further education of nursing staff, orientation to curricula and competency frameworks
• Conducting nursing case discussions and audits to improve quality
• Leadership and coordination of projects to further develop the nursing structure
• Incorporating nursing components (e.g. new treatment pathways, integration models)
• Collaboration with nursing management, chief physician, QM and personnel development
• Data collection, key figure analysis (e.g. nursing key figures, patient satisfaction etc.)
• Ensuring legal and data protection requirements in nursing practice
Additionally, you benefit from
- Induction by the nursing management
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Annual working time based on a 42-hour week
- 5 weeks holiday, 6 weeks holiday from the 50th birthday
- Daily fresh and varied menus in our staff restaurants
- Cost contribution for non-family childcare, up to a maximum of CHF 200.- per child per month
- Parking spaces for CHF 30.- per month
- Other attractive benefits