Cazis

Registered Nurse HF – Specialisation in Psychiatry

21 September 2026
80 – 100%
Permanent position
JVA Cazis Tignez 1, 7408 Cazis

About the job

Registered Nurse HF – Specialisation in Psychiatry

Office for the Enforcement of Sentences Graubünden | 80-100 % | Cazis

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Together for Graubünden

The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape.

Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden with us.

The Office for the Enforcement of Sentences (AJV) Graubünden is a department of the Department of Justice, Security and Health of the Canton of Graubünden. The AJV is responsible for the enforcement of sentences and measures as well as the implementation of various types of detention. In Graubünden, the enforcement of sentences and measures is regulated as a unified thematic area and holistic task, in which various professional groups work interdisciplinarily with offenders to prevent further delinquency.

The Correctional Facility (JVA) Cazis Tignez employs around 110 staff and has 150 detention places in closed enforcement. Of these, 100 are in normal enforcement, ten in the admission department, 28 in the special enforcement area and twelve in pre-trial detention.

Due to retirement, we are looking for a Registered Nurse HF – Specialisation in Psychiatry from 1 February 2027 or by arrangement.

Your area of responsibility

Supervision, care and management of admitted persons from various cultural backgrounds within the daily structures
Coordination and ensuring a smooth running of the individual daily enforcement routine of the special enforcement group with 20 admitted persons
Co-design of everyday life in the residential groups
Key worker role within defined responsibilities
The focus in the enforcement setting is on risk and resocialisation orientation according to validated concepts (e.g. ROS) as well as activation, motivational work and personality development of the admitted persons
Writing reports and documenting events
Ensuring and coordinating an orderly operational process taking into account legal bases as well as enforcement and security-relevant requirements and rules
Performing early, late and weekend shifts

What we expect from you

Completed training as a certified Registered Nurse HF – Specialisation in Psychiatry
Initial work experience in a coercive context is an advantage
Professional experience in supporting people with challenging biographies as well as mental impairments and/or addiction disorders
You see dealing with people from different cultures who are in difficult life situations as a positive challenge
Stable, conflict-capable, physically and mentally resilient personality with high social competence
Assertiveness, ability to set boundaries and willingness to collaborate constructively in a coercive context
Enjoyment of teamwork as well as interdisciplinary collaboration
Good written and oral expression in German (at least C1); additional knowledge of cantonal and foreign languages is an advantage
Driving licence category B
Willingness to complete the necessary further training
A clean record (no entries in the criminal record and debt collection register)