Spital Affoltern AG
Affoltern am Albis
Health Specialist EFZ Geriatric Psychiatry 50-100%
- 14 October 2026
- 50 – 100%
- Affoltern am Albis
Job summary
Join our team at Spital Affoltern, offering comprehensive care for older adults. Experience a collaborative work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Provide care and support for patients in psychiatric settings.
- Encourage independence and utilize patients' existing resources.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team for tailored treatment.
Skills
- Completed health professional training; experience in psychiatry preferred.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Organizational skills and flexibility are highly valued.
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About the job
Your Tasks
In our geriatric psychiatry unit with currently 16 beds, older people, usually from the age of 65, are comprehensively treated and supported. The focus is on the diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of mental illnesses that occur in connection with age or may be favoured by age-related changes.
With professional competence, empathy, and a holistic view, you accompany our patients through their individual care and treatment process. As a Health Specialist, you make an important contribution to individual care and support, promote the independence and existing resources of our patients, and actively shape their daily lives. In doing so, you work closely with the qualified nursing staff and the interprofessional treatment team.
- Care, support, and accompaniment of our patients within the scope of your competencies
- Support and promotion of independence and existing resources in daily life
- Active participation in structuring a patient-oriented daily routine
- Observation of the mental and physical condition as well as recognising and reporting relevant changes
- Participation in the implementation of individual care and treatment goals
- Carrying out nursing and medical-technical tasks within the scope of your competencies
- Contributing to a safe, appreciative, and professional ward atmosphere
- Close collaboration with the qualified nursing staff and the interprofessional treatment team
- Taking on organisational and logistical tasks in the daily ward routine
- Participation in supporting relatives and key persons
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Your Profile
- Completed training as a Health Specialist EFZ
- Professional experience in psychiatry desirable or interest in psychiatric disorders and enjoyment in working with older people
- Team-oriented and independent personality with enthusiasm for interprofessional collaboration
- Sense of responsibility and proactive action
- High social and communication skills as well as enjoyment in building relationships
- Flexibility and organisational talent with a flair for organisational and logistical tasks
Our Culture – Your Benefits
"With us, you can still be yourself": It is familial and personal here. As part of the Spital Affoltern team, you also benefit from attractive employment conditions and numerous fringe benefits: joker day, shopping discounts, and two subscriptions for free entry to the FORTYSEVEN Wellness Spa are just a few examples of our fringe benefits .
About us
Spital Affoltern is the largest employer and training institution in the Knonauer Amt. Around 550 employees dedicate themselves daily to the well-being of patients. Learn more about us in our portrait .
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Spital Affoltern AG
Melanie Brügger
Co-Head Nursing, Social Affairs and Therapies
Phone number +41 44 714 33 94
E-mail melanie.bruegger@spitalaffoltern.ch
Contact
Personnel Officer
Spital Affoltern AG
Phone:+41 44 714 26 94
