Deputy Head of Department OR and OR Coordination

Company Description

Treatment at the highest level, top-class medical care and support, competent nursing in a more familiar, private atmosphere with hotel comfort, dedication, conscientiousness and absolute discretion – this is what the Bethanien Private Clinic stands for. Around 340 attending physicians from various specialties ensure high-quality, integrated medical care. The most important specialties include orthopedics, visceral and thoracic surgery, urology, gynecology and obstetrics, gastroenterology, cardiology, pneumology and internal medicine including oncology. Around 500 children are born annually in the maternity ward. Founded in 1912, the Bethanien Private Clinic is part of the Swiss private clinic group Swiss Medical Network.

Job Description

Tasks Deputy Head of Department OR

• Support of the OR management in organizing and controlling processes in the OR area

• Assuming leadership tasks in the absence of the OR management

• Co-responsibility for compliance with and further development of quality and hygiene standards

• Participation in personnel deployment planning and development

• Contact person for the OR team for professional and organizational questions

• Collaboration in cross-departmental projects and working groups

Tasks OR Coordination

• Coordination and control of daily OR processes to ensure smooth, economical and patient-oriented procedures

• Interface between OR team, anesthesia, wards and medical staff

• Monitoring and optimization of OR utilization

• Support in planning and prioritizing OR programs

• Ensuring timely communication of changes in the OR schedule

• Documentation and analysis of OR processes for continuous improvement

Other Tasks

• Independent instrumentation and assisting in procedures of all disciplines 
• Ensuring smooth interdisciplinary and interprofessional operation in the OR
• Compliance with hygiene and asepsis guidelines
• Professional responsibility in a specialized field
• Responsibility for correct OR-specific documentation (OR nursing documentation/performance recording)

Qualifications

• Diploma in nursing HF/FH OR or diploma as OT specialist HF/FH with several years of professional experience, preferably in the attending physician system

• Several years of professional experience in the OR area

• Further training to lead a department or willingness to complete it

• Organizational skills, assertiveness and sense of responsibility

• Communication and teamwork skills

• Structured and solution-oriented working method

• Confident handling of common IT systems and OR documentation software

• High flexibility, versatile expertise as well as the necessary understanding of various OR techniques
• A responsible, service-oriented and resilient personality with great joy in their profession
• Very good German skills in spoken and written form

Additional Information

• A varied activity in cooperation with many departments
• Interdisciplinary teamwork from surgery to maternity ward
• A familiar, personal working atmosphere
• Development opportunities within the clinic as well as the Swiss Medical Network
• Support for individual further training wishes
• Numerous benefits (see here ), including a rich lunch buffet for only CHF 5.-
• Discounts via Swibeco (e.g. at Coop, Zalando, Ikea, etc.)
• Full coverage of daily sickness allowance insurance
• Various employee events such as summer party, birthday and Christmas gifts, etc.
• Free coffee/tea