Re-entry into the Nursing Profession

Directorate of Nursing

immediate start or by arrangement

Would you like to experience exciting moments in nursing again after a longer break in your trained profession? Do you want to make an important contribution to psychiatric healthcare? Have you taken a career break or applied your skills in another field of practice and are now fully motivated to re-enter the nursing profession? Then you are exactly right with us as a re-entrant! We enable you to joyfully return to your roots through a three-month trainee programme on a psychiatric acute ward and participation in internal training for re-entrants. With your commitment, you make an important contribution to mental healthcare in our society and, after completing the programme, you will have the opportunity for a permanent position, including part-time, with us. We look forward to welcoming you!

Your tasks

• You have a diploma as a nursing specialist (FH/HF, DNII, PsyKP, AKP)
• You are highly motivated to re-enter the nursing profession, update your expertise, and have an interest in psychiatric nursing and care
• You are resilient and have strong social skills
• You have good German language skills, both spoken and written
• You maintain a respectful and partnership-based approach with patients
• You appreciate a dynamic and evolving work environment
• You enjoy working in an interdisciplinary team
• You are willing to work 70 - 100% during the trainee programme and also to do shift work

  Your profile

  • A structured 12-week trainee programme
  • Intensive support from personal mentors during the programme
  • Internal training and further education on psychiatric topics
  • Participation in patient-centred nursing and care of people in acute crisis
  • Holistic nursing within the key worker model
  • Participation in the implementation of evidence-based psychiatric nursing concepts and care standards
  • A permanent position (part-time also possible) in one of our clinics upon successful completion of the trainee programme
  • An attractive career model allowing you to further train and develop according to your skills and interests

    Your contacts

    Monika Brändli answers your specialist questions: T: +41 58 630 87 21 / +41 79 957 68 67

    For questions about the application process, please contact

    Nicole Portner

    Email: bewerbungen@upd.ch T: +41 58 630 96 71

    The UPZ

    The University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ) is the leading competence centre for psychiatry and psychotherapy in the capital region as a university clinic. It ensures psychiatric care in the canton of Bern along the entire care chain, from early detection through outpatient, day clinic and inpatient therapies to rehabilitation and forensics. With over 30 locations, UPZ offers a comprehensive care network. Furthermore, UPZ makes an important contribution in the areas of teaching, training and research.

    Learn more

    https://jobs.upz-bern.ch/de/warum-upz

    Your workplace

    Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60