Deputy Director and Head of Operational Services and Finance

About the job

Company Description

Treatment at the highest level, top-class medical care and provision, 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 orthopaedics, visceral and thoracic surgery, urology, gynaecology and obstetrics, gastroenterology, cardiology, pneumology and internal medicine including oncology. Approximately 350 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

As Deputy Director, you will assume a central leadership role within the private clinic and, together with the management, bear responsibility for the successful further development of operations. You will actively shape operational management and ensure a high-quality, economical and patient-oriented service delivery.

Your main tasks include:

• Operational management of selected clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Acting as deputy to the Director in strategic, organisational and operational matters.
• Responsibility for financial control and performance of the areas assigned to you, including budget planning, forecasting and economic analyses.
• Leadership and development of managers and teams with a focus on quality, efficiency and service excellence.
• Ensuring close collaboration between medical departments, corporate functions and external partners.
• Coordination and further development of processes as well as leading cross-departmental optimisation and change projects.
• Co-design and implementation of corporate strategy and support of management in strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

For this demanding leadership position, we are seeking an entrepreneurial-minded individual with proven leadership experience in healthcare.

You possess:

• A university degree in health management, business administration, healthcare management or a comparable field.
• Several years of leadership and management experience in a clinic, hospital or comparable healthcare institution.
• Sound knowledge of financial management, controlling and business management in healthcare.
• Demonstrable experience in budget responsibility, performance management and economic optimisation of organisational units.
• A strong understanding of the regulatory, tariff and health policy framework conditions of the Swiss healthcare system.
• High social and leadership competence as well as experience in leading managers.
• Proven competence in project and change management.
• Entrepreneurial thinking, strategic understanding and the ability to combine operational excellence with economic success.
• Confident manner towards medical staff, employees, partners and external stakeholders.
• Very good German skills and ideally good French, Italian and/or English skills.

Personally, you convince through

• a respectful, modern leadership attitude,
• a strong affinity for numbers and analytical thinking,
• high implementation strength and decisiveness,
• solution-oriented action,
• resilience and pragmatism,
• joy in actively shaping change.

Additional Information

What we offer

• A key position with direct influence on the operational and strategic development of a leading private clinic.
• A demanding and versatile leadership mandate with great scope for design and short decision-making paths.
• The opportunity to take responsibility for central clinical and operational areas and actively shape their future.
• Close collaboration with management, attending physicians as well as the clinic's specialist and leadership teams.
• The chance to implement change and development projects with sustainable impact for patients, employees and partners.
• A corporate culture that promotes personal responsibility, entrepreneurial thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Attractive employment conditions as well as individual development opportunities within a leading private hospital group.