Head of Patient Administration
Kantonsspital Glarus AG
Glarus
Key information
- Publication date:09 January 2026
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Glarus
Job summary
Join Kantonsspital Glarus, nestled in stunning Glarner mountains! Enjoy a supportive team and great benefits.
Tasks
- Lead patient administration and reception with 10 staff members.
- Ensure a friendly, competent, and high-quality service experience.
- Coordinate training for our trainees in patient administration.
Skills
- Commercial training or similar, with experience in Swiss healthcare.
- Strong leadership and team motivation skills required.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities essential.
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- you lead the patient administration as well as the reception with 10 employees and, together with your team, are responsible for a professional, efficient, and patient-oriented process from admission to billing
- you ensure that the reception and patient admission as the first points of contact of our hospital impress with friendliness, competence, and high service quality
- you are responsible for the correct billing of our services as well as the professional exchange with health insurance companies
- you work closely with medical, nursing, and administrative departments, think in cross-departmental solutions, and actively contribute to clarifying interfaces, improving processes, and ensuring constructive exchange
- you are responsible for implementing internal quality management in patient administration, optimizing processes, and supporting digitalization projects
- you coordinate the training of our apprentices in patient administration
- you have a commercial basic education or a comparable qualification and several years of professional experience in the Swiss healthcare system or with a health insurance company
- you know the processes of patient administration from admission, cost approval to outpatient and inpatient billing from practice
- you have already successfully led a team and understand how to promote and motivate employees
- you do not just manage processes but actively develop them further and pragmatically drive digitalization projects
- you convince with your communicative manner and your constructive assertiveness – whether in exchange with health insurance companies, doctors, or your team
- you think solution-oriented, set priorities, and keep an overview even in hectic moments
- with a versatile and responsible activity, including creative freedom
- with a committed and motivated team
- with good interdisciplinary cooperation in a family-like environment
- with attractive employment conditions
- with a diverse range of further training opportunities
The Cantonal Hospital Glarus is located in the midst of the spectacular Glarus mountain world – only one hour from Zurich. Here, high quality of life is combined with numerous opportunities for mountain sports and outdoor activities. With 65 acute medical beds and 6 ICU beds, Cantonal Hospital Glarus AG offers a broad range of specialist disciplines. As a medical competence center, the hospital ensures extended basic care for the canton of Glarus and the surrounding regions.