Head of Clinic School / Head of Clinic School 100%

Are you motivated to contribute your experience and benefit from the university psychiatric environment?

The University Psychiatric Clinics Basel offer a stimulating environment where people are committed to others, make a difference, and develop themselves. We place great value on close interprofessional collaboration and maintain a respectful and open culture. This includes attractive employment conditions with a suitable working model and progressive social benefits.

The Clinic School department consists of 8 - 9 teachers for primary and secondary levels. The clinic school educates patients from four day-patient and inpatient wards of the Clinic for Children and Adolescents (UPKKJ) and the Youth Forensic Clinic (UPKF-J). Depending on the school level, subjects taught include German, Mathematics, French, English, Manual and Visual Arts, Music, and Career Guidance. In the clinic school, teachers work with pupils on individual goals according to their school level and current capacity. The tasks of the clinic teachers include, besides teaching, observations and corresponding reports and support plans for professional, personal, and social competence, assessment of previous schooling, collaboration with external school authorities, advice and recommendations regarding reintegration into an external school, and the organisation and support of this reintegration.

Head of Clinic School / Head of Clinic School 100%

Your Tasks

• Educational, personnel, operational, and strategic management of the clinic school (55%)
• Teaching activity at primary or secondary level (45%)
• Budget responsibility
• Ensuring innovative school and teaching development in line with the challenges of daily clinic life and considering the developments and requirements of public schools in Northwestern Switzerland
• Collaboration with specialist offices and committees in the education sector of Northwestern Switzerland
• Quality management
• Close cooperation with the medical/psychological and social-pedagogical/nursing department heads, as well as participation in internal and external interdisciplinary conferences
• As a member of the UPKKJ department management team, you participate in relevant meetings and work in internal clinic working groups.

Your Competences

• Completed school leadership training at CAS level Northwestern Switzerland or willingness to complete it
• Teaching diploma at primary or secondary level and several years of teaching experience
• Several years of experience in a leadership position in the education sector
• You possess a high level of social competence and communicate clearly, professionally, and appropriately for the audience
• Several years of experience in the Swiss education and school system, interest in political processes, and enthusiasm for proactively optimising existing structures
• Enjoyment of teamwork in complex projects with diverse stakeholders; you are keen on shaping and supporting change processes and can motivate employees.

As school management, you report to the Educational Clinic Management of UPKKJ.

Your Prospects with Us

• Attractive and contemporary employment conditions under the GAV (such as: minimum 30 holidays/free days per year, above-average pension fund benefits: two-thirds of pension fund savings contributions are paid by the employer, non-occupational accident insurance (contributions: employee 2/3, employer 1/3))
• Attractive and diverse further training programme (internal course programme, support for external training, professional and leadership development)
• TNW network: U-pass at a discounted price (job ticket)
• Free sports offerings on and off the UPK campus (such as Pilates, Power Yoga, gym; discounted fitness centre offer)
• Various catering options directly on the UPK campus
• Beautiful park area, quiet working environment
• More information can be found at https://karriere.upk.ch/ihr-vorteil.html

The permanent position is available from 1 March 2027 or by arrangement.

Do you have questions? Contact us.

For further questions, please contact Regine Heimann, Educational-Pedagogical Head of the Clinic for Children and Adolescents, at telephone: +41 61 325 82 25. General questions will be answered by Isabelle Bühler, HR Business Partner, +41 61 325 50 48.

We look forward to receiving your online application.

Would you like to get a first impression? Then feel free to take our virtual 360-degree tour on our site plan:

UPKKJ - Building T: https://tourmkr.com/F133qAfX0j/45559814p&89.98h&89.6t