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Ward Manager 80 - 100% (Day Clinic Children)
- 10 February 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- Zürich
Job summary
Join the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, providing comprehensive care. Enjoy a supportive work environment and growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Lead a team of 12 in child and adolescent psychiatry.
- Ensure best practice treatment quality centered around children.
- Collaborate on patient-centered, integrative care approaches.
Skills
- Recognized degree in nursing or social pedagogy, management experience preferred.
- Strong organizational skills and resilience are essential.
- Proactive, solution-oriented mindset for team support.
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About the job
The Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich treats and cares for mentally ill people of all ages. The over 2500 employees from 55 different professions contribute in interdisciplinary teams to the holistic care of patients, from assessment through therapy to aftercare. Our work is based on mutual trust and personal responsibility, and together we promote an innovative corporate culture. As a university hospital, we are successfully involved in national and international research projects.
Ward Manager 80 - 100% (Day Clinic Children)
80% - 100%
A new perspective? For patients. And for you.
In child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy (KJPP), children and adolescents with severe mental disorders are treated and cared for in an interdisciplinary team in a psychiatric-psychotherapeutic and milieu-therapeutic setting.
For the day clinic for children aged 5 to 15 years in the center of Zurich, we are looking for a
Your tasks
- Professional, organizational, and personnel management of a team of about 12 employees (consisting of nursing professionals, social educators, trainees, and civil service personnel)
- Together with your team, you ensure best practice-oriented treatment quality, with the children at the center and their environment included
- You shape a patient-centered, multiprofessional, and integrative way of working in collaboration with your dual leadership partners
- Active participation in concept and project work
Your profile
- You have a completed, recognized professional training in the HF or FH field (recognition certificate for foreign degrees)
- Your new team benefits from your management experience, which you have ideally gained in youth psychiatric fields
- You value supporting your team in actively shaping a resource-oriented care process
- You feel comfortable in a dynamic work environment
- A solution-oriented attitude, networked thinking, organizational skills, and high resilience characterize you
Our offer
- Exciting, varied, and responsible areas of work in a versatile, dynamic, and university-influenced environment
- Very good interprofessional collaboration
- Case and team supervision
- We enable you to actively contribute to shaping our treatment offerings
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Regular working hours from 08:00 to 17:00 and no weekend shifts
- Employment conditions according to cantonal personnel law
- Attractive social benefits (coverage of 60% of pension fund contributions)
- Discounted shopping opportunities as well as sports offers, company-owned daycare, and participation in the ZVV BonusPass
Thomas Altenburger
Head of Nursing and Social Pedagogy
Tel. +41 58 384 66 70
Head of Nursing and Social Pedagogy
Tel. +41 58 384 66 70
Contact:
For further information, please contact Thomas Altenburger, Head of Nursing and Social Pedagogy, Tel. +41 58 384 66 70. We look forward to receiving your complete online application.
For further information, please contact Thomas Altenburger, Head of Nursing and Social Pedagogy, Tel. +41 58 384 66 70. We look forward to receiving your complete online application.
We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.
