Bern
Medical Secretary
- 11 September 2026
- 50 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
- 3008 Bern
About the job
University Clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
immediately or by arrangement
Would you like to make an important contribution to everyday clinical life with your organisational talent and careful working style? In the medical secretariat of the Clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ), you will take on a versatile hub function. You coordinate appointments, process medical documents and correspondence, and support the interprofessional teams with administrative procedures. As an important contact person for patients, relatives, referrers, authorities and professionals, you ensure a professional and reliable flow of information. You can expect a varied range of tasks with scope for design, personal responsibility and close connection to everyday clinical life.
Your tasks
- You create, correct and send medical reports, treatment plans, expert opinions, certificates and other medical documents
- You monitor deadlines in reporting and ensure complete and timely processing
- You manage patient files in the clinical information system and take care of filing, digitisation and archiving of documents
- You coordinate appointments and create consultation schedules taking optimal utilisation into account
- You support the interprofessional teams with administrative tasks and ensure efficient secretarial processes
- You process correspondence and communicate with patients, relatives, referrers and authorities
- You take on general secretarial tasks and ensure a reliable flow of information within the clinic
- You order materials and ensure the needs-based management of examination rooms
Your profile
- You have a commercial, medical or comparable qualification
- Ideally, you have initial professional experience in healthcare, in a medical secretariat or in a comparable administrative environment
- You work independently, reliably and carefully and keep an overview even with several tasks running in parallel
- You have organisational talent and handle priorities, deadlines and confidential information with confidence
- You are proficient in using digital applications and enjoy familiarising yourself with new systems and processes
- You present yourself in a friendly, courteous and service-oriented manner and feel comfortable in contact with different stakeholders
- You enjoy working interprofessionally and contribute to good collaboration with your cooperative and solution-oriented approach
- You communicate confidently and professionally in German – both written and spoken
Your contacts
Pascal Wurtz
Pascal Wurtz answers your specialist questions: T: +41 58 630 70 96
If you have 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, the UPZ offers a comprehensive care network. In addition, the 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
University Psychiatric Services Bern, Murtenstrasse 21, 3008 Bern
3008 Bern