Health Professional for the Addiction Treatment Ward 80% (m/f/d) 80% - Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hospital Network

About the job

The AR Hospital Network

The Appenzell Ausserrhoden Hospital Network, with the Herisau Acute Hospital and the AR Psychiatric Centre in Herisau, ensures extended basic medical care for the population in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and is also the first point of contact for a large part of the population in the surrounding region. Both locations are relevant for care within the canton and beyond.

We are looking for

In the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy under the nursing management of Ms Evelyne Uhrig, Ms Séverine Buchter and Ms Melanie Bruderer are seeking a health professional for the Addiction Treatment Ward with a workload of 80%, starting 1 August 2026 or by arrangement.

At your workplace, you will find an open and highly motivated interdisciplinary team with excellent team spirit.

We work recovery-oriented with an addiction psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment setting. Through milieu and therapy design, we promote the participation and self-responsibility of our patients.

Attractive tasks

• Strong, transparent and consensus-oriented collaboration in the interdisciplinary setting as well as with patients
• Support and management of everyday situations as well as leading milieu-therapeutic groups
• Main responsibility for the organisational and logistical processes on the ward
• Support in training tasks
• Electronic documentation with ORBIS NICE and other IT systems

Therefore, we want you

• Completed training as a qualified nurse HF / health professional
• Experience in psychiatry
• Flexibility and interest in supporting teams on different wards during shortages
• Interest in working within an interprofessional treatment team
• Willingness to work shifts in a 24-hour operation
• Enjoyment of situations that are sometimes unpredictable

Additionally, you benefit from

We prefer direct applications. Recruitment agencies please contact Human Resources Management directly (bewerbermanagement@svar.ch). Applications without prior contact will not be considered.

• Appreciative atmosphere in a committed and lively interdisciplinary team
• Mostly weekday shifts and no night duties
• Process-oriented induction by the team
• Other attractive benefits

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