Schaffhausen
Area Manager Nursing Service and Hospitality
- 17 August 2026
- 70 – 80%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
The Schaffhausen Hospitals include the Cantonal Hospital, the Psychiatric Services, the Radiology and Cardiology Posthof Neuhausen practices, as well as the Neurology Practice Schaffhausen Centre. With over 1,700 employees, we ensure the extended medical and nursing basic care of the Schaffhausen region. Each year, we care for around 11,000 inpatients and 90,000 outpatients. In addition, we are an important training centre in the canton.
Do you combine strategic thinking with organisational skill and want to take on responsibility? Then help shape the successful further development of our business area together with Maria Härvelid, Chief Nurse and Hospitality Manager.
We are looking for an Area Manager Nursing Service and Hospitality (70-80%) to start immediately or by arrangement.
Area Manager Nursing Service and Hospitality
What Awaits You
- You support the business area management in the operational and strategic control of the area as well as in organisational and business management issues
- You continuously analyse, optimise and develop processes and cross-departmental interfaces
- You participate in budget, forecast, controlling and reporting processes and prepare meaningful analyses and decision-making bases
- You lead, coordinate or accompany cross-departmental projects as well as transformation and organisational development processes
- You prepare management information and support the business area management in well-founded decisions
- You coordinate the collaboration between the hospital, management, business areas and internal services (e.g. IT, HR or finance) and ensure a smooth flow of information
- You promote standardised processes, drive continuous improvements and strengthen cross-departmental collaboration
- Depending on your strengths, you take on the professional or personnel management of administrative staff
What You Bring to Us
- Strategic thinking ability and business management understanding
- Organisational talent as well as high coordination and implementation skills
- Experience in project and change management
- Analytical skills and confident handling of key figures as well as budget and controlling tools
- Communication strength, persuasiveness and consulting competence
- Leadership skills as well as the ability to network across departments and bring together different interests
- Initiative, decisiveness and a pragmatic, solution-oriented working style
- High motivation and enthusiasm to actively tackle new tasks, combined with a forward-looking, service-oriented mindset
- Calmness and composure even in demanding situations as well as a pronounced hands-on mentality with pleasure in taking responsibility and bringing things to completion
Benefits
Family Friendliness
Do you want to balance family and work well? With our in-house nursery directly on the premises of the Cantonal Hospital, we support you in achieving a healthy work-life balance that not only works but feels good.
Work-Life Balance
Your life is versatile and we understand that. Whether part-time, job sharing (also in leadership positions), extended maternity leave, unpaid leave or additional holidays instead of a 13th monthly salary: we create flexible solutions with you.
Pension Benefits
We think ahead with you. With an employer contribution of 60% to the pension fund contributions, we already take care of your future today so that you are well secured in retirement and your quality of life is maintained.
Accommodation
Are you new to Schaffhausen or need temporary accommodation? No problem. We provide furnished rooms if needed, uncomplicated, close to the workplace and perfect for your start.
Employee Parking & REKA Vouchers
You can reach us easily by bus, train or car. Numerous employee parking spaces are available near the hospital at attractive conditions. Public transport instead of a car? We think that’s great and reward you with REKA vouchers with up to 20% discount.
Further Training
Do you want to know more, be able to do more, make more of a difference? We offer you a variety of internal training opportunities for your next step, your thirst for knowledge and your personal development.
Questions about the Application
Franca Tedesco
HR Consultant
franca.tedesco@spitaeler-sh.ch
Questions about the Position
Maria Härvelid
Chief Nurse and Hospitality Officer
maria.haervelid@spitaeler-sh.ch