Head of Geriatrics Department (80 – 100 %)
St. Bernhard AG
Wettingen
Key information
- Publication date:18 July 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Wettingen
Job summary
Join us in shaping the future at Alterszentrum St. Bernhard! Experience a fulfilling work environment with a dedicated team.
Tasks
- Lead a department caring for 24 residents with 18 staff members.
- Support your team’s professional growth and enhance their skills.
- Ensure consistent care methods and engage directly in nursing.
Skills
- Diploma in nursing with leadership experience preferred.
- Strong decision-making and resilience are crucial.
- Customer-oriented mindset and economic thinking are essential.
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Help shape the future with us
More from life - that is what we stand for as the St. Bernhard Senior Center in Wettingen with 140 residential units. Over 240 employees care for our residents with passion. Enabling self-determined living in old age is at the center of our actions.Are you looking for more than just a job? Do you want a place where you can help shape, promote your team, and put our residents at the center every day? Then you are exactly right with us as
Head of Geriatrics Department (80 – 100 %)
What can you expect from us:
- Freedom and responsibility: With us, you get the chance to lead your department independently and bring in your ideas
- A team that sticks together: A colorful mix of generations pulling together - participation and co-design are not empty words for us
- Flat hierarchy and informal culture: We meet at eye level
- An environment that sees the person: Our philosophy places our residents at the center
- Modern infrastructure: Well-equipped workplaces make your everyday life easier
- Enjoyment and benefits: Discounted internal catering, free parking in the underground garage, and various discounts are available
- More leisure time: At least 5 weeks of vacation, 6 weeks from age 50, and even 7 weeks from age 60
Your tasks with us:
- You lead the department with 24 residents, about 18 employees, and 3 trainees
- You support your team in professional development and strengthen their competencies
- You have an open ear for the needs of our residents and their relatives
- According to the duty roster, you take on the daily or house responsibility as needed
- You ensure uniform care and work methods and implement them actively
- You professionally support the care needs assessments (RAI-NH)
- You are responsible for your cost center
- You are not too shy to pitch in yourself: about 20% of your time you directly support your team in care
What you bring with you:
- A qualification as a Dipl. Nursing Specialist HF or FH
- Ideally, leadership experience and a talent for inspiring and motivating people
- Experience in long-term care and working with RAI-NH
- Decisiveness, resilience, and a pronounced customer-oriented and economic mindset
