Head Nurse

We are looking for a Head Nurse for our Tertianum Le Pacific site located in Etoy (80 residents).

Your Responsibilities

Quality and Safety of Care

• Ensure safe and appropriate care for each resident: care plans, protocols, prevention of falls, pressure ulcers and medication errors.
• Supervise the assessment of care needs (PLAISIR) and their updates.
• Monitor quality indicators and ensure compliance with cantonal care regulations.
• Maintain the internal reporting procedure in case of abuse or dangerous care.

Care Team Management

• Supervise the two unit managers and, through them, the entire team.
• Ensure schedules comply with staffing levels and the Vaud Public Health Collective Labour Agreement.
• Recruit, integrate and train staff; conduct annual appraisals.
• Address absenteeism and team climate with attentiveness and rigour.

Management and Resources

• Monitor monthly staffing, use of replacements and temporary staff, and the care budget.
• Present these indicators at the monthly review with management, proposing corrective actions.

Coordination

• Work with attending physicians, pharmacy, hospitals and the network referring residents.
• Be the point of contact for families regarding care matters, including difficult situations.
• Collaborate with socio-cultural, hospitality and kitchen services (diets, textures, life projects).

Continuity and Projects

• Ensure clinical and operational continuity of the site in the director’s absence.
• Represent care in the residents’ life project approach.
• Work with the Head Nurse of La Gottaz to harmonise practices.

Your Profile

• Nursing diploma (Bachelor HES or ES), recognised in Switzerland; Swiss Red Cross recognition for foreign diplomas.
• Health management training (CAS or DAS in management, or equivalent), completed or in progress.
• Proven experience in managing a care team, ideally in nursing homes, geriatrics or psychogeriatrics.
• Proximate leadership: presence on site, listening skills, ability to unite and soothe while remaining demanding.
• Rigour in quality and safety, with good knowledge of Vaud cantonal requirements.
• Organised and methodical, comfortable with schedules, indicators and figures.
• Autonomous and responsible: you make decisions at your level and escalate problems with solutions.
• Clear and compassionate communication with families, doctors and teams.
• Tools: electronic care records (careCoach) and planning tools; Excel proficiency is an asset.
• Languages: fluent French; German is an asset.

Our Way of Working

• Decisions based on facts and figures.
• Weekly meeting with the director, monthly review of indicators.
• Wide autonomy with clear delegations.
• Resident and staff safety as the top priority.

What We Offer

• A key role at the heart of a human-scale residence, with garden, animals and a family-friendly model.
• Direct support from management and quality manager.
• A leading group in Switzerland, with career development prospects.
• Conditions according to the Vaud parapublic health sector Collective Labour Agreement.

Application

CV, cover letter and copies of diplomas to be submitted via the recruitment portal. Applications are treated confidentially.