Head of Residential Area 80 - 100%

The tilia Foundation for Long-Term Care is the leading provider of complex long-term care in the Bern region. At five locations, we support people from the age of 18 who require care and support. Our services include inpatient long-term residential areas, specialised departments for people with dementia and respiratory diseases, as well as neurological and bariatric long-term care, complemented by outpatient services. We work according to the care organisation system of primary nursing. Palliative care is an integral part of our nursing attitude and our daily actions.

At tilia, we place great value on humanity, interprofessional collaboration, and mutual support. We create a working environment that focuses on quality, safety, and dignity – for our residents as well as for our employees. At tilia, you do not work in a traditional nursing home, but in a clinically demanding environment at the interface between acute hospital, rehabilitation, and complex long-term care. 

Would you like to help shape care and professionally support people of different ages? Then you are in the right place with us.

We offer a position at our tilia Elfenau location immediately or by arrangement as

• Responsibility for professional and resident-oriented care and support of 28 residents in the residential area
• Personnel, professional and organisational leadership of a team of 22 employees
• Professional and personnel leadership of students and trainees
• Responsibility for needs- and competence-based personnel deployment planning (PEP) of the residential area
• Ensuring and further developing a high quality of care and support
• Support from specialist and expert teams
• Responsibility for implementing defined care processes, quality standards and operational guidelines in the residential area
• Active participation in care and support as well as regular contact with residents and relatives
• Promoting appreciative collaboration and a positive team and leadership culture
• Active involvement in change and development processes in the residential area and at the location

• Diploma as a nursing specialist HF/FH or FaGe long-term care or an equivalent recognised qualification
• Enjoyment of long-term care and leading and developing employees
• Leadership experience, preferably in long-term care
• Completed leadership training or willingness to undertake appropriate further training
• interRAI LTCF knowledge is an advantage or willingness to acquire this qualification
• Resident-oriented, responsible, solution-focused and assertive personality with a strong quality awareness
• Good communication and leadership skills as well as understanding of economic contexts
• Willingness to actively shape changes and take responsibility

• Two office days per week
• Varied leadership role with scope for design in an open-minded team
• Careful and structured induction
• Participation in interdisciplinary specialist groups, including palliative care, basal stimulation, wound management
• Diverse training and development opportunities
• Occupational health management including cost contribution to sports activities
• Modern working conditions and support from specialist and expert teams
• Membership of the Long-Term Care Collective Agreement 2027