Psychiatry Department Manager

Do you want to shape rather than just manage? As Psychiatry Department Manager, you will take on a central leadership and management role from 1 November 2026 or by arrangement. Together with the medical and nursing management, you will further develop the Psychiatric Services, lead the administration, and ensure an economically sustainable and professional organisation. In doing so, you combine business management thinking with a strong understanding of people and the particularities of psychiatry.

The Psychiatric Services consist of the Breitenau Psychiatric Centre, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, and HeGeBe, and together with the Cantonal Hospital, they form one of several locations of the Schaffhausen Hospitals. The Breitenau Psychiatric Centre in the Breite district of Schaffhausen comprises the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy with its inpatient, day clinic, and outpatient treatment services as well as long-term psychiatry.

What to expect

• You will manage the commercial and administrative matters of the Psychiatric Services and actively shape their further development.
• Together with the medical and nursing management, you will influence the operational and organisational development of psychiatry.
• You will be responsible for budget, forecasts, cost management, and reporting, creating transparency about the economic development.
• You will support the medical and nursing management in business, administrative, and financial matters.
• You will work closely with HR, finance, controlling, and other central hospital departments.
• You will identify optimisation potentials and continuously develop administrative and organisational processes.
• You will contribute to strategic, structural, and organisational developments as well as investment and business case decisions.

What you bring to advance us

• You have a solid business management education and bring experience in finance, controlling, and corporate management.
• You have experience in leading and developing employees and know how to motivate people towards common goals.
• Ideally, you are familiar with the structures and challenges of a hospital or the healthcare sector.
• You recognise connections, think ahead, and derive concrete recommendations for action from figures and analyses.
• You want not only to manage but actively develop processes, structures, and the organisation.
• You communicate clearly and appropriately for the audience and are confident in interacting with different professional groups and management levels.
• Even with complex topics, you keep an overview, set priorities, and find pragmatic solutions.

Benefits

Family friendliness

Do you want to balance family and work well? With our in-house nursery directly on the Cantonal Hospital site, we support you in achieving a healthy work-life balance that not only works but feels good.

Work-life balance

Your life is diverse, 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-month salary: we create flexible solutions with you.

Pension benefits

We think ahead with you. With an employer contribution of 60% to pension fund contributions, we already provide for 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.

Staff parking & REKA vouchers

You can reach us easily by bus, train, or car. Numerous staff 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 more capable, and make more impact? 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

Stefan Herberich Deputy Head HRM / Head HR Consulting stefan.herberich@spitaeler-sh.ch

Questions about the position

PD Dr. med. Bernd Krämer Chief Physician Psychiatry and Psychotherapy bernd.kraemer@spitaeler-sh.ch

Application process

Online application

Your application reaches us directly via our online portal.

Review & feedback

We will review your documents promptly and inform you about the next steps.

Personal meeting

You will get to know your potential team and your working environment.

Decision & start

We make our decision and inform you as soon as possible. If it fits, it means: Welcome to us, welcome to the green!

The Schaffhausen Hospitals as an employer

The Schaffhausen Hospitals include the Cantonal Hospital, the Psychiatric Services, the Radiology and Cardiology Posthof Neuhausen practices, and the Neurology Schaffhausen Centre practice. With over 1,700 employees, we ensure the extended medical and nursing basic care of the Schaffhausen region. Annually, we care for about 11,000 inpatient and 90,000 outpatient patients. Additionally, we are an important training centre in the canton.