Specialist in Health EFZ

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Specialist in Health EFZ

Apprenticeship

Workplace: Cazis / Chur

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In the Beverin clinics in Cazis, Waldhaus in Chur, the day clinics in Ilanz and Thusis, as well as in the care centers Rothenbrunnen and Montalin in Chur, we train aspiring specialists in health. Your practical training takes place in the departments of "General Psychiatry", "Geriatric Psychiatry", "Forensic Psychiatry" and "Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics & Addiction" of the clinics, as well as in the living groups of the care centers. The annual change of learning locations enriches your training and allows you to gain deeper insights into psychiatric treatment and care.

You will learn your self-, social-, professional- and methodological skills in various topics such as aligning nursing and caring actions with patients and residents, hygiene and safety, medical technical procedures, as well as handling crises and emergencies.

Our basic attitude in your training

• We strive for a learning climate characterized by mutual respect, tolerance, and openness.
• We provide you with space to take on your role as a trainee specialist in health.
• We enable you to engage in various learning forms that promote individual, holistic, and self-directed learning.
• We have clear regulations; we define the scope of action together.
• You learn through practical work and reflection; we systematically use leadership and training tools.
• We see learning in practice as a continuous and building process.
• Through differentiated, constructive, and reasoned feedback, we achieve learning successes together and promote your transfer thinking – from theory to practice.

Key points of your training

Your training lasts 3 years and takes place over three learning fields:

• The school training takes place at the Health and Social Education Center (BGS) in Chur, in the 1st and 2nd year of training on two school days and in the 3rd year on one day per week.
• The inter-company courses (ÜK) support your learning success by imparting fundamental and industry-specific skills.
• We offer the professional learning fields in the Beverin clinics in Cazis, Waldhaus in Chur, the day clinics in Ilanz and Thusis, as well as the care centers Rothenbrunnen and Montalin in Chur. After each year of training, you will change your training location.

We support you if you aim for vocational maturity (BM) during your training. Please let us know your interest in your application.

During your basic vocational training, you have five weeks of vacation per year.

Regulations govern the exceptions for night and Sunday work for trainees in the health and social sector. You work a maximum of two nights per week and a maximum of ten nights per year after reaching the age of 17.

On Sundays or public holidays, you work a maximum of once a month after reaching the age of 17, but no more than two public holidays per year that do not fall on a Sunday.

At the Cazis location, we offer you affordable accommodation options if daily travel between your home and workplace involves a significant time commitment.

Our requirements for you

• You enjoy contact with people
• You are team-oriented and communicative
• You have empathy for people in need of care
• You have a careful and precise working style
• You act responsibly
• You are resilient and show willingness to work irregular hours

Perspectives after your training

After completing your training, you can work as a specialist in health or pursue further training as a consultant for respiratory disorders and tuberculosis, as a specialist in neurophysiological diagnostics, as a medical coder, as a medical masseur, or as a transport paramedic.

You can also choose to pursue further training as a specialist in psychiatric care and support with a professional examination.

The higher vocational school offers you the opportunity to continue your education as a qualified nurse HF or a qualified male nurse HF, as a qualified activation specialist HF or a qualified male activation specialist HF, as a qualified dental hygienist HF or a qualified male dental hygienist HF, as a qualified specialist in medical-technical radiology HF or a qualified male specialist in medical-technical radiology HF, as a qualified operating technician HF or a qualified male operating technician HF, as a qualified rescue paramedic HF or a qualified male rescue paramedic HF, or as a qualified social educator HF or a qualified male social educator.

At the university of applied sciences, you can obtain a Bachelor of Science (FH) in nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetics, midwifery, or social work.

Selection process

After reviewing your application, you will be informed about the selection decision. If you are shortlisted, the training manager will arrange an interview and selection days. Through five selection days, you will gain insight into everyday work, and we will get to know each other better. The selection days are organized by us and take place in the Beverin clinics in Cazis and Waldhaus in Chur.

The hiring decision is made by the four training managers of the education team. They discuss the application, the department evaluations, and the selection interview and then make their decision.

Your advantages at a glance

We offer you a tailored vocational training. In the PDGR, we fundamentally train all professions at the level of Federal Certificate of Competence (EFZ).

Training for the Federal Vocational Certificate (EBA) is possible depending on the requirements and in certain professions after consultation with the education department.

We support you if you aim for vocational maturity (BM) during your training. Please let us know your interest in your application.

As a competitive athlete, we enable you, in consultation with the Office for Vocational Education and your sports association / sports club, to have special training conditions to create an ideal combination of vocational training and competitive sports. In the preliminary clarification, we carefully check whether your sport can be reconciled with your chosen vocational training and educational goals.

All our trainees receive 5 weeks of vacation per year. If you work in the 43-hour week model, you even get an additional 5 free days (compensation days). These are worked in during the entire year within the framework of the 43-hour week.

On the introduction days in August, you will meet all new trainees at the Beverin clinic in Cazis. After a welcome by Josef Müller, CEO, you will receive initial insights into the PDGR and get job-specific information about your start of training. The day concludes with a joint aperitif, attended by your vocational trainer. Your parents and relatives are, of course, also invited.

The next two days will be spent together by all new trainees. We will work on various topics in workshops to prepare you for the start of your training.

Out of everyday life – the trainee day is the annual highlight for our trainees. Once a year, you meet with all trainees for a joint activity. Gold panning in the Surselva, planting trees with WWF in Prättigau, or visiting the RhB workshops in Landquart are examples of past trainee days.

The day promotes mutual exchange among trainees from different professions and allows you to have a cross-professional experience.

In every profession, there are industry-standard apprentice wages. Would you like a little more? We value the contributions of our youngest employees and are happy to pay our trainees a little more so that they can manage well with their first income. Additionally, there is a 13th month salary. There are also allowances for work on Sundays and evenings, for example, as a specialist in health – of course, always within the framework of youth protection.

Tips for your budget planning can be found here.

We strive to provide trainees in all areas and professions with a varied and well-supported training experience. As a company with over 1,200 employees, we utilize our diverse opportunities. This way, we can give our trainees insights into various areas, and they can complete parts of their training at different locations.

No matter which profession – you are part of the PDGR team and work with different employees and professions.

"Community" is one of our core values: Everyone contributes their individuality and collaborates constructively with other professions – this is how we move forward. Your ideas and opinions are also welcome and appreciated.

Learn more about our values here.

Everyday work and collaboration

In your everyday work and personal life, many exciting, new, unexpected, and challenging things happen – much of it for the first time. In the person of your vocational trainer, your supervisor, or your training manager, you always have a contact person. Talk about things that burden, overwhelm, or hinder you. Together, we will look for solutions and help you.

If you cannot make progress alone or with your environment, sometimes a conversation with an external professional can help. For this purpose, we have an independent counseling service available for employees – neutral, anonymous, and free of charge.

Learning and succeeding at the three learning locations

Are you facing difficulties in school, in ÜK, or during practical learning? We are happy to support our trainees individually with their personal challenges during their training. We promote attendance at support courses or other offerings from your vocational school.

I am a FaGe trainee at PDGR because...

"...I have a great interest in psychology and am convinced that I will learn a lot of new things at PDGR."

Alicia Strausak

Trainee Specialist in Health

Your training company

The PDGR and its values

"Open psychiatry – by leading experts for the people", that is our vision. You are the expert – with your expertise, your skills, and above all, your personality, you enrich our interprofessional teams.

Our experts share their knowledge for the best possible quality. They are trustworthy, competent, and orient themselves to the latest findings. The PDGR stands as a lighthouse and is an important support for society.

Your contact person

Do you have questions? Eveline Rossi, training manager, is here for you.

Eveline Rossi, Training Manager

Phone 058 225 35 57

Your application

Are you curious about new things, curious about an apprenticeship at PDGR?

Then apply – we look forward to getting to know you!