Ward Manager Eating Disorder Treatment Center (TZE)

University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

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per 1 January 2027 or by arrangement

The Berner Zentrum für Essstörungen offers children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years as well as their relatives specialized and interprofessional treatment at the highest professional level. The center combines outpatient, outreach, semi-residential, and residential services, thereby enabling individually coordinated treatment across various settings.
In the residential and semi-residential areas, adolescents with anorexia, ARFID, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, as well as eating disorders within the framework of other mental illnesses, are treated in particular. Multidisciplinary cooperation, close networking with research, and orientation toward the latest scientific findings form the central foundations of treatment.
As Ward Manager, you will undertake a responsible leadership task in a committed and multiprofessional team and actively participate in shaping the further development of the specialized treatment offering.

Your tasks

• You assume the personnel, technical, and organizational management of the therapy ward for eating disorders and, together with your team, shape a high-quality provision of care
• You lead your team with appreciation, promote the professional and personal development of your employees, and strengthen open, trusting cooperation
• You ensure the efficient use of personnel and operational resources and guarantee smooth ward operations
• You continuously develop treatment and work processes and advocate for high quality standards and modern care
• You work closely with internal and external specialists as well as relatives and contribute to networked treatment
• You contribute your ideas to cross-departmental projects and actively help shape the future of child and adolescent psychiatry

Your profile

• You have completed training as a nursing professional or an equivalent training recognized in Switzerland
• You bring sound professional experience in psychiatry - ideally in child and adolescent psychiatry
• You already have leadership experience or are ready to take the next step into a leadership function
• You lead with appreciation, make decisions with moderation, and know how to promote employees and achieve goals together
• You work in a structured manner, act responsibly, and maintain an overview even in demanding situations
• You convince with your communicative strength, your high social competence, and your joy in actively helping to shape the further development of the ward

Das UPZ

The Universitäre Psychiatrische Zentrum Bern (UPZ) is, as a university clinic, the leading competence center for psychiatry and psychotherapy in the capital region. It ensures psychiatric care in the Canton of Bern along the entire care chain, from early detection via outpatient, day-clinic, and residential therapies to rehabilitation and forensics. With over 30 locations, the UPZ offers a comprehensive care network. Furthermore, the UPZ makes an important contribution in the areas of teaching, training and further education, as well as research.

Your contact persons

Rina Gerber

Rina Gerber answers your subject-specific questions:
T: +41 58 630 72 89
Yanis Emanuel Ryser

Mail: bewerbungen@upd.ch
T: +41 58 630 96 71

Your place of work

Lindenweg 4, 3302 Moosseedorf