Ward Manager for the Dementia and Delirium Department

Clinic for Geriatric and Neuropsychiatry

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immediately or by arrangement

Do you want to take on a leadership role and simultaneously actively shape nursing care? Then you have come to the right place at the Universitäres Psychiatrisches Zentrum (UPZ) Bern at the Münsingen location. On our Dementia and Delirium ward of the Clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, we support people aged 65 and over in challenging life situations. As Ward Manager, you will lead a dedicated nursing team, set impulses for contemporary nursing, and have the necessary creative freedom to make a difference together with your team. You can expect a supportive management team, regular working hours, and attractive opportunities for your professional and personal development.

Your tasks

• You assume the professional, personnel, and organizational leadership of the ward and develop your team in a targeted manner
• Together with your team, you ensure professional, patient-centered, and high-quality nursing care
• You organize the daily routine on the ward and are responsible for needs-based personnel scheduling
• You further develop nursing workflows and processes and consistently implement quality standards
• You work closely with the medical service, the therapeutic specialist departments, and other interprofessional professional groups
• You accompany and promote your employees in their professional and personal development and create an appreciative team culture
• You contribute your ideas and actively help shape the further development of the ward and geriatric psychiatry

Your profile

• You have a diploma as a nursing specialist HF / FH or an equivalent qualification
• You bring leadership experience and ideally further management training, or you are motivated to complete it
• You have professional experience in psychiatry, ideally in geriatric psychiatry as well as in supporting people with dementia and delirium
• You have a modern understanding of nursing and implement situation- and patient-oriented care in a process-oriented and interprofessional manner
• You are empathetic, patient, and communicate clearly and appreciatively
• You enjoy working in a team, take on responsibility, and maintain an overview even in challenging situations
• You have good IT user skills and are confident in using common Office programs
• You speak and write German with stylistic confidence

The UPZ

As a university clinic, the Universitäre Psychiatrische Zentrum Bern (UPZ) is the leading competence center for psychiatry and psychotherapy in the capital region. It ensures psychiatric care in the Canton of Bern along the entire supply chain, from early detection through outpatient, day-clinic, and inpatient 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, education, further training, and research.

Your contact persons

Holger Stauner

Holger Stauner answers your specialist questions:
T: +41 58 630 98 02
Brigitte Schumacher

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

Your place of work

Hunzigenallee 1, 3110 Münsingen