Deputy Ward Manager Nursing / Social Pedagogy HF/FH ATJ 80% - 100%

We with you: Together strengthening the mental health of the next generation

Die Klinik Sonnenhof – Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrisches Zentrum (KJPZ) – is a medically led child and adolescent psychiatry center in Ganterschwil. As a provider clinic in the area of inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry in the Canton of St.Gallen, it has service agreements with the cantons of Zürich, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Glarus, and Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

Since July 2026, die Klinik Sonnenhof KJPZ and the KJPD St.Gallen have jointly formed the Stiftung Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie St.Gallen (KJPSG). This ensures that we can continue to reliably support children and adolescents with mental health issues – outpatient, inpatient, and day-clinic.

On the assessment and therapy ward, we support and treat adolescents aged 14 to 18 around the clock who are in various mental and psychosocial stressful situations. Our offering includes both psychiatric assessments as well as long-term therapy stays over several months. Working with adolescents and their support systems is varied and demanding at the same time. It requires flexibility, empathy, and the ability to maintain an overview and act with calmness and clarity even in challenging situations. In doing so, we attach great importance to close interprofessional cooperation, respectful interaction, and resource-oriented support. To complement our team, we are looking for a committed and qualified personality as:

Deputy Ward Manager Nursing / Social Pedagogy HF/FH ATJ 80% - 100%

Your tasks

Close cooperation with the ward manager as well as the medical-therapeutic management
Co-responsibility for the personnel leadership of approx. 25 employees and team development
Co-responsibility for ensuring holistic, individual, and resource-oriented treatment
Organization, planning, and coordination of work processes
A varied work with the adolescents and their support systems, which is characterized by rapidly changing situations
Analyzing resources and problems in nursing and social pedagogical topics
Developing goals and interventions together with the adolescents and parents
Close interdisciplinary cooperation with the areas of therapy, doctors, and clinic school

Your competencies

Completed professional training FH/FH Nursing or Social Pedagogy
Leadership experience or willingness to acquire the knowledge
Interest in the specialist field of child and adolescent psychiatry
Personality with high social competence and empathy, team and reflection skills
Enjoyment of rapid changes
Good German and language skills
Willingness for irregular working hours in ward shifts as well as office days

What we offer you

Exciting and challenging task with plenty of room for personal and professional development opportunities
Member of the management team
Progressive employment conditions with very good social benefits
Regular coachings with the ward manager and area management
Supervisions and team meetings every two weeks
Wide range of training and further education opportunities
Easily accessible clinic and free parking spaces
Applications

Have we aroused your interest? We look forward to getting to know you.

More information can be obtained from our Head of HR Eugenia Licata at the telephone number 071 243 46 71 or at www.kjpz.ch.

Please upload your application on our homepage. We look forward to seeing you!

Apply now
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