Dipl. Pflegefachfrau/mann HF/FH on the General Psychiatry Ward

The Spitalverbund Appenzell Ausserrhoden, with the Akutspital Herisau and the Psychiatrisches Zentrum AR in Herisau, ensures the extended basic medical care for the population in the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and is also the first point of contact for a large part of the population in the surrounding region. Both locations are relevant for care for the canton and beyond.

In the Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie under the nursing management of Sven Lang, Frank Lynch is looking for a dipl. Pflegefachperson HF/FH for the PZA location as of 1. February 2027 or by arrangement for the General Psychiatry Ward.

Your tasks

• Planning, implementing, evaluating and terminating the nursing process including performing primary nursing with a focus on relationship management and resource orientation
• Accompanying and supporting patients in everyday life and in crisis situations as well as designing and promoting a health-promoting ward environment
• Adherence to nursing standards as well as working with nursing diagnoses
• Creating the necessary documentation in ORBIS NICE and forwarding relevant information
• Accompanying and leading individual and group activities as well as applying complementary medical methods
• Performance recording according to specifications
• Close and transparent cooperation with all professionals involved in the treatment, including external contact persons
• Execution of diagnostic and therapeutic measures according to medical prescription
• Following delegation, participation in clinic-internal work and project groups
• Collaboration and implementation of ward-specific projects with a focus on psychiatric nursing
• Induction of new employees
• Participation in internal training, supervisions and team discussions
• Supporting the vocational trainers in training tasks

Your profile

• Completed training as dipl. Pflegefachfrau / dipl. Pflegefachmann or Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/in
• Good German skills in speaking and writing
• Experience in the field of psychiatry is an advantage
• A resilient and flexible personality
• An independent and self-responsible way of working completes your profile