Specialist in Infection Prevention and Clinical Hygiene
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Location
- Wil
- Company
- Psychiatrie St.Gallen, 9500 Wil SG
- First posted
Specialist in Infection Prevention and Clinical Hygiene
Wil,Pfäfers
1\. November 2026 or by arrangement
Your tasks
As a contact person, you advise our employees on all matters related to infection prevention and infection control.
You adapt hygiene concepts and prevention strategies, implement them successfully, and ensure their quality sustainably.
You plan and lead training sessions, workshops, and audits.
Through the analysis of infection data, you derive evidence-based measures to improve patient safety.
You actively contribute your expertise in the investigation of infection occurrences as well as in crisis management.
A close collaboration with the infectiology of our partner hospital is also part of your versatile area of responsibility.
Your profile
You have successfully completed training as a registered nurse HF/FH.
Ideally, you already have further training in the field of infection prevention or clinical hygiene or are willing to complete this with our support.
At least two years of professional experience in infection prevention distinguishes your profile.
With your pronounced communication, advisory, and social skills, you succeed in competently accompanying different stakeholder groups.
You bring fluent German language skills; other language skills are a plus.
The place of work is either Pfäfers or Wil; sporadic travel to other locations is a matter of course for you.
Your salary
Your contact persons
Felber
Director of Nursing, Therapy and Social Work
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Lydia Inauen
HR Business Partner
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About us
With around 1'400 employees, we ensure easily accessible, personal, and effective psychiatric treatments and the care of adults in the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden as well as in the Principality of Liechtenstein at our nine company locations.
Application process
Apply online
We are digitally active and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to your online application via our homepage.
Confirmation via e-mail
As soon as your application has been received by us online, you will receive a confirmation of receipt via e-mail. We look forward to getting to know you based on your dossier and will check whether your qualifications, skills, and you as a person fit the advertised position and the psychiatry. We will then contact you.
Interview with HR and specialist department
In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you will learn more about the psychiatry, the advertised position, and the challenges.
Invitation to the second interview
In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together with you whether we are a good match. In addition, you will have the opportunity to get to know your future team.
Verbal commitment
You will receive a telephone commitment from us if we decide on you after the second interview, and we will ask you if you are also still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.
The contract
In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. With the contract, you will also receive relevant information regarding your employment.
Preboarding
Between the acceptance of the position and the first working day, you can already access relevant internal information as a new employee. This allows you to form a differentiated picture of the company and prepare for the job.
First working day
On the first day, onboarding in your new team and with other colleagues awaits you. You will settle into your new workplace and get an overview of your next tasks. In addition, you will receive your individual induction plan, which will help you to find your way around. jpidb8cdbd9jm jit0832jm jiy26jm
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