Vivantes, Berlin’s largest healthcare network, is hiring a Ward Manager for Intensive Care (Stationsleitung Pflege), in a tandem / shared leadership model, at Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain. The job is permanent, 38.5 hours a week, paid at EG P14 TVöD, starting 1 January 2027. Applications close on 20 December 2026.
About Vivantes
Network: Berlin’s largest healthcare network, with over 100 specialist clinics, institutes and care facilities
Unit: Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy at Friedrichshain
ICU: Intensive Care Unit 2, for patients after surgery and with severe illness, with an experienced team
Reference: KFH1766
Benefits & Career Opportunity
Pay: Attractive pay under TVöD (EG P14), with VBL company pension and subsidised retirement savings option
Growth: Structured induction and the digital CNE nursing training platform
Family: Free childcare at short notice
Extras: Parking, health programmes, employee discounts, bike leasing and a well-connected location
Position Overview
In this role, you share the organisational and professional leadership of Intensive Care Unit 2 in a tandem with a partner. You lead the ward professionally in close cooperation with the organisational lead, ensure holistic patient care, put nursing concepts into practice and keep developing them, and secure nursing quality. You plan, organise and evaluate training and nursing key figures, work closely with other professions and develop staff according to their potential and the unit’s needs.
Why This Role Matters: Shared leadership is still rare in nursing management, and it can make a demanding role more sustainable. Here you lead an ICU at a large Berlin hospital with a published pay grade, a pension and a long list of practical extras.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership
- Lead the ward professionally, in close cooperation with the organisational lead
- Develop staff according to their potential and needs, working closely with other professions
Care & Quality
- Ensure holistic nursing care and support for patients
- Put nursing concepts into practice, keep developing them and secure care quality
Training & Key Figures
- Plan, organise and evaluate training and nursing key figures
Qualifications
Education
- State recognition as a health and nursing nurse, ideally a degree in nursing or health management or further training to lead a facility in health and social care
- Completed specialist training in anaesthesia and intensive care nursing, or a degree in advanced clinical nursing (intensive care), with several years of leadership experience on an ICU
Skills
- Solid IT skills
- Strong teamwork and communication, organisational talent, decisiveness and openness to innovation
Other
- Legally required proof of measles immunisation
About Vivantes
Vivantes is Berlin’s largest healthcare network, with over 100 specialist clinics, institutes and care facilities providing medical and nursing care for a large share of Berliners. The Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy at Klinikum im Friedrichshain offers a wide range of anaesthesia procedures and works closely with all surgical areas. Vivantes says it values equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.
How to Apply: Apply by 20 December 2026 through the Vivantes careers portal (karriere.vivantes.de), quoting reference KFH1766. For questions, contact Corinna Schwarzer, area nursing manager, on 030 130 23 3651.
Who Should Apply?
- ICU Ward Managers: Open to shared leadership
- Intensive Care Nurses: With leadership experience
- Nursing Managers: Wanting a Berlin teaching hospital
- Anaesthesia Nurses: Ready for management
- Berlin Healthcare Leaders: Seeking a TVöD role with a pension
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