Jobs at Switzerland's private hospitals and clinics

Switzerland's healthcare system is about more than its public hospitals. Alongside the cantonal networks, more than a dozen private hospital groups and specialist clinics are at work — and many of them recruit nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and administrative staff on a regular basis. Below you'll find direct links to the careers pages of the largest private medical employers in Switzerland.

Private networks

Hirslanden The largest private hospital network in Switzerland — 16 clinics across 9 cantons, more than 10,800 staff and 1,769 beds. Its story begins in 1932, when the Klinik Hirslanden opened in Zurich; in 1990 the merger of five clinics created Switzerland's first private hospital group. Job openings →

Swiss Medical Network The second-largest private hospital network in Switzerland — 19 hospitals and clinics plus around 80 medical centres across all three language regions, close to 5,000 staff and 1,633 beds. In 2025 it became the first healthcare provider in Western Europe to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Job openings →

Lindenhofgruppe The largest private hospital group in the canton of Bern — three clinics in the city centre: Lindenhofspital, Sonnenhofspital and Engeriedspital. 1,648 staff (FTE), 336 beds and more than 184,000 patients a year. The Lindenhofspital has been running without interruption since 1908. Job openings →

Pallas Kliniken A network of 17 ophthalmology and aesthetic-medicine clinics, founded in 1994 in Olten by a single doctor with a single operating room. Today it sees more than 200,000 patients a year and counts over 120 specialist physicians. In 1999 it became the first private clinic in Switzerland to gain official status as a training centre in ophthalmology. Job openings →

Specialist clinics — German-speaking region

Schulthess Klinik (Zurich) One of Europe's leading orthopaedic clinics, founded in 1883. Around 1,100 staff and some 12,000 procedures a year. In the Newsweek/Statista "World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2025" ranking it placed 4th in the world and 2nd in Europe for orthopaedics. A certified Swiss Olympic Medical Center. Job openings →

Lindenhofgruppe (Bern) — see above, under private networks.

St. Claraspital (Basel) A clinic founded in 1928 and run for decades by the Sisters of Mercy. Around 1,200 staff and 210 beds. Together with the Universitätsspital Basel it runs Clarunis — Universitäres Bauchzentrum Basel, one of Switzerland's leading centres for abdominal surgery. The only round-the-clock emergency department on the Kleinbasel side of the city. Job openings →

Bethesda Spital (Basel) A deaconess hospital founded in 1923, specialising in gynaecology, obstetrics and orthopaedics. Around 750 staff. In 2019 it opened the "Haus der Geburt", bringing a welcoming birth house and a maternity clinic together under one roof. It is listed in two categories of the Newsweek "World's Best Hospitals 2025" ranking. Job openings →

Merian Iselin Klinik (Basel) A leading centre for orthopaedics, surgery and urology in north-western Switzerland, in operation since 1916. Around 500 staff and 9 operating rooms able to handle up to 8,000 procedures a year. It works on the Belegarzt model — patients choose their own specialist. Job openings →

Klinik Oberwaid (St. Gallen) A singular combination of rehabilitation clinic and 4-star superior hotel overlooking Lake Constance. It specialises in psychosomatic medicine, cardiology and orthopaedics. The site's healing tradition goes back to 1845. Job openings →

Klinik Gut St. Moritz The only private acute-care clinic in the canton of Graubünden, founded in 1929 by Dr Paul Gut. It specialises in orthopaedics and skiing injuries. A certified Swiss Olympic Sport Medical Base. In 2024 a new clinic building opened, designed by the studio of Christoph Ingenhoven Architects. Job openings →

Specialist clinics — French- and Italian-speaking region

Hôpital de La Tour (Meyrin, Geneva) The largest private teaching hospital in Romandy, founded in 1976. 1,239 staff, 172 beds and 31 specialties. A certified Level 1 Swiss Olympic Medical Center — guaranteeing an athlete a diagnosis within 24 hours of an injury. Job openings →

Clinique de La Source (Lausanne) A private clinic founded by the La Source Foundation in 1891 — the same foundation that in 1859 created the world's first secular nursing school. 630 staff and 150 beds. It runs a robotic-surgery centre with the da Vinci system and the ROSA Knee robot. Job openings →

Hôpital Daler (Fribourg) A private public-utility clinic founded in 1917 under the bequest of the banker Jules Daler. Around 300 staff. Its maternity ward, with six delivery rooms, welcomes more than 1,500 babies a year — one of the largest private maternity units in Switzerland. Job openings →

Clinica Luganese Moncucco (Lugano) The first private clinic in Ticino, founded on 24 June 1900 by Catholic nuns. Since 2023 it has formed the Gruppo Ospedaliero Moncucco together with the Clinica Santa Chiara in Locarno. Together they have 1,022 staff, 280 beds and more than 40 specialties. Job openings →