Programme Manager, ‘Healthy Workplace’
, ‘Tut gut!’ Health Prevention Ltd
I’m responsible for the strategic direction, implementation and organisation of the ‘Healthy Workplace’ programme at ‘Tut gut!’ Gesundheitsvorsorge GmbH. We support organisations in implementing workplace health promotion in Lower Austria, with the aim of maintaining and improving people’s health awareness and ability to work within their organisations.
Working with a great team and driving forward workplace health promotion in Lower Austria together.
Particularly worth highlighting is the holistic understanding of health that I was able to develop during my degree. At the same time, I gained in-depth insights into business operations – valuable knowledge that effectively combines theory and practice.
Tina Carina Wellmann, MA
Digital Marketing & Social Media at Instahelp
My job is to create content for social media channels, post it and analyse it afterwards. It’s important to always stay up to date. I also get involved in various collaborations and projects. So, it’s very varied and exciting. :)
The best thing is my team and what Instahelp stands for: I love the ‘start-up vibe’ and the fact that our service provides easy access to psychological counselling. Society and the healthcare system need this.
My work placement: Combining theory with practice was a real eye-opener for me in many areas. What’s more, I was taken on straight away afterwards and was able to develop both personally and professionally over the course of just under 4½ years.
Head of Human Resources
I support our staff in various professional situations, recruit new staff, and handle employment-related matters, as well as much more.
I get to work with people.
The absolute highlight was my work placement. The wide variety of lectures gave me a broad insight into working life.
Health and Performance Management Officer at Steiermärkische Sparkasse
Planning, implementing and evaluating workplace health promotion initiatives in the form of talks, workshops and seminars, sports programmes and one-to-one consultations, such as massages and osteopathy.
Our aim is to use these measures to strengthen all employees’ personal responsibility for their own health in the long term and, as a result, to increase staff satisfaction.
Working with people at all levels of the company, the boundless creativity, and the end result: happy and satisfied staff.
I particularly loved the fact that there were so many guest lecturers with practical experience, some of whom I still work with today.
The friendly, family-like atmosphere on campus was immediately apparent, and I’ll always remember the Christmas sessions with Prof. Mayer.
Head of Controlling and HIS Application Management
, Rudolfinerhaus Privatklinik GmbH
I am primarily responsible for internal and external reporting, medical documentation and all controlling activities. My main tasks include preparing the annual accounts, budgeting, organising strategy meetings and advising senior management. I’m also responsible for further developing and automating our reporting processes, digitising hospital processes and managing our hospital information system.
The incredibly varied work, which presents a new challenge every day, alongside my outstanding team in a hospital that offers top-class medical and nursing care.
The fact that Burgenland University of Applied Sciences didn’t just teach textbook knowledge, but also gave people in key positions the opportunity to share insights from their many years of practical experience. I’m still in touch with some of the lecturers and enjoy discussing current topics with them.
Digital Student, Medical Affairs at MSD Austria (international pharmaceutical company)
My responsibilities include compiling medical study results and information materials for doctors and patients, as well as managing an information and training website for experts. I also carry out design work on the layout of materials and support medical advisors at expert meetings on clinical trials.
The best thing about my job is the opportunity to work in an incredibly great, agile and motivating environment and to make a significant contribution, together, to tackling health issues.
The highlight of my degree was combining the principles of a holistic approach to health with elements of human biology and pharmacy, as well as gaining a deeper insight into Austria’s hospital landscape and healthcare system.
Florentina Sgarz, MA
Content Manager
OMNIi-Talk podcast
I work in digital marketing as a content manager, which covers the following areas: website, blog, podcast, influencer marketing, photo shoots and trend analysis.
The podcast has now become my main responsibility, where I’m in charge of everything from content creation and recording to editing and publishing online.
I really enjoy it and I’m so grateful to have been given this opportunity!
Working with influencers and, without a doubt, the podcast.
The best thing about this degree was that we learnt a great deal about the human body, whilst also gaining an understanding of the business aspects of a company.
I use the knowledge I gained very often in my work, and it was a real asset when I applied to the AllergoSan Institute.
eLearning Coordinator
At Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltenges.m.b.H., I’m responsible for e-learning within the HR development department. This covers the whole process, from brainstorming ideas, through the didactic design and production of e-learning modules, right through to roll-out, reporting and marketing activities.
That I get to use creative and engaging e-learning modules to help convey even the less exciting topics to our staff.
The broad insight into the healthcare system and into healthcare and hospital facilities provides an excellent foundation for many career paths. I also really appreciated the friendly atmosphere and the practical relevance of the course.
You can find more stories about notable graduates, students, lecturers and staff from this degree programme here and on our blog.
Over 220 people are accommodated there for permanent or temporary care. It is one of the largest facilities in Lower Austria. She describes her job as thoroughly fulfilling. There are countless reasons for this, but she revealed some of them to us in our interview.
"It's not just the care that needs to be well managed in a care facility, but also everything around it," she emphasises. She acquired the know-how for this on the Bachelor's degree programme in Health Management and Health Promotion at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland. This is a business degree programme with a focus on health topics. Students can train to become a care home manager - an asset that paved the way for Lena Fritz-Reicher's career. She followed her bachelor's degree with a master's degree in Health Management and Integrated Care.
During several internships, she familiarised herself with different areas of the healthcare sector. Among other things, she worked at the Rechnitz Nursing Competence Centre and the Eisenstadt Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy.
Over the years, she learnt to appreciate the versatility of working in the care sector. "Personnel management, quality management, cost accounting and financial reporting... I deal with all of these topics professionally. That's what makes it so exciting."
She applied for a junior management programme run by the state of Lower Austria and was selected after an intensive assessment process. From then on, she got to know various care facilities in Lower Austria - "I was able to find my own examples of best practice, so to speak," she says.
In January 2020, she accepted the position of Deputy Director of PBZ Baden and took over management of the center in 2022.
She finds her job enormously fulfilling.
No two days are the same. There are always new challenges to overcome and new tasks to tackle.
Lena Fritz-Reicher, graduate of UAS Burgenland
With 224 residents, the center is one of the largest in Lower Austria. The needs of the people entrusted to the PBZ team are diverse. "We are not just a care center, we also have 60 beds for people with psychiatric needs. They receive psychosocial care from us. Another focus is the area of rehabilitative transitional care. People come to us directly from hospital and receive rehabilitative care." The PBZ is also a home for people who require intensive care.
The many forms of care on offer also make the job colourful for the director. "That's very interesting for me. We have many professional groups in the building: nursing staff, permanently employed doctors, a social worker or social pedagogue, psychotherapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, administrative staff, everyday support and building services. This closes the loop to the Master's in Integrated Care, which I completed at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland."
Contact with the residents is at least as important to Lena Fritz-Reicher. "First and foremost, it's the typical small celebrations and festivities throughout the year, which I'm not only heavily involved in planning, but which I also attend myself, of course. However, I also like to personally congratulate the people entrusted to our care on their birthdays and am constantly approached in the house. This contact is very important to me. You can see what is going well and what can be further improved, which gives you the opportunity to react proactively.
Lena Fritz-Reicher has come to particularly appreciate the generalist approach in her two degree programmes at Burgenland UAS. "The soft skills subjects were also very important for everyday working life - group work, communication workshops and so on. In the Master's programme, I particularly appreciated the exchange with my fellow students. Because they came from different professional groups, from nursing, social work, therapy and business." Project and process management, business administration, controlling and quality management were also topics in the degree programme that are important on a day-to-day basis in the job.
"The care home manager training programme not only gave me a certificate, but also opened my eyes to the fact that a care home is not a dusty institution. Rather, it is a highly professional and modern home to many interesting people and the workplace of very committed and competent employees."
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