Auxiliary Spiritual Companion within the Nursing Directorate

About the job

Psychosocial

Auxiliary Spiritual Companion within the Nursing Directorate

The Nursing Directorate (DSO) of the CHUV is looking for a 50% auxiliary spiritual companion, for a start date on September 1, 2026, within the framework of a one-year fixed-term contract.

👉 Would you like to contribute to spiritual support in a hospital setting and support patients, their relatives, as well as professionals during important moments of their care journey? Join the CHUV chaplaincy team.

Context

The University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) is one of the 5 Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, it plays a leading role in medical care, research, and education.

The Nursing Directorate (DSO) is an essential component of institutional management. It ensures the development, coordination, and quality of care within all clinical departments of the CHUV.

It brings together more than 5,200 professionals from many disciplines: nursing, care assistance, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, specialized education, spiritual support, and volunteering.

The Chaplaincy Service aligns its work with the CHUV’s triple university mission: care, teaching, and research. It relies on a team of about twenty committed spiritual companions working with patients, their relatives, and care teams.

The training organized by the service aims to develop a model of spiritual accompaniment adapted to societal and healthcare system changes, while contributing to the training of future professionals in this field.

Mission

• You provide spiritual support in a hospital setting to patients and their relatives
• You engage in an interprofessional approach in collaboration with care teams
• You develop your skills in spiritual accompaniment within a specialized hospital context.

Profile

• You hold a degree in theology or religious studies
• You have a CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) in spiritual accompaniment in healthcare settings
• You have experience in counseling
• You have completed training in a person-centered approach
• You are able to face suffering and vulnerability situations
• You demonstrate stress resilience and recognized interpersonal skills.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the University Hospital of Lausanne means benefiting from:

• Top-tier social benefits, 20 days of paternity leave, and 4 months of maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
• Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
• A 13th salary and 25 days of vacation per year
• A right to at least three days of training per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Center and partner training centers of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighborhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on the purchase of electric bikes)
• Quality company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mr. Mario Drouin, head of the spirituality domain at 021 314 50 46.

Since all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the announcement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, we invite you to contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you in your process, either by email at e.recrutement@chuv.ch or by phone at 021 314 85 70.

The CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our collaborators, we pay attention to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and avoid any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.

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