Occupational Therapist for the General Psychiatry Service

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Occupational therapist for the General Psychiatry Service

The General Psychiatry Service (PGE) is looking for an occupational therapist at a 40% activity rate, starting October 1, 2025.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (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, CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

The General Psychiatry Service (PGE) provides psychiatric care for the adult population (18 to 65 years old) of the Lausanne metropolitan area.

The service has about one hundred acute care beds on the Cery site and outpatient consultations in the city to best meet the needs of users and care network partners.

The General Psychiatry Service integrates a psychiatric and psychotherapeutic approach for all patients under its care, both in hospital and outpatient settings. Various professions coordinate to provide this care: doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, activity leaders, care assistants, or chaplains.

Mission

• You intervene early in an acute psychiatric care context
• You ensure quality occupational therapy services for patients
• You design and conduct prevention activities
• You develop the profession and the quality of services based on scientific evidence
• You work in a team and ensure collegial collaboration, both intra- and interprofessional.

Profile

• You hold a HES occupational therapist diploma (bachelor level) or an equivalent recognized title, as well as recognition from the Swiss Red Cross for foreign-trained personnel, which is mandatory
• You have experience in psychiatry, a plus
• You have several years of care experience, a plus
• You have a sense of autonomy and responsibility and good skills in negotiation, teamwork, and interdisciplinary communication
• You are interested in the continuous development of care quality in an environment dedicated to missions other than health.

Depending on your profile, the salary class will be level 8 or 9.

We offer

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

• Top social benefits, 20 days paternity leave, and 4 months 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 hotel-style company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position:

Ms. Tiziana Tarabori - Occupational Therapist Head of Service - 079/556.18.46

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

As part of the recruitment process for this position, if hired, you will be required to provide an original criminal record extract. You will also be asked to present your original diplomas and an identity document.

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.

We kindly ask placement agencies to note that applications submitted directly by them on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.