Nurses at the Emergency-Crisis Unit of the Department of Psychiatry (13103-IN-230-2026)

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Nurses at the Emergency-Crisis Unit of the Department of Psychiatry

The Emergency-Crisis Unit of the Liaison Psychiatry Service of the Department of Psychiatry continues to develop! Due to the increase in its activities, we are looking for nurses at a work rate between 80% - 100% starting April 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon.

Context

This position is attached to the Emergency-Crisis Unit, which handles outpatient psychiatric emergencies, psychiatric consultations in somatic emergencies, and offers outpatient crisis follow-ups when necessary.

This unit is part of the Liaison Psychiatry Service (PLI), which also includes:

• the CHUV Liaison Consultation Unit
• the specialized liaison psychiatry unit
• the Gender Dysphoria/Transgender Consultation
• abC - Vaud Center for Anorexia and Bulimia, operating on 2 sites, at the Lausanne-CHUV space and the Saint-Loup space.

Ongoing development of the Intensive Psychiatric Emergencies (UPI) project

In a context of increasing demands and evolving needs in psychiatric emergencies, the Emergency-Crisis Unit is currently leading a development project aimed at improving the quality of care and offering relevant alternatives to hospitalization, with a recovery perspective.

This project pursues two main axes:

Create a structured clinical space-time within the outpatient emergency reception, allowing brief and targeted intervention (up to 12 hours). This space aims to support assessment, mobilization of the person's resources, and coordinated action of their primary and secondary network.

Strengthen outpatient crisis follow-ups: in continuity with the emergency consultation, follow-up can be offered when the situation requires it. Its intensity is adjusted to the specific needs of the person and their environment, to support making sense of the crisis, promote stabilization, and organize, when necessary, a transfer to the appropriate care relay.

The project is part of the first strategic orientation of the development plan of the CHUV Department of Psychiatry.

Mission

• You provide frontline care to patients presenting acute psychiatric disorders
• You welcome, assess, and manage psychiatric emergency situations in person and by phone (cantonal psychiatric emergency system)
• You participate in the development of a therapeutic project in collaboration with the patient and their entourage
• You provide care that meets patients' needs by promoting their autonomy and respecting their social and cultural characteristics
• You collaborate, as a consultant, with CHUV somatic emergencies in the care of patients presenting dual diagnoses.

Profile

• You hold a Bachelor in nursing (or an equivalent title, as well as recognition from the Red Cross for staff qualified abroad) or a positive PreCheck, imperative
• You have good experience in a psychiatric setting (at least 2 years in hospital)
• You have knowledge of the Vaud socio-health network
• You have professional experience in a multidisciplinary team
• You demonstrate autonomy and proactivity
• You have the capacity to contain psychiatric emergency situations
• You have good knowledge of computer tools.

We offer

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

• First-class 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 a minimum of three training days 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: Mr. Roberto Trifiro, ICUS, at 079 556 64 66.

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 need 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.

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