Nurse at the Community Psychiatry Service Psy&Migrants Unit

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Nurse at the Community Psychiatry Service Psy&Migrants Unit

The Community Psychiatry Service is looking for a nurse for the Psy&Migrants Unit of the Mobile Psychiatry section (UPM) at a workload between 80% and 100% for a 7-month fixed-term contract starting June 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five 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 Community Psychiatry Service (PCO) provides psychiatric care in the community in collaboration with patients and the socio-health network. Its mobile psychiatry section, composed of a multidisciplinary team (doctors, nurses, social workers), works on four axes:

• Intensive follow-up in the community (SIM(A))
• Transition case management (CMT)
• Social support for practicing doctors
• Follow-up of psychiatric patients with long-term mental disorders in a migration context

The Psy&Migrants Unit plays a key role in supporting patients from asylum and coordinating with partners in the socio-health network.

Mission

• You conduct assessments and nursing follow-ups with patients from asylum, within the framework of the Regional Institutional Care Units (USMI) and the missions of the Psy&Migrants Unit
• You provide clinical support (advice, supervision, consultations) to other CHUV units, EVAM social teams, and general practitioners of the Migrant Care Sector (Unisanté)
• You perform administrative tasks and participate in monitoring the unit's activities
• You contribute to training and research by participating in teaching activities and the scientific development of the service.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma (or an equivalent title). If your diploma was obtained abroad, you must have recognition from the Swiss Red Cross or a positive pre-check (mandatory)
• You have good knowledge of the medico-social network
• You have the ability to manage crisis situations
• You have at least 2 years of experience in psychiatry
• You show a strong interest in the field of migration
• You possess a driving license and a vehicle
• You master common computer tools.

We offer

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

• Top-level 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 settling in 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. Gaël Kleinbauer - ICUS - 079 556 07 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 be required to provide an original criminal record extract. You will also be asked to present your original diplomas as well as 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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