Assistant Psychologist in Neurorehabilitation

About the job

Psychosocial

Assistant Psychologist in Neurorehabilitation

The Psychiatry Department of the CHUV is looking for an assistant psychologist for its neurorehabilitation unit, at a 60% activity rate as part of a new position creation, for a start date of March 1, 2026.

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 CHUV Liaison Psychiatry Service provides care for adult patients of all ages suffering from somatic illness and presenting associated, consequent, or pre-existing psychological/psychiatric distress.

This position in Neurorehabilitation is based on two axes:

• Assessments and psychological support follow-up for patients with neurological disorders, through individual, couple, and family interviews
• Liaison work with the medical team, through transmissions and recommendations to the team.

Mission

• You ensure the initial evaluation and psychological follow-up of patients with neurological disorders
• You conduct psychotherapeutic follow-ups under supervision and document the care provided
• You provide psychiatric liaison activities with other specialties, particularly in neurorehabilitation
• You collaborate with the internal and external network (doctors, health professionals, relatives) and guide patients
• You participate in the activities of the Unit and the service, as well as meetings, projects, and conferences
• You continue your ongoing training and participate in clinical supervisions.

Profile

• You hold a Master’s degree in psychology or an equivalent qualification
• You have a good knowledge of psychopathology
• You are currently undergoing training in a psychotherapeutic approach (minimum 2 to 3 years)
• You have clinical experience in a psychiatric setting (minimum 2 to 3 years)
• You have an interest or experience in liaison psychiatry and psychopathology
• You have the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and collaborate with various partners
• You are motivated to pursue postgraduate training towards the FSP title.

We offer

Framework conditions that support your postgraduate training. You will benefit from:

• weekly individual supervision with the service’s senior doctors/psychologists
• bi-monthly group supervision with the liaison psychiatry service
• specific training in neurorehabilitation, to be defined
• specific conferences in liaison psychiatry, to be specified

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

• top-level 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 training centers partnered with 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: Sonia Krenz, Senior Psychologist, at 021 314 11 16.

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