Senior Physician for the Palliative and Supportive Care Service

About the job

Physicians

Senior Physician for the Palliative and Supportive Care Service

Attached to the Department of Medicine, the Palliative and Supportive Care Service is offering a Senior Physician position with an activity rate between 80% and 100%.

The starting date is planned for June 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon.

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 Palliative and Supportive Care Service, attached to the Department of Medicine, includes an Acute Care Unit, an intra-hospital consultation team, a mobile extra-hospital team, as well as an outpatient consultation.

The Service relies on an interprofessional team composed notably of physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, spiritual companions, psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, social workers, liaison nurses, medical secretaries, and volunteers.

The Service aims to be a reference in early, integrated, and equitable palliative care at regional, national, and international levels, and to offer a space conducive to holistic, systemic, personalized, and interdisciplinary care. Care, research, and teaching mutually enrich each other and contribute to the excellence of practices and the development of palliative care in public health.

Mission

• You ensure medical responsibility, management, and daily clinical activities of the different teams of the Service, according to a rotation system with other senior physicians: Acute Care Unit (SPAH), identified palliative care beds within CHUV (SPSH), intra-hospital mobile team (SPL1), extra-hospital mobile team (SPLM), and outpatient activities
• You supervise assistant physicians and chief residents of the different teams
• You teach within the framework of undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education
• You participate in the management of the Palliative Care Service and contribute to promoting its vision, mission, and values
• You collaborate on research projects and contribute to promoting academic and clinical succession.

Profile

• You hold a federal medical diploma (with MEBEKO recognition for holders of a foreign diploma) as well as an FMH specialist title in internal medicine, general medicine, or another FMH title
• You have several years of professional experience in palliative care and team leadership
• You demonstrate leadership and have management experience
• You have a strong interest in teaching and proven experience in this field
• You enjoy working in an interdisciplinary team and have excellent communication skills
• You hold an academic degree
• You master the French language (minimum B2)
• You master the English language (minimum B2)

We offer

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

• Top-tier 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 corporate restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Prof Claudia Gamondi, head of service, executive secretariat, tel.: 021 314 02 88

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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