Medical Secretary for the Nephrology and Hypertension Department (12653-AD-200-2025)

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Medical secretary for the Nephrology and Hypertension Department

To complete its team, the Nephrology and Hypertension Department is looking for a 40% medical secretary on a permanent contract for a start date planned for November 1, 2025.

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, CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

The Nephrology Department cares for people suffering from kidney disease or arterial hypertension. Our team of professionals offers them care, medication treatment, or prevention advice. We also provide renal function replacement through dialysis, both for hospitalized and outpatient patients.

Mission

• You ensure the administrative secretariat for Prof. Wuerzner and the hypertension consultation, managing phone calls, organizing the agenda and mail, administrative correspondence, and transmitting information in the absence of doctors
• You handle clinical activities of the HTA consultation, organizing appointments in connection with the desk, following up consultations, maintaining medical records, and typing consultation reports
• You prepare investigation reports and other documents and their billing
• You prepare files and archive them according to the unit's guidelines
• You provide general administrative support and assist with replacements during team leaves/absences
• You participate in the life of the department with occasional tasks related to your skills.

Profile

• You hold a commercial employee CFC and/or a medical secretary diploma or an equivalent qualification
• You have at least one year of successful experience in the medical field
• You have perfect command of French spelling and a good knowledge of medical terminology
• You have good knowledge of the English language
• You are a versatile, organized, and autonomous person
• Your collaborative spirit, interpersonal skills, and priority management allow you to follow and manage several files simultaneously
• You have the ability to handle a busy activity and work in a multidisciplinary team
• You are comfortable with MS Office software, and ideally with CHUV IT tools (Axya, Ultragenda, Soarian, Relact, Archimède, Medin-Medex).

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 company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms. Christelle Chotard, executive secretary, at 021 314 11 54.

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

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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