Midwives for Maternity

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Midwives for Maternity

To complete its teams, the CHUV Maternity is looking for several midwives at a work rate of 60% to 100%, on a permanent contract. The starting date is scheduled from 1 January 2027 or to be agreed.

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

The Woman-Mother-Child Department (DFME) brings together the services of gynaecology, obstetrics, neonatology, paediatrics and child and adolescent surgery. More than 1,500 professionals work there and care for women throughout their lives as well as children from birth to adolescence.

More than 200 midwives work in our level 3 maternity ward, which handles more than 3,200 births per year.

You will work within a technical platform allowing the management of high-risk pregnancies, complex situations, but also physiological ones. You will work as part of a team and foster interprofessional collaboration with doctors, nurses and the entire perinatal network.

We currently wish to complete our teams, mainly in the delivery room. Please specify the area that interests you in your application.

Mission

• You ensure, during the prenatal or postnatal period, the maintenance and restoration of physiological health processes, as well as the follow-up of the patient and her child, respecting the sociocultural context and ethical and deontological rules
• You ensure the prevention and promotion of the health of the woman, the child and the family
• You participate in improving the efficiency of care, based on evidence, during the prenatal and postnatal periods
• You contribute to training and clinical research activities related to the unit's specialties.

Profile

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in midwifery or a nurse-midwife diploma; for foreign diplomas, recognition by the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) is mandatory
• You have at least 3 to 5 years’ experience in a level 3 maternity ward
• You are motivated and appreciate interdisciplinary work, centred on the needs of the patient, the couple and the child
• You show great interest in specific technical care
• You demonstrate dynamism, good interpersonal skills and a developed sense of responsibility, including in demanding situations
• You have a strong interest in the care, follow-up and teaching of patients and couples
• You show autonomy and good organisational skills, and wish to be involved in project implementation
• You have great flexibility in working hours to respond to fluctuating activity.

We offer

• A varied activity, centred on personalised patient care
• A job combining clinical work and teaching
• An active role within the medical-midwife and nursing team
• Work within a dynamic team.

Becoming a collaborator of the Lausanne University Hospital 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 month salary and 25 days’ holiday per year
• A right to a minimum of three training days per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the Canton of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods 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)
• Hotel-quality staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mrs Suzanna Trancoso, ICS, at 021 314 96 91

As all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the advertisement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you are unable to 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.

The CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, keen to promote the diversity of 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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