Community Health and Care Assistant - Organ Transplant Centre

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Community Health and Care Assistant - Organ Transplant Centre

The Organ Transplant Centre (OTC) is looking for a Community Health and Care Assistant at 40% for a fixed-term contract (FTC) of 1 year (with possibility of extension).

Start date: as soon as possible.

The two working days are Mondays and Thursdays.

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.

Organ Transplant Centre

The Organ Transplant Centre (OTC) of CHUV provides treatment to patients suffering from end-stage failure of their vital organs: kidneys, heart, lungs and liver. Thanks to transplantation, patients can enjoy a life that is often normal for many years.

Mission

• You work closely in the care of patients within a multidisciplinary team and with the nursing team
• You provide varied, comprehensive and individualised care under the delegation of a nurse and responsibly and autonomously support patients in aspects of care related to activities of daily living
• You deliver medical-technical care under the delegation of the nurse
• You carry out administrative and logistical tasks inherent to patient care.

Profile

• You hold a Federal VET Diploma as a Community Health and Care Assistant, mandatory
• You are a dynamic, committed, motivated person with a sense of responsibility
• You have knowledge of institutional software, an asset
• You demonstrate excellent command of the French language, both oral and written (level C1)

We offer

As a CHCA you will have access to various training courses, such as:

• Activities of daily living: a common goal in adult hospital settings
• Chronic and acute pain - observation and care
• Patient medical equipment - care and monitoring
• Mental disability - care and communication
• Skin integrity and wounds - analysis of concrete situations
• Medications - from prescription to administration
• Patient nutrition - needs, care and monitoring
• Prevention and management of violence – healthcare staff
• Wounds - care and monitoring – CHCA
• Chaplaincy - observation days in spiritual accompaniment
• Etc.

Becoming a collaborator of the Lausanne University Hospital means the assurance of 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 of 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 flats offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods
• 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-standard staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mr Jérôme Pays, ICS, at 079 556 28 51

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 and 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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