Assistant to the Nursing Management of the Department of Psychiatry

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Assistant to the Nursing Management of the Department of Psychiatry

The Nursing Management is looking for an assistant with a workload between 80% and 100%, within the Prison Medicine and Psychiatry Service. The starting date is scheduled for 1 March 2027.

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

The Prison Medicine and Psychiatry Service (SMPP) is mandated to meet all health needs arising from the Vaud prison population.

Its staff work directly in Vaud prisons, offering consultations to inmates.

Its missions:

• Respond to the psychiatric care needs of inmates, whether convicted or subject to a therapeutic measure
• Develop a care system capable of ensuring the somatic follow-up of inmates
• Improve the care of drug-addicted inmates, in accordance with current therapeutic requirements
• Develop prevention and health promotion actions, and an epidemiological evaluation of pathologies encountered in the prison environment
• Develop training within prison teams and in the university environment.

Mission

• You are responsible for the Nursing Service as a member of the Management Committee of the Prison Medicine and Psychiatry Service
• You ensure the personnel management policy of the nursing staff within the Prison Medicine and Psychiatry Service
• You support the improvement of patient care
• You sit on the Nursing Management of the Department of Psychiatry
• You contribute to the recognition of the specificity of psychiatric care and its development within the Department, the CHUV and various public, associative or private bodies.

Profile

• You hold a HES Nursing Diploma (or an equivalent qualification, as well as Red Cross Recognition, mandatory)
• You have a practising licence in the Canton of Vaud or have submitted an application to the Vaud Public Health Service
• You have higher or university training in management, mandatory
• You have expertise in psychiatric practice and ideally in somatic care
• You have undergone clinical and managerial training and have a strong interest in developing good clinical practices
• You have a good knowledge of the Vaud socio-health network
• You have excellent oral and written expression in French; knowledge of English and other languages would be an asset
• You are a dynamic and creative person, with leadership, communication and analytical skills
• You are autonomous and organised, able to make decisions and possess strong human qualities
• You master institutional IT tools
• You hold a driving licence and have a car.

We offer

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 salary and 25 days of holiday per year
• A right to a minimum of three days training per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the State 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: Mr Vincent Schneebeli - Nursing Director of the Department of Psychiatry at 079 556 64 04

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

The 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.

We kindly ask placement agencies to note that applications submitted directly by them on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.

Placement agencies are kindly asked to note that applications submitted directly by them on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.