Peer Support Worker at the Addiction Medicine Service - Outpatient Unit

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Peer Support Worker at the Addiction Medicine Service - Outpatient Unit

The Addiction Medicine Service of the DP-CHUV is looking for a peer support worker for its Outpatient Unit at a 40% rate for a start date of 1 June 2026 or to be agreed.

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 Addiction Medicine Service (SMA) provides inpatient and outpatient care for adults in the Lausanne region presenting psychiatric and addiction disorders. It also develops research and training activities. It includes hospital units on the Cery site (Prilly) and on the Bugnon hospital campus in Lausanne.

Complex, addiction is a disease involving biological, psychological and social factors. Effective treatment takes all these factors into account and requires medical care, psychotherapy and a rehabilitation programme. The Centre therefore works closely with private practitioners and institutions in the canton of Vaud.

The SMA offers medical, social and psychiatric assessment, investigating disorders or diseases that may be associated. Patient care is individualised and complemented by group and community activities.

Mission

• You develop close work in collaboration with care teams with people in street situations
• You promote the creation of a trust relationship and ensure its continuity
• You identify vulnerable situations and contribute to their management.

Profile

• You have experience as a peer support worker
• You are fluent in spoken and written French
• You have good adaptability skills.

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 month 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 flats offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods for people settling in 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 staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms Céline Ngniheula, socio-education manager - Head of USIC - 079.556.38.18 or Mr Loïc Menneret - ICS - 079.556.01.35.

As all our applications are processed electronically, please 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, please 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 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.