Pediatric Psychiatric Nurse at the USPFM of SUPEA

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Pediatric Psychiatric Nurse at the USPFM of SUPEA

The University Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SUPEA) of the Psychiatry Department of CHUV (DP CHUV) is looking for a nurse at a 90% activity rate, for a start date on April 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon. The position is to be filled within the Closed Psychiatric Care Unit for minors (USPFM), an 8-bed unit located on the Cery hospital site in Prilly, open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

The role involves demanding hours, including morning, afternoon, evening, night shifts, as well as weekends and public holidays.

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.

The Psychiatry Department (DP), composed of ten services and about sixty units spread across 3 regions (Center: Lausanne region – Cery site, hospital city, etc., North: Yverdon, Payerne, Orbe, Ste-Croix sites, etc., and West: Prangins, Morges, and Nyon sites), welcomes patients of all ages - children, adolescents, adults, and elderly people suffering from mental disorders.

The University Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SUPEA) plays a central reference role in psychiatric treatments for children and adolescents in the Lausanne region and the canton of Vaud.

The Closed Psychiatric Care Unit for Minors (USPFM) aims to provide care under protective measures ordered by the Justice system. It offers medical, psychosocial, educational, and pedagogical services and addresses a mixed population of minors suffering from psychological distress and at risk in their development. The situation, after psychiatric assessment, requires care in a closed environment and aims at rehabilitation during a long-term placement. Network partners collaborate with USPFM before, during, and after placement to ensure comprehensive care for the admitted patient.

This unit is located in the new hospital of Cery in Prilly. It was designed and conceived to optimize the specific support of this adolescent population with 8 hospitalization beds. This unit's creation and management are co-directed by SUPEA and the General Directorate of Childhood and Youth (DGEJ) of the Canton of Vaud.

Mission

• You ensure the identification, planning, execution, and evaluation of nursing care in preventive, curative, and educational fields for patients through clinical assessment while respecting professional standards and institutional rules
• You collaborate with the educational and medico-psychological team
• You are responsible for the proper execution of delegated medical acts and ensure accountability by developing technical skills according to the concept
• You actively participate in welcoming patients and their relatives as well as in organizing work, ensuring the smooth running and continuity of unit activities through communication skills, professional writing, and coordination within the interprofessional team including the network
• You develop actions for disease and accident prevention, health maintenance and promotion, as well as functional rehabilitation and social reintegration through teaching approaches
• You participate in initiatives to improve nursing care efficiency based on scientific evidence, professional development, and its self-assessment and learning capacities.

Profile

• You hold a Bachelor of Science HES-SO in nursing or an equivalent title recognized by the Red Cross, required
• You ideally have experience in pediatric psychiatry
• You master French (spoken and written), and have basic knowledge of office automation and IT to ensure patient file follow-up (documentation and prescription aspects)
• Your sense of responsibility allows you to get personally involved
• You have a sense of public service ethics
• You know how to diplomatically manage contact with patients and their families and have analytical and synthesis skills
• You are a good listener, communicative, open-minded, cooperative, collaborative, and flexible
• You are energetic and tenacious by nature and know how to withstand tensions.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator of the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:

• Top-tier 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 hotel-style company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms. Raquel JOTTERAND, Educational Manager, at 021 314 47 24 and Mr. Fabrice SIMON, Head Nurse of Service (ICS), at 021 314 47 48.

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.

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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