Senior Physician in Liaison Psychiatry at SPPAN

About the job

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Senior Physician in Liaison Psychiatry at SPPAN

The Department of Psychiatry at CHUV is looking for a senior physician for its General Liaison Psychiatry Unit (UPL) of the Northern Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Service (SPPAN), at a workload between 60% - 80%, starting August 1, 2026.

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

The Northern Liaison Psychiatry (UPL) is a Postgraduate Training Institution (EFP) recognized by the Swiss Institute for Medical Training (ISFM) as a training site for consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychotherapy (maximum category), as well as for psychiatry and psychotherapy (category A).

The UPL consists of a multidisciplinary team organized around two clinical and training activity centers: general consultation-liaison activity and specialized consultation-liaison activity.

The general consultation-liaison activity (for older adolescents, adults, and elderly patients) extends to the main somatic hospitals of Northern Vaud and Broye: the eHnv of Yverdon-les-Bains, St-Loup and Orbe, the Intercantonal Hospital of Broye in Payerne (HIB), and the acute care hospital of the Jura Balcony Health Network (RSBJ) in Ste-Croix.

The specialized consultation-liaison activity is carried out in psychosomatic outpatient consultations (functional neurological disorders, psycho-oncology and palliative care, obesity and bariatric surgery), as well as in structured support for intra-hospital care teams.

Mission

• You autonomously lead all clinical activities of the General Liaison Psychiatry Unit
• You ensure the institutional development of outpatient psychosomatic consultations (psycho-oncology, pain management, perinatal care, functional and somatoform neurological disorders) in collaboration with partners from the general hospitals of Northern Vaud served by Northern Liaison Psychiatry
• You provide backup for the Deputy Physician responsible for Northern Liaison Psychiatry in strategic and decision-making institutional bodies
• You actively contribute to undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education of staff in the general and specialized liaison units
• You ensure the leadership and management of staff in the general and specialized liaison units, in close collaboration with the Deputy Physician responsible for SPPAN Liaison Psychiatry and the EFP PliNO.

Profile

• You hold an FMH specialist title in psychiatry and psychotherapy (or an equivalent title recognized by MEBEKO)
• You have completed advanced training in liaison psychiatry
• You hold, or are in the process of obtaining, a medical doctorate (with commitment to obtain it within three years if applicable)
• You have completed management training and have proven skills in leading multidisciplinary teams
• You possess strong analytical and synthesis skills, as well as a developed sense of planning, organization, and management
• You are solution-oriented, with decision-making, initiative, and action capabilities
• For non-French-speaking candidates, you have excellent oral and written French skills, minimum level C1 (certificate required).

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at 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
• 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: Dr. Giorgio Maccaferri, Deputy Physician, Northern Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Service (SPPAN), at 079 556 09 56.

Since all our applications are processed electronically, please 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, 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 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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