Certified Nurses for the Department of Medicine (12859-IN-200-2025)

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Certified nurses for the Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine (DM) of the CHUV is looking for certified nurses, with a workload between 60% and 100%.

The starting date is scheduled for March 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five 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 the fields of care, medical research, and education.

The Department of Medicine (DM) is a major pillar of the CHUV's clinical activity and has solid expertise in managing patients with multiple and complex conditions.

Its mission is to provide high-quality care through the commitment of competent professionals in the medical, nursing, medico-technical, and administrative fields.

The DM consists of:

• more than 1,600 employees,
• 550 full-time equivalent nursing staff,
• 13 specialties, including two centers: the Sleep Center and the Obesity Center.

Mission

• You are responsible for identifying, planning, performing, and evaluating nursing care in the preventive, curative, palliative, and educational fields, respecting professional and institutional standards
• You perform delegated medical acts and may, in this context, delegate certain acts dependent on your own role, assuming responsibility for them
• You participate in welcoming patients and their relatives, as well as organizing work, ensuring the smooth running and continuity of unit activities (especially during evening or night shifts)
• You participate in supervising and evaluating students and interns and integrating new employees
• You actively contribute to the interdisciplinary approach to care and promote teamwork.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma or an equivalent qualification, with mandatory Swiss Red Cross recognition for foreign diplomas*
• You have experience in acute care
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, a good sense of contact, and a strong team spirit
• You collaborate easily within a multidisciplinary team
• You demonstrate analytical and synthesis skills, responsibility, good adaptability, and a keen sense of organization
• You master common computer tools
• You master spoken and written French (level C1)

Depending on the profile, the salary class will be 8 or 9.

*Applications must imperatively include the Swiss Red Cross recognition certificate.

We offer

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

• Top social benefits, 20 days of paternity leave, and 4 months of 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: Mr. Alexandre Lopes, Deputy Director of Nursing for the Department of Medicine, phone: 079 556 21 01.

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.

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.

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