Spiritual Companion within the Nursing Directorate

About the job

Psychosocial

Spiritual Companion within the Nursing Directorate

The Nursing Directorate (DSO) is looking for a Spiritual Companion at a 55% activity rate, with a start date scheduled for May 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, CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

The Nursing Directorate (DSO) is an essential component of institutional management, ensuring innovative development, coordination, and quality of care within all clinical departments of CHUV.

With more than 5,200 professionals, it brings together nursing and assistance staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, educators, spiritual companions, and volunteers.

The Chaplaincy Service aligns its action with CHUV's triple university mission: care for patients, their relatives, and professionals; teaching and training; research and development. It can notably count on more than twenty spiritual companions. Visit the Chaplaincy web page

The training designed, organized, and provided by the Chaplaincy Service allows the continued development of a spiritual accompaniment model in line with societal and health evolutions, and to train the next generation of spiritual companions, both at CHUV and elsewhere. It also supports the development of caregiving skills to meet the spiritual needs of the population.

Mission

• You provide spiritual accompaniment to patients and their relatives
• You participate in promoting the training and research mission of the chaplaincy
• You support professional teams
• You actively contribute to the development of the chaplaincy service
• You lead ceremonies related to your role
• You ensure on-call duties
• You intervene in crisis situations

Profile

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in theology, religious studies, or an equivalent qualification
• You have a CAS in spiritual accompaniment in healthcare settings
• You have experience in spiritual accompaniment within a care institution
• You have recognized training in counseling, accompaniment, or supervision, which is an asset

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 for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on electric bike purchases)
• Quality corporate restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mr. Jean-Noel Theurillat, service manager and spiritual companion at 079 556 90 58

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

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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