Senior Physician within the Outpatient Unit for Reception and Brief Interventions

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Senior Physician within the Outpatient Unit for Reception and Brief Interventions

The General Psychiatry Service (PGE) of the Psychiatry Department of CHUV (DP-CHUV) is seeking a senior physician at an 80% activity rate for the Outpatient Unit for Reception and Brief Interventions. The starting date is planned for 1 November 2026 or to be agreed.

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

The General Psychiatry Service provides psychiatric care for the adult population (18 to 65 years) of the Lausanne agglomeration. Organised into specialised sections, it has 95 acute care beds at the Cery site and outpatient consultations in the city centre, to best meet the needs of users and partners in the care network.

The Outpatient Unit for Reception and Brief Interventions welcomes people with psychological difficulties wishing to benefit from a specialised assessment, as well as patients referred by their primary care physician for a consultation, crisis follow-up, or therapeutic orientation. It notably includes consultations intended for students and young adults in training.

The services offered include: brief crisis interventions according to the brief psychodynamic intervention (BPI) model, diagnostic investigations, interviews with relatives, couple or family interviews, psychological and social assessments, development of treatment plans, and indications for psychotherapy.

When necessary, specialised longer-term care is organised in collaboration with the care network.

Mission

• You ensure medical responsibility, management, and daily clinical activities of the various consultations of the unit in collaboration with the senior physician responsible for the unit
• You supervise the unit's physicians in collaboration with the senior physician responsible for the unit
• You carry out clinical activities within the unit
• You handle administrative activities related to the aforementioned clinical activity
• You participate in teaching and training conducted within the unit
• You assist the unit manager in setting up new procedures or strategies and managing existing structures
• You collaborate on research projects and contribute to the promotion of academic and clinical junior staff.

Profile

• You hold an FMH title in psychiatry and psychotherapy (for holders of foreign diplomas, MEBEKO recognition of these is required)
• You have obtained your thesis or are in the process of obtaining it
• You have experience as a chief resident (ideally for 5 years) in outpatient and/or adult hospital psychiatry
• You have experience in crisis work
• You have an interest in research
• You possess leadership skills
• You are proficient in French (minimum C1)
• You have an interest in financial, administrative, and HR management.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at 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 salary and 25 days of annual leave
• A right to a minimum of three training days 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 apartments offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods 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 bicycles)
• Quality staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Dr Sylvie Berney, assistant physician, at 021 314 25 92.

As all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to 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 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 are attentive 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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