Head Nurse of the Care Unit (ICUS) for the Operating Room

About the job

Care

Head Nurse of the Care Unit (ICUS) for the Operating Room

To complete its team, the children's hospital operating room is looking for a Head Nurse of the Care Unit (ICUS) with an activity rate between 80% - 100%, starting March 1, 2026, or a date to be agreed upon for a 6-month fixed-term contract.

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.

Within the Women-Mother-Child Department (DFME), the Pediatric Surgery Service provides comprehensive and multidisciplinary care for children and adolescents from 0 to 18 years old. It works closely with other department services, including neonatology, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, gynecology, and obstetrics.

The children's hospital operating room, open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., consists of a multidisciplinary technical platform with 5 operating rooms dedicated to elective and emergency surgical interventions as well as a recovery room with 9 beds.

Mission

• You ensure the quality of patient care admitted to the operating room in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team
• You ensure the planning, supervision, evaluation, and training of a care team composed of 16 employees
• You organize and supervise teaching and training activities for the staff
• You participate and collaborate in project implementation
• You guarantee the smooth daily running of the operating schedule (personnel, equipment).

Profile

• You hold a nursing diploma with specialization in the operating field (as well as Red Cross recognition for staff with foreign diplomas) or a diploma as an ES technician in the operating room (TSO)
• You have authorization to practice in the Canton of Vaud or have submitted an application to the Vaud Public Health Service
• You have several years of professional experience in an operating room, including in the sectors mentioned above, which is an asset
• You hold a team management certificate, an asset
• You have organizational, analytical, and negotiation skills
• You are dynamic, have initiative, openness, and decisiveness
• You have interpersonal and communication skills
• You have computer knowledge.

Depending on the candidate's experience, the salary level is between 10 and 11.

We offer

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

• Top 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

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 as well as 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.

We kindly ask placement agencies to note that applications submitted directly by them on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.