Training Manager at the CHUV Chaplaincy

About the job

Psychosocial

Training Manager at the CHUV Chaplaincy

The Care Directorate (DSO) is looking for a Training Manager with a workload between 80% - 100%, with a start date scheduled for September 1, 2026.

As a member of the CHUV Chaplaincy attached to the Care Directorate, you play a key role in promoting and implementing training rooted in the health institution, professionalizing, forward-looking, and widely recognized, serving the spiritual needs of the population.

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 training.

The Care 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 delivered 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 beyond. It also supports the development of caregiving skills to meet the spiritual needs of the population.

Mission

Under the responsibility of the manager:

• You define and propose a strategic vision for the development of "spiritual care" training
• You lead the engineering, coordinate the development, and deliver training in "spiritual care"
• You provide spiritual accompaniment to patients, relatives, and staff
• You ensure the quality of educational services
• You lead the team of trainers to ensure coherence and coordination of educational activities.

Profile

• You hold a master's degree in theology or an equivalent qualification
• You have a federal diploma in supervision-coaching and/or adult education, or an equivalent qualification
• Ideally, you hold continuing/certification training in management and/or project management
• You have at least 5 years of experience in spiritual accompaniment in a healthcare setting as well as experience in supervision or adult education
• Committed personality, you demonstrate strong leadership, pedagogy, and communication skills
• You are able to interact agilely in a complex environment with multiple interprofessional actors.

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 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: Jean-Noël THEURILLAT, Service Manager and spiritual companion at 079 556 90 58.

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 need 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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