Medical Assistant for the Paediatric Outpatient Clinic

About the job

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Medical Assistant for the Paediatric Outpatient Clinic

We are looking for a medical assistant for the paediatric outpatient clinic to support several specialty consultations, including pneumology and gastroenterology, at a 70% workload. The starting date is scheduled for 1 October 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, the CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research and education.

The Women-Mother-Child Department includes the Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Neonatology, Paediatrics and Child and Adolescent Surgery Services. More than 1,500 professionals work within this department. We care for women throughout their lives in gynaecological, obstetrical and psychosocial aspects as well as children from birth to adolescence.

The general mission of the outpatient clinics is to offer primary and tertiary outpatient services (follow-up of chronic patients and specialised advice) during weekdays for the management of all medical-surgical pathologies of infants, children and adolescents up to adulthood, in a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach centred on the patient and their family.

Mission

• You participate in carrying out consultation activities in collaboration with doctors and nurses
• You ensure patient reception and perform tasks related to patient administrative management
• You perform medical-technical tasks in the fields of care and/or diagnosis
• You interpret, under medical supervision, the results of specific diagnostic processes, notably lung function tests for the pneumology consultation
• You are responsible for collecting patient data and their computerisation.

Profile

• You hold a Federal VET Diploma as a medical assistant or an equivalent qualification
• Professional experience in paediatrics would be an asset
• You have a strong interest in the care and follow-up of chronic outpatients
• Dynamic, autonomous and organised, you possess interpersonal skills and enjoy teamwork.

Depending on the profile, the salary level will be in class 5 or 6.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator of 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 month salary and 25 days of holiday per year
• 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 framework of the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles and discounts on the purchase of electric bikes)
• Hotel-quality staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms Ghislaine Aubel - ICUS - 079 556 82 04

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 announcement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you are unable to 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, it will be necessary to provide us with an original criminal record extract. You will also be asked to present your original diplomas as well as 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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