Certified Nurse for Diabetology Consultation

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Certified nurse for diabetology consultation

To complete our team, we are looking for a certified nurse at a 70% activity rate, for an indefinite duration. Start date: December 1, 2025, or to be agreed upon.

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 diabetology consultation provides interdisciplinary, person-centered care. The diabetology team in our department consists of doctors, specialized clinical nurses, and dietitians, all specialized in the care of diabetic patients.

The working hours are during the day.

Mission

• You are responsible, within your own role, for identifying, planning, executing, and evaluating nursing care in the preventive, curative, palliative, and educational fields for the patients under your care, respecting professional standards and the rules in force within the institution
• You are responsible for performing delegated medical acts and, in this context, you can delegate acts dependent on your own role and ensure responsibility for them
• You actively participate in welcoming patients and their relatives, as well as in organizing work and ensuring the smooth running and continuity of the unit's activities (for example during evening or night shifts)
• You participate in supervising and evaluating students and interns and in integrating new employees
• You contribute to an interdisciplinary approach to care and teamwork.

Profile

• You hold a HES Nursing Diploma (or an equivalent title as judged, as well as the Swiss Red Cross Recognition for foreign-certified personnel, mandatory)
• You have experience in an acute care service
• You have experience in a diabetology service, desired
• You have completed the Diabetes Reference RDIAB training, mandatory
• You have training in Therapeutic Education, desired
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, a sense of contact, and team spirit
• You collaborate easily within an interprofessional team
• You have analytical and synthesis skills, a sense of responsibility, good adaptability, are autonomous, and have good organizational skills
• You master common computer tools
• You master spoken/written French (Level C1).

*Only applications accompanied by the Swiss Red Cross Recognition certificate will be considered.

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

Contact for information about the position: Ms. Isabel Loewer - Head Nurse - 079 556 63 89

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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