Qualified Nurse for the Internal Medicine Department

About the job

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Qualified Nurse for the Internal Medicine Department

To complete our team, we are looking for a qualified nurse at an activity rate of 80% to 100% for the Medicine Department. Starting date: from 1st December 2026 or to be agreed.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital Centre (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 Internal Medicine Department welcomes patients suffering from conditions requiring complex management. Its intermediate care unit aims to provide highly specialised care and close monitoring to ensure the safety of patients who do not have vital failure.

Mission

• You are responsible, within the scope of 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 may delegate acts dependent on your own role and assume responsibility for them
• You actively participate in welcoming patients and their relatives, as well as in organising 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 trainees and in integrating new collaborators
• You contribute to an interdisciplinary approach to care and teamwork.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma (or an equivalent qualification, as well as recognition from the Red Cross, mandatory)
• You have experience in an acute care unit
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, a sense of contact and team spirit
• You collaborate easily within a multidisciplinary team
• You have analytical and synthesis skills, a sense of responsibility, good adaptability and are well organised
• You manage stress well
• Proficient with common IT tools
• Fluent in spoken and written French (level C1).

Depending on profile, the salary class will be between levels 8 and 9.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the Lausanne University Hospital Centre 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 minimum of three days training per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the Canton of Vaud
• Easy 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 bikes)
• Quality hotel-standard staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms Isabel Loewer 079 556 36 09, head nurse, at 079 556 36 09.

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 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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