Chief Resident (Deputy) in the Addiction Medicine Service (13721-ME-230-2026)

About the job

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Chief Resident (Deputy) in the Addiction Medicine Service

The Addiction Medicine Service is seeking a chief resident (deputy) in psychiatry and psychotherapy at a workload of 80% to 100%, on a permanent contract, to join the Northern Vaud Outpatient Consultation Unit (UCAN) in Yverdon-les-Bains. The starting date is scheduled for 1 November 2026.

You will participate in the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care of addictions within an interdisciplinary team and have the opportunity to develop your expertise in addiction medicine.

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, the CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research and education.

The Department of Psychiatry consists of 12 services addressing the three stages of life. It covers the Central, Western and Northern psychiatric sectors of the canton. Its mission is to provide comprehensive and multidisciplinary care for children, adolescents, adults and elderly people suffering from mental disorders. The teams offer acute care, outpatient follow-ups as well as interventions in the patients’ usual living environment.

Led by Prof. Jean-Bernard Daeppen, the Addiction Medicine Service’s mission is to welcome and support anyone questioning their addictive behaviours, with or without substances, as well as their relatives. It also intervenes with patients and care teams at the CHUV facing addictive issues.

The Service provides outpatient, inpatient and liaison services and ensures interdisciplinary addiction follow-ups combining somatic, psychiatric and social skills. It also fulfils various mandates from the Federal Office of Public Health.

For opioid use disorders, the Addiction Medicine Service notably offers opioid agonist treatments (OAT), as well as a treatment programme with diacetylmorphine (DAM – pharmaceutical heroin).

Mission

You will join the medical team of the Addiction Medicine Service and participate in a varied activity. In this context:

• You provide psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment for patients with substance-related or non-substance-related addictive problems
• You supervise and mentor assistant doctors in their training and in the care provided to patients
• You participate in the supervision and support of the care team in managing psychiatric issues
• You progressively develop expertise in addiction medicine as well as in psychiatry and psychotherapy of addictions, particularly in the management of opioid use disorders and opioid agonist treatments.

Profile

• You hold or are in the process of obtaining an FMH title in psychiatry and psychotherapy; for foreign diplomas, MEBEKO recognition is required
• You have at least three years’ experience in general psychiatry, including one year in addiction medicine
• For non-French-speaking candidates, you have a minimum B2 level in French and can provide a corresponding certificate.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator of 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 right to at least three days of training 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 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: Dr Marianthi Lousiana Deligianni, associate physician, tel.: 079 556 04 62 or Prof. Yasser Khazaal, chief physician, tel.: 079 556 96 13.

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