Chief Resident (Deputy) in the General Psychiatry Service (12953-ME-230-2025)

About the job

Physicians

Chief Resident (Deputy) in the General Psychiatry Service

The General Psychiatry Service (PGE) of the Department of Psychiatry at CHUV (DP-CHUV) is looking for a FMH chief resident or deputy chief resident at a 100% activity rate, for the Outpatient Reception and Brief Interventions Unit.

The starting date is scheduled for April 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, it plays a leading role in care, medical research, and education.

The General Psychiatry Service provides psychiatric care for the adult population (18 to 65 years) of the Lausanne metropolitan area. Organized into specialized sections, it has 95 acute care beds on the Cery site, as well as outpatient consultations in the city center, to meet the needs of patients and care network partners.

The Outpatient Reception and Brief Interventions Unit welcomes people with psychological difficulties seeking a specialized assessment, as well as patients referred by their primary care physician for a consultation, crisis follow-up, or therapeutic orientation.

It notably includes consultations intended for students and young adults in training.

The services offered include: brief crisis interventions according to the brief psychodynamic intervention (BPI) model, diagnostic investigations, interviews with relatives, couple or family interviews, psychological and social assessments, development of treatment plans, and indications for psychotherapy.

When necessary, longer-term specialized care is organized in collaboration with the care network.

Mission

• You manage patients within the framework of psychotherapeutic consultation for students
• You consult on the EPFL campus as part of psychotherapeutic consultations dedicated to students
• You supervise assistant physicians and psychologists (teaching, clinical supervision) and participate in liaison and training activities on campus
• You contribute to the smooth running of the Unit, assisting the senior physician
• You collaborate in recruiting patients for research projects conducted by the unit.

Profile

• You hold a federal medical diploma or a foreign title recognized by MEBEKO
• You have an FMH title in psychiatry and psychotherapy, or are in the process of obtaining it (MEBEKO recognition required for foreign titles)
• You have experience in adult psychiatry, both outpatient and hospital settings
• You have experience in crisis work
• You master French at level C1, required for non-French-speaking candidates (mandatory certificate less than 5 years old)

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 minimum of 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: Dr. Sylvie Berney, deputy physician, at 021 314 25 92.

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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