Care and Support Aides - ASA (AFP) / Sylvana CUTR

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Care and Support Aides - ASA (AFP) / Sylvana CUTR

The Geriatrics and Geriatric Rehabilitation Service (Sylvana CUTR) of the Department of Medicine (DM) at CHUV, located on the Épalinges site, is looking for care and support aides (ASA) at an activity rate between 80% and 100%.

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

Context

The University Hospital of Vaud (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 major role in care, medical research, and education.

The Sylvana University Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (Sylvana CUTR) aims to:

• promote a rapid or made possible return home through appropriate care
• support patients in recovering their physical or cognitive abilities after illness or accident
• or assist them in adapting to a new health condition.

The mission of Sylvana CUTR fully aligns with the cantonal policy of home care maintenance.

The care is interdisciplinary, allowing support for patients as a whole, taking into account their living situation and environment.

Mission

• You participate in supporting and assisting patients in daily life activities
• You ensure the maintenance of care equipment and the patient’s environment
• You contribute to improving the quality and efficiency of care
• You participate, upon request and under delegation from the nurse, occupational therapist, or social worker, in animation activities
• You participate in continuous improvement processes, professional development, as well as self-evaluation and learning new skills.

Profile

• You hold a federal professional training certificate (AFP) as a care and support aide (mandatory)
• You are a committed, motivated, autonomous, and organized person
• You appreciate human contact and know how to build trust
• You have good listening skills, an excellent sense of teamwork, and a great capacity to adapt
• You have perfect mastery of spoken and written French (level C1)

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the University Hospital of Vaud 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 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
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits 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: Mr. Alexandre Lopes, Deputy Director of Nursing of the Department of Medicine, tel. 021 314 18 45

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.

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 as well as 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.

We kindly ask placement agencies to note that applications submitted directly on our recruitment platform by them are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.