Assistant in Community Health and Psychiatric Care and Adult Psychotherapy

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Assistant in community health and psychiatric care and adult psychotherapy

The Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy West Service (SPPAO) of the Department of Psychiatry (DP) is looking for an assistant in community health care (ASSC) at a rate of activity between 80% and 100%, for a start date on February 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 UNIL and EPFL, it plays a leading role in the fields of care, research, and training.

The Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy West Service (SPPAO) is part of the CHUV Department of Psychiatry. It provides care for patients in the western region of the canton and offers inpatient and outpatient care focused on continuity, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the quality of the therapeutic relationship.

Mission

• You responsibly and autonomously support patients by assisting or supplementing their abilities in daily life activities
• You ensure the execution and monitoring of activities delegated by qualified staff
• You provide, under delegation, medico-technical acts in stable situations that do not present an emergency character
• You perform various administrative and logistical tasks related to patient care
• You work in a multidisciplinary team and apply the institutional rules in force.

Profile

• You hold a Federal Certificate of Competence (CFC) as an assistant in community health care (ASSC)
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrate empathy, proactivity, and a real ability to establish constructive and multidisciplinary collaborative relationships
• You possess good organizational skills, are flexible, open to change, and know how to take initiatives while respecting institutional guidelines and your job description
• You are motivated by managing psychological crisis situations and supporting psychiatric patients
• Ideally, you have experience in psychiatry
• You master common computer tools; knowledge of the Soarian patient record system is an asset
• You master spoken and written French, at least at level B2.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:

• Top-tier social benefits, 20 days of paternity leave, and 4 months of 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
• Advantages 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: Stéphane Santiago, ICUS, phone 079 556 08 59 or Murielle Neyrat, ICS, phone 021 314 37 11

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.

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