Nurse for the Pediatric Endocrino-Diabetes-Obesity Unit

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Nurse for the Pediatric Endocrino-Diabetes-Obesity Unit

To complete the team of the outpatient unit of endocrinology, diabetology, and pediatric obesity, we are looking for a nurse at a 60% activity rate, planned for March 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (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.

Within the Women-Mother-Child Department, the pediatrics service offers comprehensive and multidisciplinary care for children aged 0 to 18 years. It maintains close links with other department services such as neonatology, pediatric surgery, adolescent medicine, gynecology, and obstetrics.

The pediatric endocrinology, diabetology, and obesity unit is an outpatient unit that follows patients and their relatives with hormonal or metabolic disorders (including rare endocrinological diseases), from a few weeks old to adulthood, as well as during the transition to adult care. The goal is to support them and make them autonomous in managing their disease through therapeutic education.

Mission

• You are part of an interdisciplinary team including nurses, doctors, dietitians, psychologist, social worker, adapted physical activity instructor, and secretaries
• You participate in the medical pre-consultation including technical procedures
• You develop, in partnership with the specialized team, a patient therapeutic education program specific to endocrinology
• You provide therapeutic education to the patient and their family regarding the management of their chronic endocrine disease (for example: hormonal disorders, growth, puberty, gender dysphoria)
• You participate in case management activities for children with hormonal or metabolic disorders
• You develop counseling, guidance, and training offers for the interdisciplinary team surrounding the patient and their family
• You participate in nursing phone on-call duties.

Profile

• You hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or an equivalent recognized title with Red Cross recognition (mandatory)
• You have experience in therapeutic education and in supporting patients with chronic diseases
• Ideally, you have experience in pediatrics
• You are a positive, dynamic person with organizational, rigor, and adaptability skills
• You master common computer tools.

We offer

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

• Top 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 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: Mrs. Ghislaine Aubel - Head Nurse of the Care Unit at 079 556 82 04.

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, it will be necessary 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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