Nurse for the Geriatric Psychiatry Hospital Unit

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Nurse for the Geriatric Psychiatry Hospital Unit

The University Service of Geriatric Psychiatry (SUPAA) of the North Vaud Psychiatry Center is looking for a certified nurse at an 80% rate starting February 1, 2026.

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.

SUPAA is a specialized service tasked with ensuring care, teaching, and research in the field of geriatric psychiatry. This mandate is entrusted to it by the Department of Health and Social Action. The Geriatric Psychiatry Hospital Service of the CPNVD includes a 24-hour emergency service and a unit that can receive patients with any geriatric psychiatric pathology.

Mission

• You ensure the identification, planning, execution, and evaluation of nursing care in the preventive, curative, palliative, and educational fields for patients through mastery of evidence-based clinical assessment
• You ensure the proper execution of delegated medical acts and take responsibility by demonstrating mastery of technical skills
• You ensure the reception of patients and their relatives and preparation for discharge as well as the organization of work, smooth operation, and continuity of unit activities through mastery of communication and coordination within the interprofessional team
• You develop and carry out actions for disease and accident prevention, health maintenance and promotion, as well as functional rehabilitation and social reintegration through teaching approaches
• You ensure efforts to improve the efficiency of nursing care based on scientific evidence and develop your self-assessment and learning capacities.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma (or an equivalent title, as well as recognition from the Red Cross for staff certified abroad, mandatory)
• You have a good knowledge of the Vaud medico-social network
• You have experience and the ability to manage crisis situations
• You have professional experience in geriatric psychiatric settings
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, recognized and validated through training, supervision, etc.
• You have great autonomy in your work and in patient follow-up.

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 a minimum of three training days 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 company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mrs. Barbara Bordy, ICS, phone: 021 314 25 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.

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