Nurse or Occupational Therapist / Art Therapist in the Rehabilitation Unit

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Nurse or Occupational Therapist / Art Therapist in the Rehabilitation Unit

Psychosocial rehabilitation and its tools are an essential resource in psychiatric care.

Is supporting users towards recovery important to you? Then continue reading below.

The rehabilitation unit of the Community Psychiatry Service of the Psychiatry Department at CHUV is recruiting a Nurse or an Occupational Therapist with art therapy training at a 70% activity rate for a start date on 1 August 2026 or to be agreed.

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, CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

The Psychiatry Department consists of 10 Services addressing the three stages of life. It covers the Central, Western, and Northern psychiatric sectors of the canton. Its mission is the comprehensive and multidisciplinary care of children, adolescents, adults, and elderly people suffering from mental disorders. Caregivers provide acute care but also offer outpatient follow-ups and support in the patient’s usual living environment.

The Community Psychiatry Service’s mission is to develop a social psychiatry hub oriented towards the community. It includes various Units with a community vocation.

The Community Psychiatry Service includes:

• The rehabilitation unit and rehabilitation workshops
• The Mobile Psychiatry section (CMT/Psy&migrants/SIM)
• The RESSORT unit.

Mission

• You meet beneficiaries and provide outpatient psychiatric care as well as day hospital activities according to recovery principles
• You provide case-management follow-up for people with significant mental disorders and complex bio-psycho-social situations
• You join a multidisciplinary team and maintain direct links with Vaud socio-sanitary structures
• You lead individual or group art therapy sessions
• You demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in supporting beneficiaries.

Profile

• You hold a Bachelor of Science HES in nursing (or an equivalent qualification, as well as Red Cross recognition for foreign-qualified personnel or a positive Precheck, mandatory)
• You have art therapy training
• You have at least 2 years of professional experience
• You possess good knowledge of the Vaud psychiatric and socio-sanitary network and experience in psychiatric settings
• You show a keen interest in psychiatry and the recovery model.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the Lausanne University Hospital 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 holiday per year
• A right to a minimum of three training days per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• 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 staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mr Gaël Kleinbauer, ICUS at the Community Psychiatry Service, 079 556 07 66

As all our applications are processed electronically, please apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the advertisement.

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 be required 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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