Nurse in the Addiction Medicine Service - Hospital Unit

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Nurse in the Addiction Medicine Service - Hospital Unit

The Addiction Medicine Service of the DP-CHUV is looking for a nurse for its Hospital Unit at an 80% rate for a start date on June 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.

The Addiction Medicine Service (SMA) provides inpatient and outpatient care for adults in the Lausanne region presenting psychiatric and addiction disorders. It also develops research and training activities. It includes Hospital Units on the Cery site (Prilly) and on the Bugnon hospital campus in Lausanne.

Complex, addiction is a disease involving biological, psychological, and social factors. Effective treatment takes all these factors into account and requires medical care, psychotherapy, and a rehabilitation program. The Center therefore works closely with private doctors and institutions in the canton of Vaud.

The SMA offers medical, social, and psychiatric evaluation, investigating disorders or diseases that may be associated. Patient care is individualized and complemented by group and community activities.

Mission

• You provide primary care to patients suffering from addiction and/or presenting psychiatric disorders
• You provide preventive, curative, palliative, promotional, and educational nursing care to the patients under your responsibility
• You participate in integrating the patients' relatives into the care provided
• You establish collaboration modalities with other actors in the Vaud socio-health network
• You participate in the implementation of clinical care protocols.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma (or an equivalent title, as well as recognition from the Red Cross or a positive Precheck for staff qualified abroad, mandatory)
• You have 2 years of professional experience in a psychiatric setting
• You have good knowledge of the Vaud socio-health network.

We offer

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

• First-class 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 hotel-style company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms. Alice Diebolt, ICUS, at 079 556 38 18 or Mr. Loïc Menneret, ICS, at 079 556 87 35.

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 by them on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.