Registered Nurses in the Infectious Diseases Department

About the job

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Registered nurses in the Infectious Diseases Department

To complete our team, we are looking for a registered nurse, working 80% to 100% in the infectious diseases department. Start date: from February 1, 2026, or by agreement.

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 Infectious Diseases Unit mainly cares for patients suffering from onco-hematological conditions requiring chemotherapy treatments and specific monitoring. Patients with infectious diseases requiring specific isolation measures are also cared for.

Mission

• You are responsible within your own role for identifying, planning, executing, and evaluating nursing care in the preventive, curative, palliative, and educational fields for the patients under your care, respecting professional standards and the rules in force within the institution
• You are responsible for performing delegated medical acts and, in this context, you can delegate acts dependent on your own role and ensure responsibility for them
• You actively participate in welcoming patients and their relatives, as well as in organizing work and ensuring the smooth running and continuity of the unit's activities (for example during evening or night shifts)
• You participate in supervising and evaluating students and interns and in integrating new staff members
• You contribute to an interdisciplinary approach to care and teamwork.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma (or an equivalent title as well as Red Cross Recognition, mandatory)
• You have training in a post-diploma nursing specialization, an asset
• You have experience in an onco-hematology department, an asset
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, a sense of contact, and team spirit
• You collaborate within a multidisciplinary team
• You have analytical and synthesis skills, a sense of responsibility, good adaptability, and are well organized
• You master common computer tools
• You master spoken/written French (level C1).

Depending on profile, the salary class will be between levels 8 and 9.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at 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 staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms. Annie Savoie, Director of Nursing for the Oncology Department, at 021 314 75 97.

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 need 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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