Associate Psychologist at the Specialized Liaison Psychiatry Unit (12777-PS-230-2025)

Psychosocial

Associate psychologist at the Specialized Liaison Psychiatry Unit

The Specialized Liaison Psychiatry Unit (UPLS) is looking for an associate psychologist with an activity rate between 60% and 80% on a permanent contract, starting January 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.

The Specialized Liaison Psychiatry Unit (UPLS) is attached to the CHUV Liaison Psychiatry Service (PLI). It coordinates and provides professional supervision to psychologists and psychiatrists specifically engaged within various CHUV services and care units (Palliative Care, Pain Management, Genetic Medicine, Oncology, Organ Transplant Center, Obesity, Reproductive Medicine, Pulmonology, etc.). They participate in certain PLI meetings. Assistants are supervised by the UPLS managers.

This position involves three to four specific activity sites:

The occupational medicine unit, directly attached to the CHUV Management, receives CHUV employees and offers specialized occupational medicine consultations. The team consists of specialized doctors and nurses; the psychologist receives, after medical advice, individuals consulting who present psychological or psychiatric disorders.

The cystic fibrosis consultation of the Pulmonology Service outpatient clinic consists of doctors and a specialized nurse who treat all medical problems related to the disease. A psychologist and a social worker may join the consultations depending on the problems presented by the patients. Depending on disease progression, other specialists (ENT, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists) participate in the consultation.

The tinnitus consultation of the ENT Service is a joint consultation with a psychologist and an ENT doctor whose mission is to detect psychiatric pathologies in patients suffering from tinnitus.

The location for the remaining 20% will be defined according to the possibilities of the service and the hired collaborator.

Mission

• You ensure the psychiatric and psychological care of the said consultations
• You collaborate closely with the doctors responsible for the consultations, ensure the quality of interdisciplinary work, and provide care adapted to the evolving needs of the clinical population
• You take direct charge of complex clinical situations
• You benefit from clinical activity supervision by psychologist and psychiatrist managers of the Liaison Psychiatry Service
• You participate in clinical meetings of the two somatic units as well as in the meetings of the Specialized Liaison Psychiatry Unit
• You occasionally participate in pre-/post-graduate and continuing education tasks in the fields of activity
• You collaborate closely with the doctor responsible for somatic consultations or the Liaison Psychiatry Service, develop links with the external network, particularly primary care physicians.

Profile

• You hold a Master’s degree in one of the psychotherapy training tracks accredited by the FSP in adult psychiatry/psychotherapy
• You hold an AP-VD (Vaudois Practice Authorization) or will obtain it within 6 months after hiring
• You have experience in managing complex patients and routine clinical management
• You show a strong interest in proximity teaching, interdisciplinary work, especially collaboration in somatic medicine
• You have an interest in research
• You have organizational skills
• You demonstrate proven motivation for network work
• Ideally, you have experience in liaison psychiatry, which would be an interesting asset
• For non-French-speaking psychologists, a certificate of good knowledge of the French language (level B2) is required.

We offer

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

• Top-tier 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 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. Sonia Krenz, Psychologist, at 021 314 11 06.

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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