Doctor, Head of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery at DFME

About the job

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Doctor, Head of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery at DFME

A leading international teaching and research institution, with nearly 5,000 collaborators and 17,500 students, distributed between the Dorigny campus and the CHUV and Epalinges sites. As an employer, it promotes excellence, recognition of individuals, and responsibility. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are advertising a position for:

Doctor, Head of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery (SCEA),

with a professorial rank title in the field of paediatric surgery

within the Woman-Mother-Child Department (DFME)

Start date: August 2027 or by agreement Workplace: Lausanne, Switzerland

Context

The SCEA of the CHUV is the reference centre for the Canton of Vaud in its field. To ensure optimal care for surgical pathologies in children, and operating in a network with regional hospitals, the Department functions in a university environment while collaborating closely with other CHUV services. Paediatric surgery, being the specialised field for treating surgical conditions of the growing body, treats children with congenital malformations, diseases, or consequences of accidents; it includes preoperative investigations, surgical treatments, and peri-/postoperative care from the prenatal period until the end of growth. The comprehensive management of all conditions aims to optimise development for a good quality of life, while considering and involving the family and social environment. The teams, providing 24/7 care, can rely on an exceptional technical platform to perform simple or complex interventions in many areas of paediatric surgery.

Mission

Position missions:

• Lead, organise and manage the development of all highly specialised medical activities of a university paediatric surgery Department.
• Ensure and strengthen the expertise and quality of the clinical missions/services of the department while developing multidisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations and synergies in line with the CHUV strategic plan.
• Unite, lead and develop high-level clinical and academic research, funded by externally reviewed grants and published in quality scientific journals.
• Ensure and lead undergraduate (according to FBM needs), postgraduate (ISFM training centre cat. A1) and continuing education missions in the discipline, being the official person responsible for the discipline.
• Guarantee a quality medical and scientific succession, consolidate the influence of the clinical and academic field both internally and externally, and collaborate with hospitals of the Vaud Hospitals Federation (FHV) and neighbouring cantons.

NB: the person selected for the position will have the opportunity to participate in recruiting a unit chief physician in the field of paediatric orthopaedic surgery included in the SCEA

Profile

Desired profile:

• Federal Medical Diploma (or recognised MEBEKO title mandatory) and MD or MD-PhD.
• Specialist title in paediatric or infant surgery (ISFM or MEBEKO recognitions mandatory).
• Extensive clinical experience in tertiary-level paediatric surgery.
• Recognised managerial skills in leading a large team, training academic medical successors, and extensive project management experience.
• Confirmed academic expertise at professorial rank in pre- and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to establish clinical research programmes (externally reviewed grants).
• Good knowledge of French (mother tongue or C1 ideal, minimum B2 with ability to acquire quickly).
• History demonstrating impeccable professional conduct: the selected person must provide all guarantees of integrity and compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of the position.

We offer

We offer you a pleasant working environment in a multicultural and diverse academic setting. Opportunities for continuing education, a multitude of activities and other benefits to discover.

UNIL and CHUV are committed to equality and encourage female applications www.unil.ch/egalite.

Contact and application submission

Applications, entirely written in English, should include i) a cover letter, ii) curriculum vitae, iii) list of publications with an indication of the five most significant articles, iv) a brief description of past and future research programmes, v) teaching experience (if applicable), vi) names and contact details of three referees, vii) copies of diplomas, and vii) a valid identity document.

They must be sent by 30 August 2026 (23:59 GMT+1) to the address wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/application as a single PDF file. Only applications submitted via this site will be considered.

The job description is also available at the same link.