Chief Resident or Deputy Chief Resident in Palliative Care (12558-ME-200-2025)

Physicians

Chief Resident or Deputy Chief Resident in Palliative Care

As part of the expansion of its 14-bed hospitalization unit, the Palliative Care Service of the Department of Medicine is recruiting a chief resident or deputy chief resident at 80%, starting January 1, 2026.

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

The Palliative Care Service provides specialized and comprehensive care for patients through several facilities: an acute hospitalization unit, an intra-hospital consultation team, an extra-hospital mobile team, and an outpatient consultation. It also conducts clinical, educational, and research activities integrated into the university mission.

Mission

• You ensure comprehensive patient care, in connection with the intra- and extra-hospital mobile teams
• You supervise the service's assistant physicians and interns
• You actively participate in clinical conferences and training seminars
• You take part in the service's second-line on-call duties
• You assist the head of service in teaching, research, and management activities.

Profile

• You hold a federal medical diploma (or recognized MEBEKO if obtained abroad)
• You have at least 3 years of experience in acute internal hospital medicine
• You have at least one year of experience in palliative care or a related discipline
• You enjoy interdisciplinary work and have excellent communication skills
• You are motivated by palliative care and wish to contribute to its development
• You master spoken and written French (minimum B2 level required).

We offer

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

• Top-tier 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 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 within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on the purchase of electric bikes)
• Quality corporate restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Dr. Michel Beauverd, assistant physician, at 021 314 02 82.

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 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.

We kindly ask placement agencies to note that applications submitted directly on our recruitment platform by them are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.