Head Nurse of Care Unit - Sylvana (CUTR)

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Head Nurse of Care Unit - Sylvana (CUTR) in Epalinges

To complete our team, the Geriatrics and Geriatric Rehabilitation Service of CHUV (CUTR) Sylvana, at its site in Epalinges, is looking for a Head Nurse of Care Unit (ICUS) with an activity rate between 80% and 100%. Start date, from April 1, 2026 or to be agreed.

Context

The University Hospital of Vaud (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 the fields of medical care, medical research, and training.

The University Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (CUTR) Sylvana is located in Epalinges.

The care offered in treatment and rehabilitation centers aims to accelerate or enable a return home. It also involves helping patients recover physical or cognitive functions affected by illness or accident, or enabling them to adapt to their new condition.

In this sense, the mission of CUTR Sylvana is part of the home care policy of the canton of Vaud.

Collaboration between several specialists is another essential element, as it allows care for the patient as a whole, taking into account their environment.

The Head Nurse of Care Unit will be responsible for a team of more than 30 caregivers.

Mission

• You ensure the efficiency of patient care and the quality of care provided, taking into account institutional reference frameworks in line with the service's mission
• You ensure the planning, supervision, evaluation, and training of a care team
• You lead the unit's care team, organize activities, and monitor their implementation
• You manage patient flow in collaboration with the unit's responsible physician and other concerned stakeholders
• You organize and supervise teaching and training activities for staff, students, and interns.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma (or an equivalent title as well as Red Cross Recognition, mandatory)
• You have completed proximity management training (over 300 hours) or are motivated to complete this training (mandatory)
• You have completed CAS or DAS type training in geriatrics, an asset
• You have confirmed clinical expertise in geriatrics
• Ability to assume management and personnel supervision responsibilities
• You are recognized for your leadership skills
• Dynamic, initiative, openness to change, and decisiveness
• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• You master the IT tools used at CHUV
• You master spoken/written French (level C1).

We offer

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

• Top social benefits and 20 days of paternity 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
• 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: Mr. Mehdi Laouadi, ICS - 079 556 06 40

Since all our applications are processed electronically, we thank you for applying exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the announcement. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, we invite you to physically visit our e-recruitment team, who will assist you in your process (contact: 021.314.85.70). We respond Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

As part of the recruitment process for this position, if hired, it will be necessary to provide us with 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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