Senior Physician at the University Service of Psychiatry of Advanced Age (SUPAA)

Physicians

Senior Physician at the University Service of Psychiatry of Advanced Age (SUPAA)

The University Service of Psychiatry of Advanced Age (SUPAA) is opening a senior physician position to strengthen its mobile psychiatry team for advanced age (EMPAA) with an activity rate between 80% and 100% starting 01.11.2025 or by agreement. You will work in the Lausanne region and its surroundings.

Do you want to lead an experienced and multidisciplinary team, in an academic setting where you can apply your medical and managerial skills and actively participate in training the next generation? Then we look forward to receiving your application!

Context

The University Hospital Center 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 medical care, medical research, and education.

The Department of Psychiatry consists of 13 services addressing the three stages of life.

Led by Professor Armin von Gunten, SUPAA is a specialized service whose mission is to ensure care, teaching, and research in the field of psychiatry of the elderly. It has thus developed specialized hospital and outpatient structures in which you will have the opportunity to work. The service is present in the Centre (Lausanne and Prilly), North (Yverdon-les-Bains), and West (Prangins) sectors.

The mobile team offers second-line services guaranteed by a psychiatrist, a chief resident, and psychiatric nurses. It cares for patients presenting acute or subacute psychiatric issues of advanced age.

It intervenes at home or in nursing homes, upon request from the treating physician or care teams, within 12 to 24 hours during working days. These interventions last a maximum of one month.

Mission

• You will be the medical head of the Mobile Psychiatry Team for Advanced Age and will intervene at patients' homes and medico-social institutions
• You will be responsible for specific files related to SUPAA
• You will coordinate and supervise the work of chief residents and assistant physicians
• You will oversee the activity of the multidisciplinary team composed of 3 nurses, an advanced practice nurse (IPS), and a head nurse of the care unit
• You will ensure the transmission of information and coordination of involved third parties (relatives, therapeutic representatives, external network)
• You will actively participate in the internal medical training of the service
• You will have the opportunity to participate in research activities within the service and in collaboration with other units and/or lead a project.

Profile

• You hold an FMH specialist diploma in psychiatry and psychotherapy or equivalent (foreign title with MEBEKO recognition)
• You hold an FMH diploma in psychiatry and psychotherapy of the elderly or equivalent
• You ideally hold an MD or PhD degree
• You have experience in a position of responsibility in psychiatry of the elderly
• You have a good command of French (French level B2 certified for non-French speakers), good knowledge of German and English is an additional asset
• You have an interest, and preferably an established track record, in research, which is an advantage
• You enjoy network work, have management skills, a sense of commitment, responsibility, analytical and synthesis abilities, as well as excellent organizational and communication skills.

We offer

• The conditions and resources of a university center allowing high-quality work
• Five weeks of on-call duty per year entitling you to several additional vacation days.

Becoming a collaborator of the University Hospital Center of Vaud 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: Prof Pierre Vandel, Chief Physician, +41 (0) 79 556 83 37 or by email at: pierre.vandel@chuv.ch (Please do not apply to this email address).

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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