Nurse in the Addiction Medicine Service - Hospital Unit (13604-IN-230-2026)

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Nurse in the Addiction Medicine Service - Hospital Unit

The Addiction Medicine Service of the DP-CHUV is looking for a nurse for its Hospital Unit at an 80% rate for a start date on 1st September 2026 or to be agreed.

Context

The Addiction Medicine Service (SMA) provides hospital and outpatient care for adults in the Lausanne region presenting psychiatric and addiction disorders. It also develops research and training activities. It includes Hospital Units at the Cery site (Prilly) and at the Bugnon hospital campus in Lausanne.

Complex, addiction is a disease involving biological, psychological and social factors. Effective treatment takes all these factors into account and requires medical, psychotherapeutic care and a rehabilitation programme. The Centre therefore works closely with private doctors and institutions in the canton of Vaud.

The SMA offers medical, social and psychiatric assessment, with investigation of disorders or diseases that may be associated. Patient care is individualised and complemented by group and community activities.

Mission

• You provide frontline care for patients suffering from addiction and/or presenting psychiatric disorders
• You provide preventive, curative, palliative, promotional and educational nursing care to the patients under your responsibility
• You participate in integrating the patients’ relatives into the care provided
• You establish collaboration methods with other actors in the Vaud socio-health network
• You participate in the implementation of clinical care protocols.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma (or an equivalent title, as well as recognition from the Red Cross or a positive Precheck for staff qualified abroad, mandatory)
• You have 2 years’ professional experience in a psychiatric setting
• You have good knowledge of the Vaud socio-health network.

Depending on your profile, the salary scale will be between level 8 and level 9.

We offer

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

• First-class 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 month salary and 25 days’ holiday per year
• A right to a minimum of three training days per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished flats offered in the surrounding districts 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-standard staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms Alice Diebolt - ICUS - 079 556 38 18 or Mr Loïc Menneret - ICS - 079 556 01 35

As all our applications are processed electronically, please apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the advertisement.

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 by them directly on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.