Social worker in a medicalized environment for the medicine surgery sector

Psychosocial

Social worker in a medicalized environment for the medicine surgery sector

The CHUV is looking for a social worker in a medicalized environment at a 90% rate for December 1, 2025, to replace a team member on maternity leave in the medicine surgery sector.

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 training.

Attached to the Care Directorate, the CHUV Somatic Social Service is available to patients or their relatives to discreetly help resolve administrative, financial, legal, family, or psychosocial issues related to hospitalization or outpatient follow-up.

Mission

• You provide psychosocial support as well as administrative, logistical, financial, or legal assistance to the patients of the university neurorehabilitation service (hospitalization and outpatient)
• You collaborate with a multidisciplinary team that defines the therapeutic project with the patient
• You inform, advise, guide, and support patients and their relatives for all necessary procedures following accidents, illness, disability, or loss of income
• You coordinate with various services and associations in the Vaud and Romandy social and health network.

Profile

• You hold a diploma as a social worker HES or ESTS, or a Bachelor in social sciences
• You have at least two years of professional experience in the field
• You have a strong interest in health-related issues
• You master Swiss social insurances and know the Vaud social institutions as well as administrative and legal structures
• You have great adaptability and know how to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, in a network, and to be in contact with people particularly vulnerable due to illness and/or accident autonomously
• You possess excellent writing skills and are comfortable with computer tools (MS Office).
• You have good knowledge of English and Spanish, an asset.

📌 Salary class: level 8 to 9, depending on your profile

We offer

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

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

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mesdames Arielle GIANINA GASSER and Stéphanie FELLMANN, co-responsibles of the CHUV Somatic Social Service, at 021 314 48 24 or at the address: soc9.responsable@chuv.ch (please do not apply to this email address)

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 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

The 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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