Doctor, Head of the Visceral Surgery Department at the Department of Surgery (13568-ME-999-2026)

About the job

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Doctor, Head of the Visceral Surgery Department at the Department of Surgery

A leading international teaching and research institution, with nearly 5,000 collaborators and 17,500 students, distributed between the Dorigny campus and the CHUV and Epalinges sites. As an employer, it promotes excellence, recognition of individuals, and responsibility. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are offering a position for:

Start date: 01.01.2027 (or to be agreed) Workplace: Lausanne, Switzerland

Context

The Visceral Surgery Department brings together expertise in numerous surgical specialties: hepato-biliary and pancreatic surgery, bariatric surgery (obesity), oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum and proctology, endocrine surgery, sarcoma surgery, melanoma and kidney transplantation. Minimally invasive surgery and robotics are well-established and rapidly growing techniques. Teaching, training, clinical research, quality of care, and patient safety are the essential missions of the Department. This includes all courses and teaching to the medical student body, as well as advanced/continuing training in visceral, general, and emergency surgery. Thanks to its numerous scientific publications, the Department remains at the forefront of medical research in the field and annually conducts many research projects in its areas of clinical expertise. The department is one of the pioneers and international leaders in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS). Numerous collaborations exist at institutional, national, and international levels.

Mission

Position missions:

• Lead, organise, and manage the development of all activities of a university surgery department
• Ensure and strengthen expertise, safety, quality, and efficiency of the clinical missions/services of the department while developing multidisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations and synergies in line with the CHUV strategic plan.
• Unite, lead, and develop high-level clinical and academic research, funded by peer-reviewed external funds and published in quality scientific journals, including own research
• Ensure and guarantee undergraduate (according to FBM needs), postgraduate (ISFM training centre cat. A1), and continuing education missions in the discipline, assuming the role of discipline head and participating in it
• Ensure the development of a sufficient and quality medical and scientific succession in the specialty while consolidating the clinical and academic influence of the department both within the institution and at cantonal, national, and even international levels.

Profile

Desired profile:

• Federal medical diploma (or recognised MEBEKO title mandatory) and MD or MD-PhD.
• Specialist title in surgery, with advanced training in visceral surgery (ISFM or MEBEKO recognition mandatory)
• Extensive clinical experience in tertiary-level visceral surgery
• Knowledge/experience in kidney transplantation and/or robotic surgery is an asset.
• Recognised and certified managerial skills in leading and managing a large/multisite team (medical, nursing, administrative, and academic) around a common vision of the department and extensive experience in managing transversal, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional clinical activity projects
• Academic knowledge and expertise at professorial level with proven practice in undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education
• Ability to establish clinical research programmes likely to be supported by peer-reviewed external funds
• Good knowledge of French (native or C1 ideal, minimum B2 with ability to acquire quickly).
• History demonstrating impeccable professional conduct: the selected candidate must provide all guarantees of integrity and compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of the position.

We offer

We offer you a pleasant working environment in a multicultural and diverse academic setting. Opportunities for continuing education, a multitude of activities, and other benefits to discover.

UNIL and CHUV are committed to equality and encourage female applications www.unil.ch/egalite.

Contact and application submission

Applications, written entirely in English, should include i) a cover letter, ii) curriculum vitae, iii) list of publications with an indication of the five most significant articles, iv) a brief description of past and future research programmes, v) teaching experience (if applicable), vi) names and contact details of three referees, vii) copies of diplomas, and vii) a valid identity document.

They must be sent by 13 September 2026 (23:59 GMT+1) to the address wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/application as a single PDF file. Only applications submitted via this site will be considered.

The job description is also available at the same link.