First-level nursing manager at the DSO Pool (12762-IN-101-2025)

About the job

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First-level nursing manager at the DSO Pool

To complete its team, the central Pool of the Directorate of Care (DSO) is looking for a first-level nursing manager at 80%, for a permanent contract, starting January 1, 2026.

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 reference role in the fields of medical care, research, and training.

The central Pool of the Directorate of Care meets the needs for supplementary staff in clinical sectors to ensure continuity of care. Composed of about a hundred versatile professionals (nurses, ASSC, nursing assistants), it operates in most of the somatic services of the CHUV. It also ensures coordination with external placement agencies.

The central Pool:

• Guarantees the continuity of care according to the institution's quality and safety standards
• Actively supports clinical teams on the ground.

Every day, more than 100 requests are processed by the pool managers for all the Clinical Departments of the CHUV.

Mission

• You guarantee the quality and safety of care delivered by the Pool professionals
• You supervise the nursing team of the SPIA Pool, ensuring daily support, follow-up, and assistance
• You organize the professional development and versatility of pool members
• You coordinate the placement and management of internal and external interim interventions
• You contribute to the strategic development of the Pool, in line with the institutional orientations of the DSO.

Profile

• You hold a HES diploma in nursing or an equivalent qualification
• You have confirmed experience in team management (minimum 5 years)
• You have completed training in proximity management (CAS or DAS)
• You master common office tools (Word, Excel) and institutional professional software
• You have skills in quality and safety of care, and experience in incident analysis and implementation of corrective actions
• You are dynamic, autonomous, with good stress resistance, a sense of organization, communication, and operational coordination.

The salary class is between level 10 and 11, depending on the candidate's 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 hotel-style company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms. Eliane Foucault, Deputy Director responsible for organizational development, at 021 314 55 49.

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

The CHUV applies the highest quality requirements 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 thank placement agencies in advance to note that applications submitted by them directly on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.