Care Assistants in Community Health at the Department of Medicine

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Care Assistants in Community Health at the Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is seeking care assistants in community health from 60% to 100% for various services. Start date: as soon as possible.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (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.

Our Department of Medicine is a cornerstone of CHUV's activity and has solid expertise in managing patients with multiple and complex conditions.

Its mission is to care for patients with the best medical, nursing, medico-technical, and administrative skills during their stay.

The Department of Medicine comprises:

• More than 1,600 employees
• 550 full-time equivalent nursing staff
• 13 specialties, including 2 centres (sleep and obesity centres)

Mission

• You collaborate closely in patient care within a multidisciplinary team and with the nursing team
• You provide varied, comprehensive, and individualised care under the delegation of a nurse and responsibly and autonomously support patients in aspects of care related to daily living activities
• You deliver medico-technical care under the nurse's delegation
• You perform administrative and logistical tasks related to patient care.

Profile

• You hold a Federal VET Diploma as a care assistant in community health, mandatory
• You are dynamic, committed, motivated, and responsible
• You have knowledge of institutional software, an asset
• You demonstrate excellent command of the French language, both spoken and written (level C1)

We offer

As a care assistant, you will have access to various training courses, such as:

• Activities of daily living: a common goal in adult hospital settings
• Chronic and acute pain - observation and care
• Patient medical equipment - care and monitoring
• Mental disability - care and communication
• Skin integrity and wounds - analysis of real situations
• Medications - from prescription to administration
• Patient nutrition - needs, care, and monitoring
• Prevention and management of violence – healthcare staff
• Wounds - care and monitoring – care assistants
• Chaplaincy - observation days in spiritual support
• Etc.

Becoming a member of the Lausanne University Hospital team 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 salary and 25 days of annual leave
• 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 Canton of Vaud
• Easy access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on electric bike purchases)
• Quality hotel-standard staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the role: Mr Alexandre Lopes, Deputy Director of Nursing at the Department of Medicine, tel. 079 556 21 01

As all 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, please contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you 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 staff, we pay attention to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and prevent any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.

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