Chief Physician at the University Neurorehabilitation Service

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Physicians

Chief Physician at the University Neurorehabilitation Service

The University Neurorehabilitation Service of the CHUV and the Lavigny Institution is seeking a Chief Physician at a workload of 80% to 100% to strengthen its medical team. The starting date is planned for 1 January 2027 or to be agreed.

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, the CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

The Department of Clinical Neurosciences includes the neurosurgery, neurology, neuropsychology and neurorehabilitation services, the Leenaards Memory Centre, the Neuroscience Research Centre, and the Spinal Surgery Service. It offers integrated and personalised care to patients suffering from diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, from brain to muscle.

Spread over several sites, the Lavigny Institution consists of a neurological hospital providing inpatient and outpatient services, two residential departments for adults with disabilities, one with intellectual disability and the other with physical issues, a specialised school, and a workshop and vocational training sector.

The inter-institutional University Neurorehabilitation Service (SUN) brings together the neurorehabilitation structures of the CHUV and the Lavigny Institution, and belongs to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences of the CHUV. The SUN provides state-of-the-art care for neurological patients, with particular expertise in cognition and behaviour, spasticity, neuromuscular diseases, and neuro-urology.

The SUN covers the entire neurorehabilitation pathway, with an acute neurorehabilitation unit (2 beds for post-coma awakening patients and a mobile team providing early neurorehabilitation care within days of the neurological injury), two post-acute neurorehabilitation hospital units (65 beds between Lavigny Hospital and 10 beds at CHUV), an outpatient and day hospital neurorehabilitation centre at CHUV, as well as research structures allowing SUN patients access to translational research and technologies including in the context of randomised controlled trials.

The SUN maintains close links with the Neurology, Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery Services, and the Leenaards Memory Centre within the DNC, optimising care for patients requiring neurorehabilitation.

More than 300 people work within the inter-institutional SUN perimeter. The SUN medical team depends on a single Head of Service at CHUV and is composed of 5 senior physicians specialised in neurology and/or physical medicine and rehabilitation, 8 senior registrars and 7 doctors

Mission

• You are responsible for the hospital units of the University Neurorehabilitation Service (SUN) at Lavigny Hospital and CHUV
• You conduct specialised outpatient neurorehabilitation activities
• You assist the Head of Service in managing the inter-institutional Service and in optimising its organisation, in close collaboration with the management of Lavigny Hospital and SUN executives
• You develop neurorehabilitation research activities and supervise master’s and doctoral theses
• You actively contribute to the academic development of the service within the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne
• You contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of doctors and health professionals.

Profile

• You hold a federal medical diploma or an equivalent title recognised by MEBEKO
• You possess an FMH title in physical medicine and rehabilitation or neurology
• You have developed recognised expertise in neurorehabilitation, with at least 5 years of clinical experience in this field
• You have C1 level oral and written French language skills and ideally excellent English language skills
• You have confirmed experience in an academic environment, notably as a former senior registrar
• You hold a doctorate (MD and/or PhD) and ideally have rich academic and scientific experience
• You appreciate working in a demanding interdisciplinary, inter-institutional, and university environment that fosters innovation and collaboration
• You know how to unite teams through your leadership, managerial skills, and ability to support staff development
• You stand out for your organisational sense, efficiency, and ability to lead projects and institutional changes.

We offer

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

• Top-tier 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 of annual leave
• 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 accommodations offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• 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 staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Prof. A. Sokolov, Head of Service, at +41 21 314 13 02

Information on the procedure: Ms Murielle Verdon, Executive Assistant, at +41 21 314 13 02

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