Care and Community Health Assistants at the Department of Medicine

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Care and Community Health Assistants at the Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is looking for care and community health assistants from 80% to 100% for various services. Starting 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, the CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

• More than 1,600 employees
• 550 FTE caregivers
• 13 specialties, including 2 centers (sleep center and obesity center)

Mission

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

Profile

• You hold a Federal VET Diploma (CFC) as a care and community health assistant
• You are dynamic, committed, motivated, and responsible
• Knowledge of institutional software is an asset
• You demonstrate excellent mastery of the French language, both oral and written (level C1)

We offer

As a care and community health assistant, you will have access to various trainings, such as:

• Daily living activities: 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 concrete situations
• Medications - from prescription to administration
• Patient nutrition - needs, care, and monitoring
• Prevention and management of violence – healthcare staff
• Wounds - care and monitoring – care and community health assistants
• Chaplaincy - observation days in spiritual accompaniment
• Etc.

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 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
• 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-style company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mr. Alexandre Lopes, Deputy Director of Nursing at the Department of Medicine, tel. 021 314 18 45

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, please 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.

As part of the recruitment process for this position, if hired, you will be required to provide an original criminal record extract. You will also be asked to present your original diplomas and an identity document.

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.

We kindly ask placement agencies to note that applications submitted directly by them on our recruitment platform are not accepted and cannot be invoiced. Thank you for your understanding.