A medical career at the CHVM
CHVM Hospital is recruiting doctors across multiple specialities
CHVM Hospital in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is recruiting doctors across multiple specialities.
Situated close to world-renowned ski resorts and outdoor recreation areas, our peripheral hospital serves a growing local population as well as seasonal visitors throughout the year.
Centre Hospitalier Vallée de la Maurienne
Located in the Savoie region, in the Maurienne Valley - a mountainous area stretching over more than 120 kilometers - the CHVM is a public hospital institution (492 beds and treatment places, 650 staff members) providing a comprehensive range of local healthcare services, including : Emergency Department, Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Unit (SMUR) by road and helicopter, General Internal Medicine, Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, General and Digestive Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics (Level 1 Maternity Unit), a Medical Care and Rehabilitation Department (general rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, geriatric rehabilitation, and sports medicine), Geriatrics, Home Nursing Care Services, Hospital-at-Home care and a Mobile Palliative care team.
Why join us ?
- Live and work in the French Alps, Savoie region
- Skiing, hiking, cycling and mountain sports on your doorstep
- Only 2 hours from Lyon, Turin and Geneva airports
- 45 minutes to Chambéry, 1 hour from Grenoble
- Family-friendly environnement
- Opportunity to help shape and strengthen peripherical healthcare services
Specialities currently recruiting
- Radiology (comprehensive diagnostic imaging equipment, including CT and MRI scanners)
- Internal / General medicine (30 bed ward)
- Medical specialites (mixed ward work and outpatient consultations)
- Orthopaedics and General surgery (important winter and summer activity)
- Anaesthetics (no intensive care work)
- Oncology (day hospital)
- Rehabilitation (large paramedic team and balneotherapy)
- Accident and emergency with the possibility to join the mountain rescue team
Our arrival package
- A phased integration into your new job, with a dedicated support team to help you discover and adapt to the French hospital environment
- A motivated team to assist with relocation end integration, including registration with the “Ordre des Médecins de Savoie”.
- A bilingual doctor available to help you with administrative procedures and support on arrival
- French language traning provided if needed
We welcome applications from :
- Individual doctors seeking a new professionnal and lifestyle opportunity (including partners) ;
- Doctors with basic medical training motivated to continue their specialist training in France (DIU) ;
- Specialists wishing to create and develop new projects within our hopital.
Interested ?
Contacts :
Dr Katie SCRIMGEOUR - 0033 6 95 14 14 34 / ksferreol@gmail.com
Trained in Edinburg and practising in France since 2000 / Consultant in Palliative Care.
For further information or to discuss opportunities, please get in touch
Laurence ALEX - PONSONNAILLE - 0033 4 79 20 69 72 / lalex@chvm.fr
Medical Affairs Manager
To apply : medical-recruitment@chvm.fr

