Apprentice Medical Device Technologist CFC

Interns, students, apprentices

Apprentice Medical Device Technologist CFC

Want to learn a technical and useful profession where you ensure sterile, traceable, and ready-to-use devices for operating rooms?

Join the Sterilization and Disinfection Center of the CHUV on August 10, 2026!

Context

The University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV) is one of the five Swiss university hospitals and ranks among the best hospital institutions worldwide according to the Newsweek 2025 ranking. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, it plays a leading role in care, research, and education.

Attached to the Hospital Logistics Department (DLOH), the Sterilization and Disinfection Center provides sterile and functional products to all CHUV services, affiliated institutions, and external clients. Certified ISO 13485, it is a reference for the reprocessing of medical devices and participates in the training and information of healthcare professionals.

Mission

• You reprocess medical devices in compliance with quality and institutional guidelines (pre-disinfection, washing, disinfection, control, assembly/packaging, sterilization, storage)
• You perform tasks related to all stages of the process and manage priorities (planned flow/emergencies)
• You identify the material, label it, and ensure its traceability in dedicated systems
• You carry out routine checks on equipment (e.g., autoclaves, washer-disinfectors), detect non-conformities, and apply required actions
• You strictly apply safety, hygiene rules, regulatory dress code, and hand disinfection
• You collaborate with operating room teams and care units to ensure sterile, functional devices delivered on time.

Profile

• You have completed your compulsory schooling
• You demonstrate autonomy, rigor, and precision
• You have analytical skills and can adapt to technical evolution
• You enjoy working in a team and communicate clearly
• Assets: high sense of hygiene, attention to detail, manual dexterity, ease with traceability IT tools, endurance (standing, wearing PPE)

We offer

By joining CHUV as an apprentice, you benefit from:

• A complete, varied, and professional training at the heart of a university hospital
• Close supervision provided by experienced trainers
• The possibility to continue your professional career at CHUV after the apprenticeship, subject to available positions
• Active support to develop your talents, with the possibility to be selected for SwissSkills, the national trades competition, when the edition matches your field
• And many benefits reserved for apprentices (meals, transport discounts, social network, etc.)

Contact and application submission

Interested? Send us your application:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• School reports from the last three years
• Possible internship reports.

Contact for information about the position: For any information regarding the position, please contact Ms. Isabelle Curchod, training coordinator at 021 314 58 41.

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.

CHUV applies the highest quality requirements in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our employees, 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.