Apprentice Cleaning and Hygiene Agent CFC

Interns, students, apprentices

Apprentice Cleaning and Hygiene Agent CFC

Do you want to learn an essential profession for our hospital and contribute to the quality of the care environment?

Then join our technical and logistics division as an apprentice cleaning and hygiene agent CFC starting August 2026!

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (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.

More than 600 cleaning and hygiene agents ensure daily disinfection of hospital premises, care areas, offices, and passageways by applying rigorous protocols according to current health standards.

By joining our Cleaning and Hygiene Service, you will become part of a professional, dynamic, and multicultural team whose services concretely contribute to the quality of care.

Mission

• You ensure the cleaning and disinfection of surfaces, premises, and equipment while respecting strict hospital standards
• You prepare and use materials, devices, and cleaning products according to their use, hazard level, and surfaces to be treated
• You learn to operate specialized machines, such as scrubbers or single-disc machines
• You participate in waste sorting and monitoring cleaning supply stocks
• You ensure the maintenance and tidiness of technical rooms while respecting safety and hygiene instructions
• You contribute daily to maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for patients and staff.

Profile

• You have completed your compulsory schooling
• You are motivated by manual work, rigorous, punctual, and organized
• You show a strong interest in hygiene, cleanliness, and service
• You are comfortable working in a team
• You have good physical condition
• You master spoken and written French (minimum B1 level)

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
• And many benefits reserved for apprentices (meals, transport discounts, social network, etc.)

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

• Top-tier social benefits, 20 days of paternity leave, and 4 months of 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
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on electric bike purchases)
• Company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

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 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.