Head of Blood Collections for the Cantons of VD and VS
Epalinges
Key information
- Publication date:24 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Epalinges
Job summary
Join our team in Epalinges as a Blood Collection Manager! Lead blood supply efforts for hospitals in VD and VS.
Tasks
- Oversee blood collection sites and mobile teams in Vaud and Valais.
- Manage budget, team leadership, and quality assurance.
- Ensure safety for donors, patients, and blood products.
Skills
- Bachelor's in nursing or equivalent, plus management training required.
- Strong leadership and communication skills essential.
- Proficient in IT tools and bilingual in German or French.
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Head of blood collections for the cantons of VD and VS
Are you motivated to take on the challenge of ensuring the blood supply for hospitals? Due to a retirement, we are looking for you to take on an important management role. You will be responsible for the collection sites and mobile teams in the cantons of Vaud and Valais, budget management, staff supervision, and quality of services. Workplace in Epalinges, with regular travel to Sion and Bern.
Mission
- Manage the entire sector, with direct supervision of three team leaders and one administrative employee
- Participate in the implementation of the company strategy, corporate culture, and guidelines
- Develop and monitor the budget, promote effective information transfer, and energize collaboration
- Organize and develop blood collections for the two cantons and ensure the necessary number of blood donations
- Supervise planning and clinical activities, ensure the safety of donors, patients, and blood products.
Profile
- Holder of a bachelor’s degree in nursing or an equivalent qualification, complemented by management training
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience and team management
- Leadership, sense of responsibility and communication. Resilience, autonomy, and results orientation
- Rigor and exemplary conduct. Very good command of IT tools
- Native German or French speaker, with excellent knowledge of the other language, essential
- You enjoy contributing your ideas and developing existing processes with the teams.
We offer
You will find an interesting and exciting job with us in a pleasant working environment with very good social conditions. Part-time work is valued and opportunities for development and collaboration in a bilingual environment are favored.
Contact and application submission
Do you want to participate in a humanitarian tradition and shape the future with us? We look forward to receiving your complete application by email at job@itransfusion.ch
For more information, please contact Mr. Cyrill Engel, Head of the Blood Collection Department, tel. 031 384 22 09.
