HPCI Nurse 50% to 60%

With its 800 collaborators, the Intercantonal Hospital of Broye (HIB) ensures a mission of acute care and rehabilitation. Its ambition is to be a dynamic, innovative health institution aiming for excellence for the benefit of the Broye population. To meet the many challenges ahead, HIB is looking for the Payerne and Estavayer-le-Lac site for a:

Your mission

The Hygiene, Prevention and Infection Control Service (HPCI) aims to improve the quality and safety of care through the control and prevention of infections in the hospital environment. Infection risk prevention applies to patients, visitors and staff.

Main missions

• Participate in defining and developing the HPCI programme at the institutional level
• Ensure the link between the Cantonal HPCI Unit and the medical-care managers
• Ensure surveillance and prevention of hospital, nosocomial or endemic infections
• Guarantee detection, investigation, correction and prevention of epidemic infections
• Control resistance and use of anti-infective agents, with regard to multi-resistant micro-organisms
• Resolve hospital hygiene issues by adapting recommendations to the specificity of sectors
• Continuously improve the quality of care and medical-care and technical procedures regarding infection risk
• Provide training, teaching and education of medical-care and therapeutic staff in hygiene and infection prevention
• Participate in the management of projects and cantonal studies within the framework of HPCI
• Provide expertise within internal and/or external commissions or working groups

Your assets

• Bachelor-level nursing diploma or equivalent
• Holder of a diploma in Infection Prevention and Control or equivalent (EPIAS diploma, junior HPCI training, or certificate meeting HPCI requirements wishing to follow at least the junior training)
• 4 years’ experience in general care
• Experience in acute care
• Ability to work autonomously and interdisciplinarily
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills and diplomacy
• Show a spirit of collaboration and negotiation
• Possess pedagogical and clinical leadership skills
• Advanced knowledge of common IT tools (Windows environment, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access)
• Fluency in spoken and written French
• Knowledge of professional English
• Valid driving licence (cat. B).

Start date: to be agreed

Application deadline set for 27 November 2026.

Applications to be sent to Mr Patrick Goller, Director of Care.

We thank you for submitting your up-to-date application by applying online. To allow us to examine your application under the best conditions, please send us a complete file including a cover letter, a CV, as well as copies of your diplomas and work certificates. Incomplete applications may not be considered in the selection process.

For any further questions regarding this position, please contact Ms Valérie Auberger-Gil at 026 662 86 48.

In case of technical difficulties, please contact our recruitment service at 026 662 81 91.

A recent ordinary criminal record extract as well as a special extract less than 3 months old will be required before signing the contract.