Head of Cleanliness, Hygiene and Environment Unit M/F at 100%

Head of Cleanliness, Hygiene and Environment Unit M/F at 100%

The Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Vaud-Valais (HRC), is a leading intercantonal hospital, bringing together more than 2,000 collaborators. The Rennaz Hospital Centre has over 350 acute care beds. It is complemented by two geriatric and rehabilitation clinics as well as two medical on-call services. All collaborators are committed daily to providing quality care to patients, embodying the institution's values: authenticity, exemplary conduct and innovation.

The Cleanliness, Hygiene and Environment Unit (UPHE), attached to the Facility Management service, encompasses hospital bio-cleaning, laundry and waste management activities.

In a context of service continuity, operational excellence and institutional development, you take responsibility for an important unit, at the heart of patient care quality and safety.

In close collaboration with the head of service, you actively contribute to defining and deploying the unit's vision, organisation and services.

We offer a dynamic working environment fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and continuous improvement of professional practices.

With a view to the future, we place particular importance on sustainable development, integrating responsible and environmentally respectful practices into our daily activities.

You will also have the opportunity to be actively involved in various institutional committees, such as sustainable care committees, the PCI committee, or other working groups aimed at enhancing care quality and safety.

The main duties of this position are

Your responsibilities

You:

• Define and implement the unit's organisational strategy, integrating quality, efficiency and evolving needs across our 3 sites
• Supervise, support and develop a team of frontline managers (4.8 FTE) as well as all unit staff (83 FTE), with the support of an administrative assistant
• Ensure high-level services for patients and staff, in strict compliance with hospital hygiene standards
• Manage and optimise activities; bio-cleaning, linen management, workwear management via the automatic clothing dispenser, management of on-call rooms as well as the handling and disposal of healthcare waste in accordance with current regulations
• Manage the pool sector (staff who cover long-term absences in various sectors)
• Develop a quality culture based on performance indicators (KPIs) and continuous process improvement
• Lead change in an evolving environment and contribute to cross-institutional projects

We require

Your profile

• Federal diploma in housekeeping or equivalent training, CAS in FM an asset
• Additional management training desired
• Training in environmental/waste management desired
• Proven experience in managing large teams and leading change
• Demonstrated experience in project management and/or service reorganisation
• Excellent knowledge of the hospital environment and hospital hygiene requirements or equivalent (Life Sciences)
• Excellent command of French (spoken and written), with strong writing skills
• Comfortable using common IT tools (Microsoft Office)

Your assets

• Unifying leadership and ability to mobilise around a vision
• Strong sense of organisation and priorities
• Analytical mindset and solution orientation
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders

We offer

HRC offers excellent employment and career development opportunities across all its activity areas: medical, nursing, medico-technical, hospitality, administrative, technical, logistics. With a commitment to continuous improvement, skills development is at the heart of HRC's concerns. The institution provides its collaborators access to training both internally and externally.

In 2021, HRC was twice ranked among the best employers in French-speaking Switzerland by Bilan magazine and the Le Temps newspaper, positioning it as a leading institution.

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For information, please contact Ms Christine De Rosa, head of Facility Management service, tel. 079/716 45 30 or by email christine.derosa@hopitalrivierachablais.ch