Apprentice Assistant in Care and Community Health CFC

Interns, students, apprentices

Apprentice Assistant in Care and Community Health CFC

Want to learn a meaningful profession, serving others and at the heart of care?

Become an ASSC CFC apprentice within our teams from August 10, 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 training.

We are looking for apprentices for the following departments:

Women-Mother-Child Department (4 places): This department follows women throughout their lives in gynecological and obstetrical aspects and cares for children from birth to adolescence. Its services: outpatient and inpatient care dedicated to gynecology, obstetrics, fertility medicine, neonatology, pediatrics, and pediatric surgery.

Psychiatry Department (2 places): It cares for people of all ages suffering from mental disorders. The care provided by all our teams is personalized and based on solid interprofessional collaboration. This care can be provided in various contexts through specialized programs.

Musculoskeletal Department (1 place): It includes, among others, Rheumatology, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Plastic and Hand Surgery services, and the Sports Medicine Center. It manages pathologies related to the skeleton, tendons, and joints.

Clinical Neurosciences Department (1 place): It includes neurosurgery, neurology, neuropsychology, and neurorehabilitation services. It offers integrated and personalized care to patients suffering from diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, from brain to muscle.

Medicine Department (8 places): It brings together the expertise of 13 medical specialties. It has solid expertise in managing patients with multiple and complex conditions.

Surgery and Heart-Vessels Department (7 places): It includes services such as visceral surgery, thoracic surgery, ENT, urology, etc. It is associated with the Heart-Vessels Department, which works to provide personalized care to patients suffering from heart and vessel diseases.

Mission

• You work closely with the care team to ensure quality patient care
• You professionally assist patients in daily life activities, ensuring their comfort and well-being (help with washing, dressing, feeding, etc.)
• You perform administrative and logistical tasks, such as updating patient records
• You contribute to maintaining hygiene and organizing care areas, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients
• You participate in prevention and health promotion activities with patients.

Profile

• You have obtained the compulsory schooling certificate
• You have reached the legal age of 18 (possibility to start from 16 years old, with prior internships)
• You master basic mathematics (general pathway level 2) and French (level B2) and are ready to take a test if needed to verify your skills
• You have a strong interest in health and the well-being of people
• You are comfortable in human contacts and know how to show empathy and active listening
• You have proven ability to work in a team and demonstrate collaboration, while being able to work independently
• You are organized, rigorous, and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, even in stressful environments.

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.)

Interested? Send us your application:

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

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: For any information regarding the position, please contact Mrs. Marie Kramer, apprenticeship coordinator, at 021 314 71 99.

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.