Apprentice Restaurant Employee AFP (12724-ST-888-2025)

Interns, students, apprentices

Apprentice restaurant employee AFP

Want to learn how to prepare buffets for events and congresses, to create a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere when welcoming collaborators and clients?

Join the CHUV Hospitality Service from 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 training.

Within the Hospitality Service (Hospital Logistics Department – DLOH), the catering, cafeterias, kiosks, and snack bars sector offers a varied self-service selection to patients, collaborators, and visitors on the hospital campus and external sites. You will work in a dynamically organized team, with high standards of hygiene (HACCP), quality, and customer relations.

Mission

• You stock the buffets, ensure replenishment during service, and maintain attractive counters
• You welcome customers, respond to their requests, and take/transmit orders
• You serve dishes and drinks, ensure continuity of service, and take/transmit orders
• You prepare and present cold dishes (e.g., salads, sandwiches, simple desserts)
• You receive merchandise, check quality/quantity, store according to HACCP rules, and keep regular inventory
• You clear tables, change tablecloths, tidy the room, and clean/maintain the workstation, utensils, and equipment.

Profile

• You have completed compulsory schooling (French B1 minimum) and want to learn a service profession
• You have a sense of hospitality and teamwork; you are courteous and comfortable in contact
• You demonstrate speed of execution, rigor, order, and respect hygiene rules
• You have good stress resistance and flexible availability (irregular hours/weekends)

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
• Internships at different sites to broaden your skills
• The possibility to continue your professional career at CHUV after apprenticeship, subject to available positions
• Active support to develop your talents, with the possibility to be selected for SwissSkills, the trades competition, when the edition matches your field
• And many benefits reserved for apprentices (meals, transport discounts, social network, etc.)

Contact and application submission

Interested? Send us your application:

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

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.