Apprentice Medical Device Technologist CFC

About the job

Interns, students, apprentices

Apprentice Medical Device Technologist CFC

Want to learn a technical and useful profession where you ensure sterile, traceable, and ready-to-use devices for operating theatres? Join the Sterilisation and Disinfection Centre of the CHUV from 16 August 2027!

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 education.

Attached to the Hospital Logistics Department (DLOH), the Sterilisation and Disinfection Centre provides sterile and functional products to all CHUV services, affiliated institutions, and external clients. Certified ISO 13485, it is a reference for the reprocessing of medical devices and participates in the training and information of healthcare professionals.

Mission

• You reprocess medical devices in compliance with quality and institutional guidelines (pre-disinfection, washing, disinfection, inspection, assembly/packaging, sterilisation, storage)
• You perform tasks related to all stages of the process and manage priorities (planned flows/emergencies)
• You identify the equipment, label it, and ensure its traceability in dedicated systems
• You carry out routine checks on equipment (e.g. autoclaves, washer-disinfectors), detect non-conformities, and apply required actions
• You strictly apply safety and hygiene rules, wear the required clothing, and disinfect your hands
• You collaborate with operating theatre teams and care units to ensure sterile, functional devices delivered on time.

Profile

• You have completed compulsory schooling
• You have a strong interest in the medical field and are not afraid of varied working hours
• You demonstrate autonomy, rigour, and precision
• You have analytical skills and can adapt to technical developments
• You enjoy working in a team and communicate clearly
• Assets: high sense of hygiene, attention to detail, manual dexterity, ease with traceability IT tools, endurance (standing, wearing PPE).

We offer

By joining the CHUV as an apprentice, you benefit from:

• A comprehensive, 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 the CHUV after the apprenticeship, subject to available places
• Active support to develop your talents, with the possibility of being selected for SwissSkills, the national skills competition, when the edition matches your cohort
• 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
• Any internship reports.

Contact and application submission:

Contact for information about the position: For any information regarding the position, please contact Mrs Isabelle Curchod, Training Coordinator, at 021 314 58 41.

As 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.

The 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 prevent any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.