Apprentice Cleaning and Hygiene Agent with Federal VET Diploma

About the job

Would you like to learn a profession essential to our hospital and contribute to the quality of the care environment? Then join our technical and logistics division as a Cleaning and Hygiene Agent Apprentice with Federal VET Diploma on 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.

More than 600 cleaning and hygiene agents ensure the daily disinfection of hospital premises, care areas, offices, and thoroughfares, applying rigorous protocols according to current health standards.

By joining our Cleaning and Hygiene Service, you will become part of a professional, dynamic, and multicultural team whose services directly contribute to the quality of care.

Mission

• You ensure the cleaning and disinfection of surfaces, premises, and equipment in compliance with strict hospital standards
• You prepare and use equipment, devices, and cleaning products according to their use, hazard level, and the surfaces to be treated
• You learn to operate specialised machines, such as scrubber-driers or single-disc machines
• You participate in waste sorting and monitor cleaning supplies stock
• You ensure the maintenance and tidying of technical rooms, while respecting safety and hygiene instructions
• You contribute daily to maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for patients and staff.

Profile

• You have completed your compulsory schooling
• You are motivated by manual work, thorough, punctual, and organised
• You demonstrate a strong interest in hygiene, cleanliness, and service
• You are comfortable working in a team
• You have good physical fitness
• You have proficiency in spoken and written French (minimum B1 level)

We offer

By joining 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 CHUV after the apprenticeship, subject to availability
• 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