Jobs at the cantonal hospitals of French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland

Romandy and Ticino are the two regions of Switzerland where the working language is French or Italian — which, for many candidates from Western and Southern Europe, means an easier start than in the German-speaking part of the country. Below you'll find direct links to the careers pages of the largest public hospitals in these regions.

The HUG in Geneva and the CHUV in Lausanne are among the largest hospitals in Switzerland — more than 26,000 staff between them. Their vacancies span nursing, medicine, rehabilitation, diagnostics and administration.

Vaud

CHUV — Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois One of Switzerland's five university hospitals, with its main campus in Lausanne. The network also takes in the Hôpital de Cery (psychiatry), the Hôpital ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, the Hôpital de l'enfance and the EMS Soerensen-La Rosière. 12,844 staff, 1,439 beds. In 2026 it ranked 21st in the world in the Newsweek World's Best Hospitals list — its eighth year running in the global top 250 — and its campus spreads across 80 hectares of parks, gardens, fields and forests. Job openings →

EHC — Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte A network of hospitals and medical centres along the shore of Lake Geneva: the Hôpital de Morges, the Hôpital d'Aubonne and the Hôpital de Gilly, plus several outpatient centres. 2,300 staff, 240 beds. Founded in 2000, it runs GO2, a Romandy centre devoted to the sports and performing-arts medicine of young athletes and performers. Job openings →

Hôpital Riviera-Chablais Switzerland's first intercantonal hospital — officially belonging to two cantons at once: Vaud and Valais. Its hospital centre is in Rennaz (a new building opened in 2019), alongside two geriatric and rehabilitation clinics in Vevey and Monthey. Job openings →

GHOL — Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lémanique Two sites on the western shore of Lake Geneva: Nyon and Rolle. 1,059 staff, 158 beds. The Nyon site has deep roots — the town's first hospital is recorded there in 1356 — and the renovated Rolle hospital is today a recognised centre for pulmonary medicine. Job openings →

Geneva

HUG — Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève The largest university hospital in Switzerland, with a history going back to 1535. In 2026 it ranked 19th in the world in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals. It runs more than a dozen sites in and around the city: the Hôpital cantonal, the Maternité, the Hôpital de Beau-Séjour, the Hôpital des Trois-Chêne, the Hôpital de Loëx, the Hôpital de Bellerive, the Belle-Idée psychiatric hospital and others. 13,348 staff, 2,073 beds. Job openings →

Valais

Hôpital du Valais — Spital Wallis The cantonal network of the bilingual canton of Valais, created in 2004 from the merger of ten institutions. Its French-speaking arm (Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand) operates in Sion, Sierre, Martigny, Monthey and Saint-Maurice. The German-speaking arm (Spital Oberwallis) is based in Visp and Brig. Spital Oberwallis was the first hospital in Europe to earn the American Pathway to Excellence nursing-quality accreditation (2017), and is now working towards Magnet status — which would make it the first Magnet-recognised hospital in Switzerland. 6,260 staff. Job openings — Valais Romand → Job openings — Oberwallis →

Fribourg

HFR — Hôpital fribourgeois Four sites in the canton of Fribourg: HFR Fribourg (the cantonal hospital in Villars-sur-Glâne), HFR Meyriez-Murten, HFR Riaz and HFR Tafers. Around 3,800 staff and nearly 20,000 inpatients a year. A bilingual (French/German) cantonal teaching hospital, it trains medical students together with the University of Fribourg. Job openings →

Neuchâtel

RHNe — Réseau hospitalier neuchâtelois A network covering the entire canton of Neuchâtel: Pourtalès (Neuchâtel), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, Val-de-Ruz and Val-de-Travers. The largest employer in the canton — 3,480 staff, 412 beds. It runs the canton's certified stroke unit and breast centre. Job openings →

Jura

Hôpital du Jura — H-JU Four sites in the canton of Jura: the acute-care hospital in Delémont plus Porrentruy, Saignelégier and the Résidence La Promenade. Around 1,950 staff. Its Delémont maternity welcomes 550 to 600 babies a year. Job openings →

Ticino

EOC — Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale Ticino's only public hospital network. Regional hospitals in Bellinzona, Lugano, Locarno and Mendrisio, along with the Clinica di Riabilitazione, the Cardiocentro Ticino and the Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana (IOSI). Around 6,845 staff. It runs the leading heart-surgery and cancer centres of Italian-speaking Switzerland. Job openings →