Resident Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at La Clairière - 100%

About the job

Resident doctor in child and adolescent psychiatry at La Clairière - 100%

• Full time
• HUG contract type: Fixed-term contract
• Department: Department of Community and Primary Care Medicine

Company description

With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a nationally and internationally recognised institution. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here.

The Department of Community and Primary Care Medicine (DMCPR) has the societal mission to provide access to quality care for all through local medicine, to ensure the management of minor medical and surgical emergencies, to promote prevention among citizens, to provide medical knowledge for judicial investigations, and to promote the health of travellers.

The Penitentiary Medicine Service offers quality care to detainees in the prisons of the Republic and Canton of Geneva while applying medical law and professional ethics rules. It develops prevention and health promotion actions in the prison environment.

You will join an outpatient penitentiary unit (category A according to ISFM) and, within a multidisciplinary team, provide psychological and psychotherapeutic follow-up for adolescents admitted to La Clairière.

This position grants access to postgraduate training in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy from the OMP and to all services provided within this training framework.

The Penitentiary Medicine Service also offers active support in research and teaching.

Job description

In line with your training path to obtain your title in psychiatry and psychotherapy, you will join a care unit of the department and provide outpatient psychiatric and psychotherapeutic follow-up for adolescents at La Clairière within a multidisciplinary team.

Alongside your activity, you will benefit from a high-quality, clinical, and structured postgraduate training according to FMH requirements for obtaining the specialist title in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy.

You may also participate in ongoing research activities within the services. Support is also available for undertaking a doctoral thesis.

Qualifications

You hold a federal medical diploma or have training deemed equivalent by the Medical Professions Commission of the Federal Office of Public Health (MEBEKO).

Previous experience in psychiatry and/or somatic medicine is an asset.

For non-French speakers, a C1 level in spoken and written French is required.

We offer

Integrated quality training meeting the requirements of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH), including both practical training through clinical activity and theoretical training in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy.

The opportunity to participate in a noble and socially valuable mission; involvement in exciting and innovative activities within an academic setting; integration into a highly qualified multidisciplinary team where interdisciplinarity guarantees quality; supervision and support from your hierarchy.

In addition to practical and theoretical training, participation in psychotherapy supervisions and congresses is included. The department covers the entire training.

Additional information

The fulfilment of our employees in their mission is an important value for us. Therefore, a personalised development and career path and several advancement opportunities within the institution are guaranteed.

Your initial engagement is on a fixed-term basis and is converted to an indefinite contract from the second year of activity depending on the department's needs and the quality of your performance.

• Information from the Swiss Medical Association (FMH) regarding the conditions for obtaining the specialist title in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy https://www.siwf.ch/fr/formation-postgraduee/titres-specialiste-formations/psychiatrie-et-psychoth-enfant.cfm
• Postgraduate training provided by the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service: https://www.hug.ch/enfants-ados/devenir-psychiatre-pour-enfants-adolescents
• Working conditions and procedures to follow (including diploma recognition): https://www.hug.ch/emploi
• Start date: 01.11.2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 100%
• Job grade: 20
• Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract, renewable as permanent
• Application deadline: 24.07.2026
• Contact for information: Dr P. Heller, assistant physician, head of the Penitentiary Psychiatry Unit, patrick.heller@hug.ch

Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas and certificates required for the position, and the last 2 work certificates.

This announcement is addressed equally to women and men.

Wishing to engage in the fight against unemployment, the HUG encourages applications coming from the Cantonal Employment Office.

Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed.