Assistant Physician or Associate Assistant Physician - 100%

About the job

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 view our 2025 retrospective by clicking  here .

With nearly 1,500 employees, the  Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics  (DRG) is a medical centre focused on the elderly and is spread across 5 sites: Trois-Chêne, Loëx, Bellerive, Beau-Séjour and Joli-Mont. It manages acute situations, notably through the emergency department of the Trois-Chêne Hospital, age-related specific issues, medical rehabilitation and palliative care.

The position is attached to the SMIR-BS. The SMIR-BS handles acute internal medicine cases, as well as medical rehabilitation (internal medicine & oncology rehabilitation and specialised cardiac rehabilitation). This service primarily admits people (<75 years) requiring multidisciplinary care teams.

Job Description

Do you wish to develop your career within the canton’s leading university medical institution? Are you eager to contribute to the projects of a major institution such as the HUG and do you identify with our institutional values (respect, team spirit, recognition, trust, equality and inclusion)?

Thanks to your excellent organisational skills, operational management abilities and leadership, you will supervise the care units (acute and rehabilitation areas). You will contribute to the administration and organisation of the service under the direction of the chief medical officer.

You demonstrate proactivity, rigour and are a source of proposals and initiatives; you ensure the smooth running of the service and promote the quality and safety of care, while ensuring compliance with institutional procedures.

You possess proven managerial skills and provide supervision as well as development of the site teams. You notably demonstrate the ability to support, motivate teams and ensure their ongoing training.

Your communication skills, open-mindedness, listening ability and synthesis skills are valuable assets for success in your role.

Finally, you have the ambition to promote and continue developing clinical and academic activity in the relevant field, as well as the motivation to participate in the Service’s projects.

As a committed and dedicated person, you participate in the design, development and delivery of pre- and post-graduate teaching as well as the promotion of interdisciplinary work and teaching.

Qualifications

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

You hold an FMH specialist title in general internal medicine and have the right to practise in the canton of Geneva.

You have completed your doctorate.

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

You are a person with excellent communication skills, both within interdisciplinary teams and with patients. You demonstrate dynamism, flexibility and commitment.

Additional Information

• Workplace: Cluse-Roseraie
• Start date: to be agreed
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 100%
• Function class: 26 or 27 (depending on profile)
• Contract: permanent
• Application deadline: 17.05.2026
• Contact for information: Secretariat of Prof. C. Luthy, chief medical officer, mdri@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 encourage applications from the Cantonal Employment Office.

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