Assistant Psychologist - 65%

About the job

Company Description

With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a nationally and internationally recognized institution. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to discover the highlights of 2024 by clicking  here .

With nearly 1,100 employees, the psychiatry department fulfills a triple mission covering the treatment of mental disorders, training, and research.

Organized into five services, the department offers hospital, outpatient, and community services.

The adult and geriatric psychiatry services provide psychiatric, psychosocial, and psychotherapeutic treatments respectively to the adult and elderly population of the canton of Geneva as part of a public service mission. The services contribute to the prevention of mental illnesses and the psychosocial consequences of psychiatric disorders in collaboration with various partners.

Job Description

In this role, you will be responsible for specialized outpatient follow-up, particularly providing individual psychotherapies to adult migrant patients presenting psychiatric pathology and adapting care to the specific needs of this vulnerable population.

You work in a multidisciplinary team collaborating closely with care teams (doctors, nurses, PPS) and participating in clinical meetings and care coordination.

You are responsible for evaluating new requests: you analyze written requests, conduct initial assessment interviews, prior to clinical team discussions, and evaluate the indication and relevance of psychotherapeutic follow-up.

In an intercultural context, you work with community interpreters and integrate cultural references and migratory trajectories into clinical understanding and the therapeutic relationship.

You collaborate with the socio-health and associative network by coordinating with actors involved in the overall support of migrant patients (health services, general hospice, associations, lawyers, etc.).

You participate in medico-administrative procedures by contributing to the drafting of medical reports for state authorities within the framework of asylum procedures.

Qualifications

You hold a Master’s degree in psychology (or equivalent training) and possess a federal specialist title in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy or are very advanced in training in this field. You have at least 3 years of practice in psychotherapy.

You have prior training and/or experience with a migrant population.

You are able to work within a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate great autonomy in clinical work.

Additional Information

• Start date: 01.02.2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 65%
• Job class: 17 or 18 (depending on diploma)
• Contract: 11-month fixed-term contract
• Application deadline: 20.11.2025
• Contact for information: Mr. C. Delaloye, head of psychologists in the adult and geriatric psychiatry service, tel. 022 305 51 30, christophe.delaloye@hug.ch

Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your CV, 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.