Psychologist - 80%

About the job

Psychologist - 80%

• Part-time
• HUG contract type: Fixed-term contract
• Department: Department of Psychiatry

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 consult our 2024 retrospective by clicking here.

With nearly 1,000 employees, the Department of Psychiatry fulfills a triple mission concerning the treatment of mental disorders, training, and research. The department's mission is to detect and effectively treat increasingly frequent and diverse pathologies while respecting patients and their relatives.

Quality teaching is also provided by the department to students as well as to doctors in training for specialist certification by raising awareness of psychological, biological, and social dimensions. The department also supports quality training in psychotherapy.

Organized into 5 services, the department offers a very broad and diversified range of care including inpatient care, multidisciplinary outpatient care according to different modalities and intensities, organized according to the principles of community psychiatry, as well as specialized programs and units. An integrated, clinical, and structured quality teaching is provided by the department for doctors in training by raising awareness of psychological, biological, and social dimensions. The department also provides structured theoretical training in the 3 main psychotherapy models as well as individual and group supervisions included in the training curriculum.

The department also offers active support for research pathways in connection with a translational and clinical research hub meeting a high level of quality.

Finally, the department seeks to understand the origins of mental disorders with the help of cognitive and affective neurosciences, a true flagship of the Geneva site. To this end, it conducts patient-oriented academic and clinical research meeting a high level of quality.

The Psychiatric Specialties Service offers specialized diagnostic and therapeutic programs in psychiatry and psychotherapy, and contributes to improving care through research and teaching. The service brings together the activities of about 200 employees, organized within 6 units/medical consultations (Emotional Regulation Disorders Unit (TRE), Mood and Anxiety Unit (UHA), Sexual Medicine and Sexology Unit (UMSS), Mental Development Psychiatry Unit (UPDM), Psychotherapeutic Consultation for Families and Couples (COUFAM), and Psychiatry Consultation at the Sleep Medicine Center). The service includes outpatient, day hospital, and inpatient activities.

Job Description

You are interested in the field of psychotherapy and assessment with adults presenting an intellectual developmental disorder or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), associated with other psychiatric issues.

The position is assigned to the Mental Development Psychiatry Unit (UPDM) and within a multidisciplinary team.

You conduct specialized clinical assessments as well as individual and group psychotherapeutic follow-ups, in outpatient and hospital settings. You participate in interdisciplinary meetings and clinical case discussions. You contribute to research and teaching activities conducted within the unit. You ensure clinical documentation and follow-up of services in the patients' electronic records.

Qualifications

You hold a Master’s degree in psychology and have a specialist psychologist title in psychotherapy (psychotherapist recognized at the federal level) or are in the final stages of training for this, according to the cognitive-behavioral therapy orientation.

You have experience with adult patients presenting an intellectual developmental disorder and/or ASD.

You have good command of or are familiar with assessment tools specific to ASD (e.g., ADOS, ADI).

You easily integrate into care teams and demonstrate autonomy and commitment in your work.

You are flexible in managing your follow-ups according to clinical priorities and have a sense of responsibility.

You have good skills to handle stress effectively and proactively while working with various professionals in medical and care teams.

Additional Information

• Start date: as soon as possible
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 80%
• Job class: 18 or 20
• Contract: Permanent contract
• Application deadline: 25.11.2025
• Contact for information: Mr. P. Cordera, responsible psychologist, paolo.cordera@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.