Associate or Senior Deputy Physician Responsible for Unit - 100%

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 view our 2025 retrospective by clicking  here .

With nearly 1,200 employees, the  Department of Acute Medicine  (D-MA) includes anesthesiology, clinical pharmacology and toxicology, intensive care, and emergency services. It fulfills a fourfold mission through its services, which provide expertise in frequent interaction with all Geneva University Hospitals, thanks to a transversal platform, aiming to ensure the best possible patient care.

The Anesthesiology Service is a transversal service of the HUG at the heart of the technical platform. With its 8 medical units (7 anesthesiology units and one peri-interventional care unit) and a research and innovation unit, its mission is to ensure patient comfort and safety during therapeutic or diagnostic acts, medical or surgical, as well as during post-interventional care, while ensuring proper pain management. As the largest center in Switzerland by number of interventional acts performed annually, the Anesthesiology Service is at the forefront of progress in this field. The service also provides pre-, post-graduate, and continuing education for nursing staff and physicians in specialized training. As a service provider, anesthesiology also intervenes in the field of interventional pain management and in life-threatening emergency situations both intra-hospital and pre-hospital alongside the emergency department.

Job Description

You are the head of the Ambulatory Anesthesiology Unit. 

You supervise and coordinate clinical activities and manage anesthetic medical staff to ensure efficient resource operation at the Ambulatory Anesthesiology Unit (UAA).

You assist the chief physician of the anesthesiology service in supervising medical activities and designing the service policy.

You participate in the anesthetic activity of the UAA unit and in research and teaching activities.

Qualifications

You hold the federal medical diploma or an equivalent training recognized by MEBEKO and the specialist title in anesthesiology. You have the right to practice in the canton of Geneva.

You hold the privat-docent, lecturer, and/or Professor title.

You have expertise in clinical research recognized nationally and internationally, as well as a record of clinical research publications in anesthesiology.

You have a strong interest in teaching and research.

Additional Information

• Start date: 01.06.2026
• Number of positions: 1 
• Activity rate: 100%
• Function class: 28
• Contract: Permanent
• Application deadline: 21.04.2026
• Contact for information: Prof G. Savoldelli, Chief Physician of the Anesthesiology Service, tel. 022 372 74 02

Your application file must include a motivation letter, 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.