Legal Counsel - 40%

Company Description

With more than 12,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a reference institution at the national and international level. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2024 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 proximity 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 travelers.

Due to the versatility of its skills, the Romand University Center of Forensic Medicine (CURML) is tasked with responding to all requests for expertise or advisory assistance in the medico-legal field, medical law, and doping analysis. Located in the Lake Geneva region, its area of competence operates at regional, national, and international levels.

Article 12 of the Health Law of 7.4.2006 (LS; K 1 03) establishes a superior authority for lifting professional secrecy, the Professional Secrecy Commission, responsible for ruling on requests to lift professional secrecy in accordance with art. 321 ch. 2 CPS as well as arts. 55A and 86 LS.

The Commission is chaired by a CURML physician and is administratively attached to the Department in charge of health (art. 12 para. 6 LS). It exercises the powers conferred by the LS independently (art. 12 para. 7 LS). Decisions made by the Commission may be appealed to the Administrative Chamber of the Court of Justice within 10 days following their notification (art. 12 para. 5 LS).

Job Description

As a legal counsel, you provide legal expertise in managing and controlling the process of handling requests to lift professional secrecy submitted by health professionals.

You ensure, in collaboration with the chair and the Commission, that the legal conditions related to lifting professional secrecy are properly applied, and verify the admissibility of requests.

In collaboration with the secretariat and the chair, you participate in preparing weekly meetings, notably by ensuring the availability of the necessary documents for processing requests and their provision to Commission members.

During meetings, you establish, together with the secretariat, the minutes of hearings and collect elements intended for the preparation of the meeting minutes.

At the request of the Commission or the chair, you prepare legal analyses and legal opinions, and draft appeals or responses to appeals related to the Commission's missions.

On occasion of sessions with courts, you collaborate with the chair when they represent the Commission.

Qualifications

You have a solid legal education, preferably hold a lawyer's license, and possess knowledge of cantonal and federal law, including judicial procedures.

You are proficient in the German language.

You have two to three years of experience in a legal counsel position or any equivalent role, as well as experience in health law.

You have the ability to manage stressful situations, demonstrate interpersonal skills, and possess a strong team spirit.

Your skills include efficiency, autonomy, and precision. You have a sense of meeting deadlines, diplomacy, and a high capacity for adaptation.

Additional Information

• Start date: 01.03.2026 or date to be agreed upon
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 40% (presence days: Monday and Thursday)
• Function class: 23
• Contract: 6-month fixed-term contract, for maternity replacement
• Application deadline: 07.11.2025
• Information request: Dr. S. Burkhardt, associate physician, phone 079 553 01 78.

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.