Nurse in the Anaesthesiology Department - 80% to 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 organisation, take a few minutes to discover the highlights and key figures of 2025 by clicking here .

With nearly 1,200 employees, the Department of Acute Medicine (D-MA) includes the Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Services. It fulfils a fourfold mission through its services, which provide expertise in frequent interaction with all Geneva University Hospitals, thanks to a cross-disciplinary platform, aiming to ensure the best possible care for patients.

The Anaesthesiology Service is a cross-disciplinary service at the heart of the technical platform of the HUG. With its 8 medical units and a research and innovation unit, its mission is to ensure the comfort and safety of patients during therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, medical or surgical, as well as during post-interventional care, while ensuring effective pain management.

As the largest centre in Switzerland in terms of the number of interventional procedures performed annually, the Anaesthesiology Service is at the forefront of advances in this field. The service also provides pre- and post-graduate and continuing education for nurses and doctors in specialised training. As a service provider, anaesthesiology also intervenes in the field of interventional pain management and in life-threatening emergency situations both in-hospital and pre-hospital alongside the Emergency Service.

Job Description

You will ensure the comprehensive care of patients during their stay in the peri-interventional care units of the Anaesthesia Service in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

You will welcome, support, and provide care to patients requiring continuous, monitored surveillance in various post-interventional monitoring rooms, with intensified treatment in a peri-interventional intermediate care unit.

You will promote and develop nursing care within a multidisciplinary team.

You will guarantee patient safety and deliver quality services in an acute care environment.

Your work scope may include other Anaesthesiology units (Outpatient Reception, Interventional Pain Management, etc.).

Qualifications

You hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or a nursing diploma recognised by the Swiss Red Cross.

You have worked in an acute care service or completed a certified training (Certificate in Intermediate Care).

You possess proven skills in nursing practice. Experience in acute care is essential.

You demonstrate availability and punctuality. You are capable of promoting quality care and working both independently and within a multidisciplinary team.

You have excellent analytical, synthesis, organisational, priority management, and stress resistance skills.

You are open to change and willing to question your practices.

You have good interpersonal skills and a strong capacity for listening and empathy.

You commit to undertaking certified training (Certificate in Intermediate Care).

Additional Information

• Start date: as soon as possible
• Number of positions: 1 to 3
• Work rate: 80% to 100%
• Job grade: 15
• Contract: Permanent
• Application deadline: 22.09.2026
• Contact for information: Mr J. Arnaud, head nurse, tel. 079 553 79 46 and Mr S. Luise, head nurse, tel. 079 553 29 79

Your application must include a motivation letter, your curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas and certificates required for the position, and the last 2 work certificates.

This advertisement is addressed equally to women and men.

Committed to fighting unemployment, the HUG encourages applications from the Cantonal Employment Office.

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