Psychomotor Therapist in Outpatient Geriatric Psychiatry - 50%

About the job

Psychomotor Therapist in Outpatient Geriatric Psychiatry - 50%

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

Company Description

With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a reference institution at both national and international levels. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here.

With over 1,300 employees, the Department of Psychiatry fulfils a triple mission concerning the treatment of mental disorders, education, and research.

Thus, the department's mission is to detect and effectively treat increasingly frequent and diverse pathologies while respecting patients and their relatives.

The Geriatric Psychiatry Service offers psychiatric, psychosocial, and psychotherapeutic treatments to the elderly population of the canton of Geneva as part of a public service mission. The service contributes to the prevention of mental illnesses and the psychosocial consequences of psychiatric disorders in collaboration with various partners.

Job Description

Proactive, you wish to contribute to the projects of a major institution such as the HUG and identify with our institutional values.

Within your activities, you provide psychomotor assessments and therapies to patients of retirement age, followed in a day hospital. You ensure the quality and continuity of care for patients.

You develop and implement an individualised therapeutic project.

You are responsible for conducting therapeutic psychomotor measures both in groups and individually.

You are capable of collaborating and working in a multidisciplinary team and co-leading therapeutic sessions.

You respect confidentiality and professional secrecy as well as HUG procedures.

Qualifications

You hold a Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Psychomotricity or an equivalent diploma with Swiss recognition for foreign qualifications. The right to practise is essential.

Knowledge in mental health and psychiatry as well as clinical experience in institutional and outpatient settings are desirable.

Experience in psychomotor therapy with adults is essential.

Possessing self-awareness and self-control, you are conscious of your own limits and manage emotions well.

You have a strong capacity for listening and empathy and a sense of interdisciplinarity.

Additional Information

• Start date: as soon as possible
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 50%
• Job grade: 15
• Contract: 6-month fixed-term
• Application deadline: 04.08.2026
• Contact for information: Mr J. Favre, Deputy Head of Care, Jeremy.Favre@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 encourage 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.

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