Deputy Physician Responsible for the Asylum and Refugee Health Unit (USAR) – 100%

About the job

Company Description

With more than 12,000 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 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.

The Primary Care Medicine Service provides outpatient care for adult patients under primary care medicine. This service also offers outpatient emergency medical services to the population. As part of the HUG's general interest missions, it provides access to care for disadvantaged populations due to their age, social, economic, legal status (asylum seekers, those subject to non-entry, undocumented persons, prisoners), or lifestyle habits; if necessary, the primary care medicine service also ensures continuity of their care.

Job Description

As the head of the asylum and refugee health unit (USAR), you carry out and supervise clinical, academic, and administrative activities.

You ensure and participate in the smooth running of the unit by coordinating and collaborating with your multidisciplinary team, composed of doctors, social workers, nurses, and secretaries.

You are also responsible for the medical consultations offered to migrant patients within the SMPR.

You ensure the medical coordination of the Asylum Health Care Network (RSA) in collaboration with AMG and the General Hospice.

You are committed to providing a dynamic and caring work environment by valuing and developing the skills of your team. Thanks to your leadership, you have the ability to unite your team around common goals and involve them in development, research, and institutional projects.

You assist management in the design, development, and delivery of pre- and post-graduate teaching. You also contribute to the development of quality research within your unit.

You have developed research axes and projects in the field of asylum and refugee health, with significant academic output (including publications, funding).

Finally, as a specialist in migrant health, you represent the unit (USAR), the service (SMPR), and the department (DMCPR) both within HUG and to any external interlocutors.

Qualifications

You hold a federal medical diploma (or an equivalent title recognized by the Medical Professions Commission of the Federal Office of Public Health (MEBEKO)) and a specialty title in public health and social medicine. You have the right to practice in the canton of Geneva.

You have several years of experience in community health, with supervision of work and management of scientific studies.

You can also demonstrate successful experience in supervising or managing a multidisciplinary team.

You are interested in an academic career and wish to obtain a title, such as privat-docent or a teaching position.

Additional Information

• Start date: 2nd semester 2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 100%
• Function class: 27
• Contract: Permanent
• Application deadline: 01.11.2025
• Contact for information: Prof. I. Guessous, chief physician or Ms. M. Troilo-Innaurato, HR manager of DMCPR

The hiring committees will begin at the start of 2026.

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.