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The surgery department provides care for patients both electively and in emergencies. It represents a centre of excellence, not only Swiss but also European in several fields and in many of its surgical specialties.

The transplantation service consists of an inpatient unit, an outpatient unit, and a transplantation coordination sector. The multidisciplinary team ensures the assessment, treatment, and medical-surgical follow-up of patients transplanted or awaiting kidney, liver, pancreas, and islet of Langerhans transplants, as well as the post-transplant follow-up of patients transplanted with lungs.

Comprising 5 nursing assistants and 22 nurses, the care team works closely with multi-professional health staff (doctors, surgeons, dieticians, physiotherapists, etc.) and in partnership with patients and their relatives in a chronic care context.

As a care and support assistant, you care for patients of all ages. Under the responsibility of nursing staff, you perform basic and supportive care by providing constant support, while developing and fostering human relationships.

You also participate in organising daily activities to ensure their physical, psychological, and social well-being. You thus provide support and assistance in patients’ daily living activities and in supporting their families.

You ensure the cleanliness of the patient’s immediate environment and contribute to their safety by respecting the hygiene and asepsis rules in force.

You actively participate in preventing complications related to hospitalisation in collaboration with other health professionals (pain, pressure sore prevention, fall prevention, etc.).

Holder of a Federal Certificate of Vocational Education and Training (AFP) as a care and support assistant (ASA) or an equivalent diploma recognised by the Swiss Red Cross. You have professional experience in the health sector, ideally in a hospital setting, and you have excellent spoken and written French skills.

You demonstrate the ability to support patients throughout their hospital journey and can quickly adapt to changes in work pace.

You show a sense of welcome and communication and have the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team. Your team spirit, creativity, and organisational and anticipatory skills allow you to position yourself as a true care partner.

You are a motivated and attentive person, ready to invest yourself in an institution whose relational values you share, namely trust, respect, team spirit, recognition, equality, and inclusion.

You have a regular schedule while being available outside working hours.

• Start date: to be agreed
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 80% to 100%
• Job class: 8
• Contract: permanent
• Application deadline: 15.07.2025
• Contact for information: Ms F. Delanzy, Deputy Head of Nursing, tel. 079 553 37 55

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.