Beschreibung
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The position is attached to the Department of Women, Children and Adolescents, which is tasked with providing quality care tailored to the needs of women at every stage of their lives and addressing the health issues faced by newborns, children, and adolescents from birth up to the age of 16. It works on the development of cutting-edge services and centres of expertise in specialities.
The paediatric surgery service covers surgical treatment of the growing body. It concerns patients with congenital malformations, diseases, or consequences of accidents; it particularly includes preoperative investigations, surgical treatment, and peri- and postoperative follow-up, from birth to adulthood. It also includes monitoring of potential surgical problems that do not require surgery. The paediatric surgery service is a primary, secondary, and tertiary centre: it treats children with simple and common conditions as well as complex and highly specialised problems. Geneva is the reference centre for Switzerland for paediatric liver diseases and paediatric hepato-biliary surgery.
The paediatric orthopaedics and traumatology unit is one of two units within the paediatric surgery service of the Department of Women, Children and Adolescents at the Geneva University Hospitals. This unit provides care for hospitalised or outpatient patients on diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical levels for congenital, acquired, and traumatic conditions of the musculoskeletal system and spine in children and adolescents, both electively and in emergencies.
As an assistant physician in the paediatric orthopaedics and traumatology unit, you contribute to supervising activities and mentoring junior doctors and senior registrars.
You collaborate on clinical activities with the heads of service and assistant physicians.
You have solid experience in paediatric orthopaedics and primarily practise in this speciality for scheduled activities.
You coordinate practical activities, clinical, therapeutic, or surgical interventions for patients entrusted to you. You participate in the on-call and standby system.
Demonstrating a confirmed interest in teaching, you participate in undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education within the unit.
Dynamic, flexible, and committed by nature, you develop interdisciplinary clinical projects. You participate in, deploy, and ensure research within the unit, particularly in the field of spinal pathologies in children and adolescents, notably scoliosis.
You are recognised for your leadership and make use of your excellent organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills within a multidisciplinary team and with patients and their families.
Qualifications
You hold a federal medical diploma, a specialist title in orthopaedic surgery and trauma of the locomotor system, or have training deemed equivalent by the Medical Professions Commission of the Federal Office of Public Health (MEBEKO).
You also hold a doctoral thesis.
You have experience in paediatric orthopaedics and traumatology, with in-depth clinical expertise in managing spinal pathologies in children and adolescents, and have worked at least as a senior registrar, ideally as a senior hospital physician, within a university hospital in this field.
You hold a practising licence for the canton or are able to obtain it before starting the position.
For non-French speakers, a C1 level in spoken and written French is required.
Additional Information
You may work day, night, and weekend shifts.
- Start date: 01.07.2027
- Number of positions: 1
- Work rate: 80%
- Job grade: 26
- Contract: Permanent
- Application deadline: 23.07.2026
- Contact for information: Dr R. Dayer, Unit Head, deputy to the Head of Service, secretariat yasmina.allal@hug.ch
Your application must include a motivation letter, your curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas and certificates required for the position, and the last two work certificates.
This announcement is addressed equally to women and men.
Committed to fighting unemployment, the HUG encourage applications from the Cantonal Employment Office.
Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed.