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The Department of Women, Children and Adolescents 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 developing cutting-edge services and centres of expertise in specialities.

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SPEA) manages hospital care in day hospital or outpatient settings for children and adolescents suffering from mental disorders. It provides holistic psychological and child psychiatric care, considering the patient as a whole, including their family and social network. SPEA is a category A training centre for postgraduate medical education.

The service occupies the new premises of the House of Childhood and Adolescence (MEA), which brings together all the service units in a particularly welcoming environment, specifically designed to improve the quality of care for the most vulnerable young patients.

You hold a federally recognised psychotherapist title and wish to apply your professional expertise within the Hospitalisation Unit of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SPEA). The Hospitalisation Unit offers child psychiatric hospital care (Lakayou and Oïkos-Hogan), crisis care (Kalyva), a Day Hospital programme (Domus) and a mobile team (OCEJ-HUG).

Depending on your profile, you participate in the management of the hospitalisation unit in collaboration with medical and nursing leaders, integrate the unit’s management team and collaborate with the heads of various intra-hospital and outpatient units of the Hospitalisation Unit.

You collaborate with the heads of the health-social interface unit, the OCEJ-HUG mobile team, to develop collaborative dynamics with institutional partners from the social, educational, pedagogical and health sectors involved in the care of children and adolescents facing major difficulties.

You assume the role of psychologist expert and share your knowledge, notably through supervision and collaboration in teaching activities.

Within the hospital, you provide follow-up for families of hospitalised children and adolescents, participate in care planning, team meetings and interdisciplinary summaries, working closely with clinic heads, resident doctors and the nursing team.

The responsibilities of this position may evolve over time, allowing for greater responsibility.

You hold a Master’s degree in psychology, a federal specialist title in psychotherapy and an AOS billing authorisation.

You have at least 6 years of institutional experience.

You have specific training in group dynamics and organisational analysis or show an interest in receiving such training.

You have experience managing interdisciplinary teams.

You have experience in teaching and supervision.

Your knowledge of the ecosystems and stakeholders in the canton of Geneva involved with children and adolescents is excellent.

You demonstrate the ability to adapt flexibly and smoothly in evolving, complex and interdisciplinary environments.

You have the capacity to combine strategic perspective, listening to field realities and operational grounding.

• Start date: 01.10.2026 or to be agreed
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 100%
• Job class: 20
• Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract with possibility of permanent contract thereafter
• Application deadline: 19.07.2026
• Contact for information: Ms A. Fredenrich, head of psychologists for the hospitalisation unit, anne-lise.fredenrich@hug.ch or Ms S. Marchadier Desseauve, secretary of the hospitalisation unit, severine.desseauve@hug.ch

Your application 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.