Assistant Physician – Medical Regulator for the Operating Room Management – 50% to 100%

About the job

Company Description

With more than 13,000 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 2025 retrospective by clicking  here .

As part of the optimization of operating rooms, the HUG is creating an executive management of operating rooms (DBO) directly attached to the Deputy General Management.

This new centralized structure is entirely dedicated to the management of operating rooms with the goal of strengthening governance, interprofessional synergies, optimizing patient care and processes, while supporting innovation and research.

The operating rooms consist of 8 modern operating blocks equipped with a state-of-the-art technical platform representing nearly 30 intervention rooms. Designed to provide optimal patient care 24 hours a day. Each year, more than 30,000 interventions are performed by 1,500 dedicated professionals. These specialists cover all surgical disciplines, such as gynecology-obstetrics, ENT, maxillofacial, aesthetic, reconstructive, cardiac, vascular, visceral, urological, orthopedic, trauma, hand, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, and pediatric surgery, including robotic surgery.

Job Description

As part of the creation of the Operating Room Management, you ensure the regulation and coordination of surgical activities. You schedule interventions with medical and nursing teams, coordinate flows (patients, professionals, instruments, premises) and adapt the surgical program in real time in case of contingencies. You communicate effectively with all operating room stakeholders and ensure traceability of information.

You validate the daily surgical program, monitor the progress of interventions, reassign rooms if necessary, and participate in weekly coordination meetings. You analyze activity data, monitor performance indicators, and write monthly reports to improve efficiency and organizational quality.

You contribute to smooth coordination between operating rooms, anticipate needs, optimize resource use, and ensure coherence of the patient pathway. You participate in programming and steering meetings, while working closely with department heads and the Operating Room Management.

Qualifications

You hold a recognized specialist medical diploma in Switzerland complemented by an ISFM title, ideally in a discipline involved in operating rooms or an equivalent title. You hold a position as assistant physician or are eligible for this position. Training or experience in management is an asset.

You master planning and clinical documentation tools as well as organizational principles of operating rooms.

You demonstrate strong leadership, sharp decision-making skills, and smooth, diplomatic communication. You show listening, negotiation, and mediation skills, while managing stress with resilience and kindness.

You excel in analysis, prioritization, conflict resolution, and arbitration. Your organizational skills, global vision, and ability to structure information allow you to effectively support the regulation and coordination of operating rooms.

NB: please indicate in your cover letter your desired activity rate as well as your flexibility (minimum rate – maximum rate of activity). In case of part-time, an additional activity is possible.

Additional Information

• Start date: As soon as possible
• Number of positions: 1 to 2
• Activity rate: 50% to 100%
• Function class: 26  
• Contract: Permanent
• Application deadline: 23.05.2026
• Contact for information: Mr. M. Tsimaratos, Director of Operating Rooms, tel. 079 553 33 29

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.