Head of Clinic with or without Specialty Title – 50% or 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 watch our 2025 retrospective by clicking  here.

The position is attached to the  Department of Clinical Neurosciences . This department provides care to patients of all ages, children and adults, suffering from neurosurgical, neurological, ophthalmological, and otorhinolaryngological pathologies. Care is adapted to the needs and difficulties of the patient, from the most acute sectors (intermediate care units) to rehabilitation sectors (neurorehabilitation).

The department's goal is to guide patients towards regaining their autonomy through education, support, and outpatient follow-up. It ensures both the surgery of patients and their support to promote early return home. In the same spirit, outpatient care is also prioritized and surgical activity optimized to facilitate access to care within a reasonable timeframe.

The neurology service manages, diagnostically and therapeutically, patients suffering from neurological conditions, often in collaboration with other services such as neuroradiology, neurosurgery , neurorehabilitation , and internal medicine specialty services.

We are looking for a chief physician or head of clinic with a specialty title at 50% in cognitive neurology, or at 100% in cognitive and general neurology within the neurology service of the clinical neurosciences department.

Job Description

As a head of clinic with a specialist title in neurology, you ensure, under the supervision of the medical hierarchy, the overall care of the service's patients.

You perform clinical activities including direct consultations, both outpatient and inpatient, and actively participate in the neurology service's on-call system.

You significantly contribute to the supervision, oversight, and training of resident doctors and interns, both clinically and organizationally and pedagogically. You also participate in the service's teaching activities.

You guarantee high-quality medical services, clinically, administratively, and organizationally.
You take part in developing comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and patient-centered care, in close collaboration with other medical and paramedical specialties.

In this capacity, you regularly participate in multidisciplinary meetings, whether at HUG, regional, or national levels.

You participate in the service's clinical research activities and have the opportunity, depending on your personal interest, to start a clinical or quality research project, benefiting from specific supervision.

You demonstrate a strong interest in human relations, teamwork, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Your empathy, professional commitment, and excellent communication skills are essential assets for this position.

Qualifications

You hold the federal medical diploma or have training considered equivalent by the Medical Professions Commission of the Federal Office of Public Health (MEBEKO);

You have a specialization or are undergoing advanced training in neurology;

You possess the cantonal practice license or are able to obtain it.

You have extensive clinical neurological knowledge including cognitive neurology.

You have experience in a University Hospital Center (an asset) as well as confirmed experience in clinical neurology;

You demonstrate excellent command of French, both spoken and written. For non-French speakers, a C1 level certificate is required.

Additional Information

• Start date: as soon as possible
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 50 or 100%
• Function class: 22 or 24
• Contract: Fixed-term – 12 months – possibly renewable 
• Application deadline: 18.05.2026
• Contact for information: Ms. M. Detraz, assistant to the chief medical officer, tel. 022 372 83 02,  lukas.sveikata@hug.ch .

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, 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.