Assistant in Community Care and Health - Surgery Department - 80% to 90%

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The position is attached to the Surgery Department . This 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.

As part of your role, you contribute, under nursing responsibility and in collaboration with the interprofessional team, to the comprehensive care of adult patients hospitalised in cardiovascular, thoracic and plastic surgery, as well as visceral surgery, in an acute care context.

You provide basic and delegated medico-technical care, participate in supporting patients in daily living activities, and actively contribute to their comfort, safety and well-being during their hospital stay. You work with patients in the pre- and post-operative period requiring rigorous care, great adaptability and constant clinical vigilance.

You participate in monitoring the general condition of patients, preventing post-operative complications, and early mobilisation, in close collaboration with the care teams. You also support patients and their relatives in understanding care measures, particularly regarding functional recovery, pain and returning home.

Thanks to your organisational skills, team spirit and interpersonal abilities, you collaborate closely with various health professionals to ensure continuity and quality of care. You also contribute to welcoming and integrating new employees as well as supervising trainees.

Having obtained the Federal Certificate of Competence (CFC) as an assistant in community care and health, you hold a valid practice licence in the canton of Geneva.

Experience in a surgical or acute care unit is an asset.

You are a responsive, organised person with good stress and priority management skills, able to analyse clinical situations and adapt to the context and unforeseen events inherent to the activity of a care unit.

Your ability to work collaboratively allows you to work hand in hand with a multiprofessional care team. You ensure precise and rigorous information transmission within multidisciplinary teams.

You participate in the supervision and clinical teaching of new nursing staff and other health professionals.

You have an excellent command of the French language, both spoken and written.

You can work day shifts as well as night and weekend shifts.

• Start date: To be defined
• Number of positions: 2
• Work rate: 80% to 90%
• Job class: 11
• Contract: Permanent
• Application deadline: 02.11.2026
• Contact for information: Ms F. Delanzy, RSA, tel. 079 553 37 55 and Ms C. Peillex, RSA, tel. 079 553 30 58

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 two 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.