Deputy Physician at the Cardio-Paediatrics Unit - 100%

About the job

Company Description

With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a nationally and internationally recognised institution. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to discover the highlights of 2025 by clicking here .

The position is attached to the Department of Women, Children and Adolescents, which aims to provide quality care tailored to the needs of women at every stage of their lives and to the health issues faced by newborns, children and adolescents from birth up to 18 years of age.

For many years, the Department of Women, Children and Adolescents has continuously developed cutting-edge services and centres of expertise in several medical specialties.

The Paediatric Specialties Service provides care for hospitalised or outpatient patients in the following specialties: paediatric allergology, paediatric cardiology, paediatric gastroenterology, paediatric nephrology and metabolism, paediatric pulmonology, paediatric neurology, exercise medicine and obesity. It works to develop cutting-edge services and centres of expertise in specialties.

The Cardio-Paediatrics Unit cares for children from the foetal period (in collaboration with obstetrics) to adulthood. The Paediatric Cardiology Unit and Congenital Cardiac Surgery have received unrestricted qualification as highly specialised medicine (HSM).

Performing more than 2,000 consultations per year, specialists are able to carry out all advanced examinations, such as electrocardiograms (ECG), Holters, transthoracic, transoesophageal and vascular echocardiographies, stress tests, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cardiac catheterisation.

More than 200 cardiac operations are performed each year at the Children’s Hospital. Paediatric cardiologists oversee their care from admission, through the intensive care stay, then on the paediatric ward in collaboration with doctors from other departments.

Job Description

As a deputy physician at the Cardio-Paediatrics Unit, you contribute to supervising activities and mentoring junior doctors and senior registrars.

You collaborate on clinical activities with the heads of service and deputy physicians.

You ensure the coordination of 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.

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 paediatrics and advanced training in paediatric cardiology or have training deemed equivalent by the Medical Professions Commission of the Federal Office of Public Health (MEBEKO).

You hold a doctoral thesis and possess the right to practise allowing you to work in the canton of Geneva or are able to obtain it before starting your position.

You have experience in paediatric cardiology and have already worked as a senior registrar or senior physician in a hospital.

You have strong experience as a senior registrar in a paediatric cardiology unit as well as in team management and leadership.

You have experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and clinical research.

For non-French speakers, a C1 level in spoken and written French is required.

Additional Information

You can work day shifts as well as night, weekend and holiday shifts. You also participate in on-call and standby duties.

• Start date: 01.08.2027
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 100%
• Job grade: 26
• Contract: Permanent
• Application deadline: 26.11.2026
• Contact for information: Dr J. Wacker Bou Puigdefabregas, Associate Deputy Physician and Unit Head, Julie.Wacker@hug.ch

Your application must include a motivation letter, a curriculum vitae in faculty format, 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 encourages applications from the Cantonal Employment Office.

Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed.