Weekend Worker - 20%

07 October 2026
20%
Permanent position
Genève

Job summary

The Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève is a leading institution with over 13,000 employees. Join a supportive environment focused on patient care and professional growth.

Tasks

Welcome families at the intensive care unit on weekends and holidays.
Assist families while managing phone duties during their visit.
Perform secretarial tasks and organize patient files for digitization.

Skills

Students in nursing, physiotherapy, or medicine preferred.
Ability to handle stress and unexpected situations effectively.
Empathy and strong communication skills in difficult circumstances.

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About the job

Company Description

With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a reference institution at both national and international levels. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here .

With nearly 1,200 employees, the Department of Acute Medicine (DMA) includes the services of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology and toxicology, intensive care, and emergency services. It fulfils a fourfold mission through its services which provide their expertise in frequent interaction with the entire Geneva University Hospitals, thanks to a transversal platform, with the aim of ensuring the best possible care for patients.

The Intensive Care Service cares for adult patients who present or are in immediate danger of developing vital organ failures within the framework of a pathology or its complications, whether medical or surgical, and whose life is generally at risk. It also advises and intervenes when needed during resuscitation situations in other HUG services and participates in urgent hospital interventions.

Job Description

Your main mission is to welcome the families of patients during weekends and public holidays in the Intensive Care Service.

You accompany families to their loved ones while managing the telephone switchboard during their presence.

You also perform certain secretarial tasks, sort and file patient records for digitisation.

Qualifications

You are preferably a student in nursing, physiotherapy, or medicine.

You have the ability to manage the unexpected and stressful situations while maintaining good organisation.

While being comfortable in contact, you know how to show empathy in difficult situations.

You demonstrate good adaptability and are a discreet, courteous, rigorous, and precise person in the tasks entrusted to you.

Knowledge of English is an asset.

Additional Information

Start date: 01.01.2026
Number of positions: 1
Work rate: 20% on average (hourly payment)
Function class: 08
Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract (renewable once)
Application deadline: 01.11.2026
Contact for information: Ms A.-C. Paubel, Deputy Head of Care, Department of Acute Medicine, tel. 079 553 22 36

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 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.