Chief Clinical Officer with or without Specialty Title – 80% to 100%

About the job

Chief Clinical Officer with or without Specialty Title – 80% to 100%

• Full time
• HUG contract type: Permanent contract
• Department: Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics

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 consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here.

With nearly 1,500 employees, the Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics (DRG) is a medical centre focused on the elderly and is spread over 5 sites: Trois-Chêne, Loëx, Bellerive, Beau-Séjour and Joli-Mont. It manages acute situations, notably through the emergency department of the Trois-Chêne Hospital, age-related specific problems, medical rehabilitation and palliative care.

The Palliative Medicine Service cares for adult patients approaching the end of life, whose health condition requires specialised palliative care due to the physical or psychological symptoms they suffer from. These patients are hospitalised for short and medium stays and receive sometimes complex care, provided by a multidisciplinary team, often until the end of their life. These patients are hospitalised for short and medium stays and receive sometimes complex care, provided by a multidisciplinary team, often until the end of their life.

Job Description

Do you wish to develop your career within the canton’s leading university medical institution? Do you want to collaborate with renowned specialists in geriatrics and internal medicine?

As Chief Clinical Officer, with or without a specialty title, you ensure the quality of medical services in the care units within your field of expertise.

You coordinate practical activities as well as diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for the patients entrusted to you, in close collaboration with the assistant doctors.

Working in a stimulating university environment, within an interdisciplinary team, you also contribute to the training of junior doctors.

You participate in clinical research activities and, according to your personal interest, start a quality or clinical research project with specific supervision.

Qualifications

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

You have or are close to obtaining the FMH specialty title in general internal medicine.

If you hold an FMH specialty title, you must have a practising licence in the canton of Geneva.

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

You are a person with good communication skills in an interdisciplinary team and with patients, you are dynamic, flexible and committed.

Additional Information

• Start date: 01.11.2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 80% to 100%
• Job grade: 22 or 24 depending on the role
• Contract: Permanent contract
• Application deadline: 30.06.2026
• Contact for information: Ms S. Pache, secretary to Professor Sophie Pautex, chief physician, tel. 022 305 75 10.

Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your CV, 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.