Neuropsychologist - 80%

About the job

Neuropsychologist - 80%

• Part-time
• HUG contract type: Permanent contract
• Department: Department of Psychiatry

Company description

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

With more than 1,300 employees, the Department of Psychiatry fulfils a triple mission concerning the treatment of mental disorders, training, and research.

Thus, the department's mission is to detect and effectively treat increasingly frequent and diverse pathologies with respect for patients and their relatives.

Organised into 6 services, the department offers a very broad and diverse range of care including hospital care, multidisciplinary outpatient care according to different modalities and intensities, organised according to the principles of community psychiatry, as well as specialised programmes and units.

Job description

Within the scope of your duties, you conduct neuropsychological assessments of adults followed within the various adult psychiatry care structures, outpatient psychiatry centres, as well as within the clinical neuroscience campus biotech consultation.

Your activity revolves around patients presenting varied psychopathologies (schizophrenia, ADHD, etc.) that may affect cognition, motivation, and emotional regulation. The work notably includes the use of structured and standardised psychometric tests (e.g. BACS, MATRIX MCCB) relevant for standardised investigation in a clinical as well as scientific context. Cognitive rehabilitation work is also to be developed.

You will collaborate with various teams:

Multidisciplinary outpatient care teams of the adult psychiatry service (communication of results and conclusions of the neuropsychological assessment)

Liaison work with psychologists working in the various outpatient structures of the service

Collaboration with stakeholders (care teams, researchers, etc.) of the clinical neuroscience campus biotech consultation - psychiatry

You also actively participate in the research activities of the adult psychiatry service.

More broadly, you work in an environment that values collaboration, clinical expertise, and knowledge sharing, serving demanding and humane care.

Qualifications

Holder of a Master’s degree in clinical psychology (or equivalent qualification), you hold a federal specialist title in neuropsychology.

You have several years of experience in clinical neuropsychology and benefit from advanced training in methodology and research.

Previous experience with an adult population suffering from mental disorders and in research would be an asset.

You have the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team while demonstrating autonomy, responsibility, and the capacity to work on and contribute to the development of clinical and research projects.

Additional information

• Start date: 01.02.2027
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 80%
• Job grade: 18
• Contract: Permanent contract
• Application deadline: 16.11.2026
• Contact for information: Mr C. Delaloye, head of psychologists of the adult psychiatry service, tel 022 305 51 30, christophe.delaloye@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.

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