Psychologist at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service - 50% to 60%

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The Department of Women, Children and Adolescents is tasked with providing quality care tailored to the needs of women at every stage of their lives and addressing the health issues faced by newborns, children, and adolescents from birth up to the age of 16. It works on developing cutting-edge services and centres of expertise in specialities.

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SPEA) manages hospital care in day hospital or outpatient settings for children and adolescents suffering from mental disorders. It provides holistic psychological and child psychiatric care, considering the patient as a whole, including their family and social network. SPEA is a category A training centre for postgraduate medical education.

The service occupies the new premises of the House of Childhood and Adolescence (MEA), which brings together all the service units in a particularly welcoming environment, specifically designed to improve the quality of care for the most vulnerable young patients.

You will join the Malatavie Crisis Unit team, which offers crisis follow-up for 13-18 year olds presenting suicidal risk and able to engage in specific care.

You contribute to the reception and orientation work for adolescents and young adults who have suicidal thoughts and significant distress (reception and orientation interviews, suicidal risk assessment, responding to the Adolescent Helpline, replying to requests received by email and answering questions posed by young people on the topic of suicide via the platforms Ciao.ch and on tecoute.ch).

As a psychologist in the Prevention team, you participate in supervisions, various meetings and present clinical cases to your colleagues.

You also work closely with the Geneva network.

You may provide teaching and training on the issue of suicide risk prevention.

You hold a MAS in psychotherapy (or have been in the MAS training process for at least one year) or an equivalent qualification.

You have experience and interest in the clinical management of suicidal risk in adolescents and a good knowledge of the Geneva care network.

You are well acquainted with the work and organisation of Malatavie Prevention.

You know how to assess suicidal risk and have experience in therapeutic interviews enabling you to conduct individual interviews with adolescents, young adults, and their parents.

You are able to handle telephone and written responses.

You can cope with stress and have good teamwork skills.

You also have a clinical activity (private or institutional) alongside.

• Start date: 01.11.2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 50% to 60%
• Job class: 18
• Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract with possibility of renewal
• Application deadline: 16.08.2026
• Contact for information: Mr L. Bornand, head of psychologists for the Malatavie crisis unit, ludovic.bornand@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.

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.