Accompanying Volunteer - 10%
Genève
Key information
- Publication date:16 August 2025
- Workload:10%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Genève
Job summary
Join the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève as a volunteer! Make a difference in patients' lives while gaining valuable experiences.
Tasks
- Provide companionship to adult patients through presence and listening.
- Commit to a minimum of one year, dedicating 10% of your time.
- Participate in bi-monthly training and group supervision sessions.
Skills
- Must be over 25 and healthy, with a professional commitment under 80%.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
- Empathy and a willingness to support others are key.
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Accompanying Volunteer - 10%
- Part-time
- Department: Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics
Company Description
With over 12,000 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 2024 retrospective by clicking here.
Job Description
The HUG have welcomed volunteers since 1997. Do you want to offer your time to accompany adult patients through your presence and listening? You have availability of two times two hours each week, between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Join the HUG and become an accompanying volunteer. You can intervene at the Hospital as well as at external sites such as Bellerive, Loëx, Trois-Chêne, and at the Joli-Mont Clinic.
The duration of hospitalization at the hospital is often brief. Therefore, you should expect to meet a large number of patients during a short period. Some of them, however, have longer stays in the hospital, which will give you the opportunity to meet them several times.
In parallel to your presence with hospitalized individuals, you participate in a group supervision of 1.5 hours every 2 months, which offers you a space to speak and gives volunteers the opportunity to reflect on the different situations encountered in order to better understand what is happening in the patient-volunteer relationship. It also allows you to share your experiences and emotions with other volunteers. You will also follow a bi-monthly continuing education.
Qualifications
To become an accompanying volunteer at the HUG, you must be over 25 years old and commit for a minimum of one year.
Your professional activity must be compatible with your commitment as a volunteer and therefore must not exceed 80%.
You are in good health, both physically and mentally, and individuals who have experienced a bereavement within the last year will have their applications put on hold.
Before starting your activity as an accompanying volunteer, you will follow a training offered by the HUG. You will also benefit from supervisions and regular follow-up.
Additional Information
- Activity rate: 10%
- One-year commitment
- Application deadline: 15.09.2025
- For inquiries: Ms. I. Kaposy, coordinator of volunteers a.i, isabelle.kaposy@hug.ch.
Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation to become a volunteer with hospitalized individuals as well as your curriculum vitae or a description of your life journey.
Upon receipt of your application, it will be carefully reviewed, and you will receive an invitation for an interview during which you can discuss and ask any questions about the role of a volunteer. Following this interview, you will be asked to confirm your wish.
This announcement is addressed equally to women and men.
Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed.
