Master's Internship in Medical Physics – 100%

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With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) 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 .

The medical physics group is part of the diagnostic department (DDIAG) at HUG. The mission of DDIAG is to provide diagnostics, therapeutic products, therapeutic procedures, and specialised clinical consultations of high medical quality, within the best possible timeframes and at an acceptable cost, to guide patient care and contribute to therapeutic decisions and actions.

The medical physics group of DDIAG is active in the field of the medical application of ionising radiation. Its mission is to ensure the safety of staff professionally exposed to radiation and of patients at HUG. The performance of examinations using ionising radiation (for example, radioguided interventions, CT scans, etc.) can significantly expose patients and medical personnel present in the room. Therefore, the group is heavily involved in optimising the exposure of patients and medical staff.

The position is attached to the medical physics group of DDIAG, composed of five medical physicists. Your work mission is part of a project aimed at establishing a follow-up protocol for patients who have received, during radiology or interventional cardiology procedures, a skin dose likely to induce deterministic effects. Indeed, above a certain dose threshold, tissue reactions may appear, ranging from transient erythema to more severe skin lesions (localized alopecia, dry or moist desquamation, or even necrosis in extreme cases).

This internship continues a previous master’s project and aims to pursue and deepen the work already carried out.

During your internship, you will estimate the maximum dose received by the skin based on data provided by interventional imaging facilities, in order to better identify patients at risk and trigger appropriate clinical follow-up. For this, you will perform measurements in the intervention room as well as calculations based on Monte Carlo methods.

You have solid knowledge in dosimetry applied to the medical field (this knowledge can also be acquired at the start of your master’s degree).

You are currently enrolled in a university Master’s programme (preferably second year) and are looking for a mandatory and contracted internship in the field of medical physics to validate your university course.

You have knowledge of radiation protection and medical physics and are autonomous with a good ability to adapt to a multidisciplinary team (physicists, technicians, doctors, nurses, etc.). Your knowledge of the Swiss hospital environment is an asset.

You have excellent interpersonal skills. You have a very good level of spoken and written French, as well as a good level of English.

• Start date: From February 2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 100%
• Contract: 6-month contracted internship
• Application deadline: 30.11.2025
• Contact for information: physique-medicale-ddiag@hug.ch

Your application file must include an internship agreement, 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.

Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed.

Any incomplete application will not be considered.