Care and Support Assistant - 60% to 100%

About the job

Company Description

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

Job Description

As a care and support assistant, you will care for patients of all ages. Under the responsibility of the nursing staff, you will perform basic and supportive care by providing constant support while developing and fostering human relationships.

You will also participate in organising daily activities to ensure their physical, psychological, and social well-being. You will thus provide support and assistance in the daily living activities of patients and in supporting their families.

You will ensure the cleanliness of the patient’s immediate environment and contribute to their safety by adhering to current hygiene and asepsis rules.

You will actively participate in preventing complications related to hospitalisation in collaboration with other health professionals (pain, pressure sore prevention, fall prevention, etc.).

Qualifications

Holder of a Federal Certificate of Vocational Training (AFP) as a care and support assistant (ASA) or an equivalent diploma recognised by the Swiss Red Cross, or a French state diploma as a nursing assistant accompanied obligatorily by the Swiss Red Cross recognition certificate. You have professional experience in the health sector, ideally in a hospital setting, and have excellent command of French, both spoken and written.

You demonstrate the ability to support patients throughout their hospital journey and can quickly adapt to changes in work pace.

You show a sense of welcome and communication and have the ability to work within an interdisciplinary team. Your team spirit, creativity, and sense of organisation and anticipation allow you to position yourself as a true care partner.

You are a motivated and attentive person, ready to invest yourself in an institution whose relational values you share, namely trust, respect, team spirit, recognition, equality, and inclusion.

Additional Information

You will join the institution at various care locations throughout the canton of Geneva.

• Start date: to be agreed
• Number of positions: 11
• Work rate: 60% to 100%
• Job grade: 08
• Contract type: Permanent contract
• Application deadline: 07.10.2026
• Information request: e-recrutement@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 encourages 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.