Internal medicine physician for orthopedic surgery – 100%

With more than 13'000 employees representing 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are a reference institution at the national and international levels. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to discover the highlights of the year 2025 by clicking here. The Department of Surgery ensures the care of female and male patients 24h/24, both in elective and emergency cases requiring surgical intervention. It represents a center of excellence, not only Swiss, but also European in several fields and in several of its surgical specialties. Within this department, the Service of orthopedic surgery and locomotor system traumatology constitutes the most important center of this type in Switzerland. It offers cutting-edge care covering all areas of reconstructive orthopedic surgery and adult traumatology, including complex and highly specialized situations. The service performs more than 6'500 surgical interventions each year and ensures approximately 45'000 consultations. It relies on a multidisciplinary approach, high-level infrastructure, and strong involvement in university teaching and clinical research. This position is newly created and is part of the ALTER deployment which aims to ensure the conformity of work organization with the Labor Act (LTr). Internal medicine physician for orthopedic surgery -- 100% As an orthopedic internal physician, with activity dedicated to peri-operative medicine, you contribute to the global care of female and male patients hospitalized in the orthopedic service. In this context, you intervene in the five units of this service, the details of which can be found via the following link: Orthopedic surgery and locomotor system traumatology. This position is particularly aimed at doctors wishing to develop their skills in internal medicine in a surgical and interdisciplinary environment. The activity is organized mainly from Monday to Friday, according to the needs and organization of the service. Under the supervision of senior physicians, you ensure the daily medical follow-up of the female and male patients entrusted to you. Your activity includes preoperative optimization, medical care during hospitalization and postoperative follow-up, as well as the prevention, identification, and treatment of peri-operative complications. You take charge of all the issues encountered on the ward, notably analgesia, management of anticoagulant treatments, hydro-electrolytic disorders, common biological anomalies, acute or chronic comorbidities, and the organization of the discharge project. You coordinate these managements with the orthopedic, anesthesiology, nursing, physiotherapy teams and other specialists involved. You participate in medical visits, interdisciplinary discussions, the maintenance of medical records, and the continuous improvement of the quality and safety of care. You develop your clinical reasoning by being confronted with varied, sometimes complex, peri-operative situations, while benefiting from close supervision. Within a university and multidisciplinary environment, you also participate in the supervision of medical interns and have access to the theoretical and practical training offered by the general internal medicine and orthopedic services. As such, you pursue your postgraduate training in accordance with FMH requirements. The year completed is recognized as a year of postgraduate training in orthopedics and can be taken into account in the curriculum leading to the FMH specialist title in general internal medicine. Qualifications You hold a federal medical diploma or have training deemed equivalent by the Medical Professions Commission of the Federal Office of Public Health (MEBEKO) and benefit from a first experience as an internal medicine physician. You demonstrate a marked interest in the field of orthopedic surgery. You have a perfect command of the French language (C1 level required) and a very good capacity for written and oral expression. Possessing excellent communication skills in a multidisciplinary team and with patients, you are a dynamic, flexible, and committed person. Furthermore, you have demonstrated strong adaptation skills. Additional Information You can work both in day shifts, as well as night and weekend shifts. Start date: or to be agreed. Number of positions: 2. Activity rate: 100%. Function class: 20. Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract, then renewable as an open-ended contract. Application deadline: Inquiry: Dr. C. Larpin, Chief Resident, \Write an email\ (< >). Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, the Bachelor's and Master's grades and, if available, the federal medical diploma grades, internship reports, as well as available letters of recommendation. Find this information via the following link: This advertisement is addressed indistinctly to women and men. Wishing to commit to the fight against unemployment, the HUG encourage applications coming from the Cantonal Employment Office. Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform are taken into account. Paper and email applications will not be processed. jpidc587ceejm jpit0730jm jpiy26jm