Nurse or Intensive Care Nurse for adults - 80% to 100%
Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève (HUG)
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Location
- Geneva
- First posted
Company description ##
With more than 13'000 collaborators and 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are a reference institution at the national and international level. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here.
Counting nearly 1'200 collaborators, the Department of Acute Medicine (DMA) includes the Services of Anesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Intensive Care and Emergency. It responds to a quadruple mission through its services that provide expertise in frequent interaction with all of the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, thanks to a transversal platform, with the aim of ensuring the best possible care for patients.
The Intensive Care Service takes care of adult patients who present or are in immediate danger of developing vital organ failures as part of a pathology or its complications, whether medical or surgical, and whose vital risk is generally engaged. It also advises and intervenes in case of need during resuscitation situations in other HUG services and participates in urgent hospital interventions.
Job description ##
As an expert in specialized care within the first university hospital in Switzerland, you make a difference by taking care of patients with threatened vital functions, within a large intensive care service.
In our Intensive Care Service, you provide high-tech nursing care that includes curative, preventive, palliative, educational, and rehabilitative dimensions. This care is personalized and global, provided to patients of all ages and in situations with different levels of complexity.
Intensive monitoring of patients, implementation of pain therapies as prescribed, execution of resuscitation and emergency measures, and use of medical-technical devices are your daily tasks. All care is delivered with competence, in a holistic and empathetic manner. You know how to face the complexity of situations encountered and emergency interventions, acting quickly, flexibly, and anticipatorily within the framework of the activities delegated to you.
You collaborate in the supervision and training of new nursing staff, students, and other health professionals. You also contribute to the development of quality and research in the field of health.
Qualifications ##
You hold a Bachelor HES in nursing or an equivalent recognized by the Swiss Red Cross.
You are a certified expert in intensive care (EPD ES).
You master institutional applications such as DPI, DPA, CLINISOFT (CCC), DANI.
You have at least two years of experience in one of the areas of expertise in acute care.
You possess good organizational, priority management, and stress resistance skills.
You anticipate and face acute care and/or crisis situations with versatility.
You are able to work in a large multidisciplinary team and take initiatives.
Dynamic, you demonstrate adaptability, excellent relational skills, and very good listening skills.
You have a good ability to position yourself when the situation requires it.
You know how to maintain discretion and respect confidentiality.
Additional information ##
• Entry into function: to be agreed
• Number of positions: 2
• Activity rate: 80% to 100%
• Function class: 16
• Contract: permanent
• Application deadline: 23.07.2026
• Request for information: Ms. A.-C Paubel, deputy head of nursing in the Department of Acute Medicine, tel. 079 553 22 36
Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, copies of the required diplomas and certificates for the position, and your work certificates.
This announcement is addressed to both women and men.
Wishing to engage in the fight against unemployment, HUG encourages applications from the Office Cantonal de l'Emploi.
Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform are taken into account. Paper and email applications will not be processed.
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