Psychologist at the Hospitalization Unit of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service - 100%

Company description ## With more than 13'000 collaborators and collaboratrices representing 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are a reference establishment at the national and international level. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here. The Department of Women, Children, and Adolescents has the mission of offering quality and adapted care to the needs of women at every stage of their life and to the health problems faced by newborns, children, and adolescents from birth to the age of 16. It works on the development of cutting-edge services and competence centers of specialties. The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SPEA) deals with the hospital care of children, adolescents, and teenagers suffering from mental disorders in a day hospital or outpatient setting. It provides holistic psychological and pédopsychiatric care, taking into account the patient and their family and social network. The SPEA is a category A training center for postgraduate medical training. The service occupies the new premises of the Maison de l'enfance et de l'adolescence (MEA), which brings together all the units of the service in a particularly warm and welcoming setting, specifically designed to improve the quality of care for young and fragile patients. Job description ## You hold the title of psychotherapist recognized at the federal level and you wish to put your professional expertise to use within the Hospitalization Unit of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SPEA). The Hospitalization Unit offers pédopsychiatric hospital care (Lakayou and Oïkos-Hogan), crisis care (Kalyva), a day hospital program (Domus), and a mobile team (OCEJ-HUG). According to your profile, you participate in the management of the hospitalization unit in collaboration with medical and nursing managers and you integrate the team of unit managers and collaborate with the managers of the different intra-hospital and outpatient devices of the Hospitalization Unit. You collaborate with the managers of the health-social interface device, mobile team OCEJ-HUG, to develop collaborative dynamics with institutional partners from the social, education, pedagogy, and health worlds involved in the care of children and adolescents in great difficulty. You assume an expert psychologist function and you transmit your knowledge, notably in the form of supervision and collaboration in teaching activities. In the hospital setting, you ensure follow-up of families of hospitalized children and adolescents, you participate in the development of care projects, team meetings, and interdisciplinary syntheses, in close collaboration with clinic heads, internal medicine doctors, and the nursing team. The mission of this position may evolve over time, with increasing responsibility. Qualifications ## You hold a Master's degree in psychology and have a federal specialist title in psychotherapy and an AOS billing authorization. You have at least 6 years of experience in an institution. You have specific training in group dynamics and organizational analysis or you show an interest in training in this area. You have experience in managing interdisciplinary teams. You have experience in teaching and supervision. Your knowledge of the ecosystems and actors in the canton of Genève concerned with children and adolescents is excellent. You demonstrate the ability to evolve with flexibility and adaptability in evolving, complex, and interdisciplinary environments. You have the ability to combine a strategic perspective, listening to field realities, and operational anchoring. Additional information ## • Start date: 01.10.2026 or to be agreed upon • Number of positions: 1 • Activity rate: 100% • Function class: 20 • Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract with possibility of permanent contract thereafter • Application deadline: 19.07.2026 • Request for information: Ms. A. Fredenrich, manager of psychologists for the hospitalization unit, [email protected] or Ms. S. Marchadier Desseauve, secretary of the hospitalization unit, [email protected] Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, copies of the required diplomas and certificates for the position, and the last two 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.