Versatile medical secretary – 100%

The Department of Surgery is looking for a versatile medical secretary to join its team and play a key role in the smooth functioning of the services. This position is intended for a dynamic, curious, and autonomous person, endowed with a strong sense of service and capable of evolving with ease in a demanding and stimulating environment. In close collaboration with medical teams and secretariats, you will ensure fluid coordination and contribute to guaranteeing optimal continuity of service. Through your reactivity, your sense of organization, and your versatility, you will participate directly in the quality of patient care. As a versatile secretary, you will provide support in the eight services of the department. In this capacity, you will welcome and direct patients, manage telephone calls, organize consultations, prepare files, and schedule, when necessary, additional examinations. You will ensure routine administrative follow-up, including the management of mail, the generic messaging system, guarantees of coverage, and financial estimates. You will take charge of back-office activities, including typing and proofreading clinical documentation, as well as processing medical inquiries. You will ensure rigorous administrative management and guarantee the confidentiality of information. You hold a diploma as a medical secretary or an equivalent training. You have proven experience in medical secretarial work, ideally in a hospital setting. You have perfect mastery of IT tools, with an ECDL Advanced level required in Word and standard in Excel, as well as the institutional software in use at the HUG (DPA, DPI, GRECO 2, OPALE, Winscribe). You have an excellent command of French, both spoken and written, and demonstrate strong writing skills. Mastery of medical terminology is indispensable and allows you to understand, write, and process clinical documents and medical information with precision. Knowledge of English constitutes an additional asset. Organized and methodical, you know how to manage priorities effectively. You demonstrate autonomy, rigor, and precision in the execution of your tasks, while maintaining a high level of quality. Endowed with good stress resistance, you know how to face unforeseen circumstances with calm and professionalism. Finally, you demonstrate a keen sense of confidentiality, which is indispensable in processing sensitive data related to patients. Start date: 01.08.2026 Number of positions: 1 Activity rate: 100% Job class: 11 Contract: CDI Application deadline: 24.07.2026 Inquiry: Mme D. Dür, head of secretariat, tel. 079 55 33 018 Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, copies of the diplomas and certificates required for the position, and the last 2 work certificates. This advertisement is addressed to both women and men. Wishing to commit to the fight against unemployment, the HUG encourage applications coming from the Office cantonal de l’emploi. Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed. With more than 13,000 employees representing 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. The position is attached to the Department of Surgery. This department ensures the care of patients, both electively and in emergencies. It represents a center of excellence, not only Swiss, but also European in several fields and in several of its surgical specialties.