Dietitian - 20%

You will join the Unité alimentation et nutrition chez l’enfant et l’adolescent ou adolescente (AliNEA), a specialized unit in the assessment and management of eating and feeding disorders in children and young people aged 4 to 16.

You contribute to the assessment, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders (TCA) and feeding disorders (TA) in children and female and male adolescents. This activity is part of an integrated multidisciplinary approach combining child psychiatry, pediatrics, psychology, nursing care, and work with families.

You ensure therapeutic follow-up within the framework of individual dietary consultations with patients and their families as well as for the support of refeeding in situations of anorexia nervosa and malnutrition.

You contribute to the management of ARFID situations, particularly in the sensory and behavioral dimensions of eating, while contributing to the prevention and management of nutritional complications related to TCA.

You take part in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Day Hospital program, through the animation or co-animation of therapeutic activities related to eating.

You accompany therapeutic meals and snacks, while contributing to the psychoeducation of patients and their families, as well as the development of therapeutic and educational materials.

You hold a Bachelor HES in Nutrition and Dietetics or a title deemed equivalent (Red Cross recognition) in Switzerland. Additional training (CAS in CBT), as well as clinical experience with children and female and male adolescents and/or in the field of eating disorders, constitute major assets.

You have a marked interest in multidisciplinary approaches, an excellent ability to work with families, and knowledge of evidence-based management models in eating disorders (TCA).

You also demonstrate solid skills in animating therapeutic groups as well as strong abilities for interprofessional collaboration.

You possess excellent interpersonal skills, a marked sense of organization, as well as great autonomy in the conduct of your professional activities.

You also demonstrate flexibility and clinical creativity, are capable of intervening in complex situations, and manifest a sustained interest in the development of innovative projects.

• Start date: 15.10.2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 20%
• Function class: 15
• Contract: 12-month renewable CDD
• Application deadline: 30.09.2026
• Request for information: S. Peregalli, Deputy Physician responsible for the unit, tel 022 372 24 26

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 announcement is addressed to women and men alike.

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.

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The Département de la femme, de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (https://www.hug.ch/departement-femme-enfant-ado) has the mission of offering quality care adapted to the needs of women at every stage of their lives and to the health problems faced by newborns, children, and female and male adolescents from birth until the age of 16. It works towards the development of cutting-edge services and specialty competence centers.

The Service de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (https://www.hug.ch/enfants-ados/pedopsychiatrie) (SPEA) handles hospital care in day hospital or outpatient settings for children and female and male adolescents suffering from mental disorders. It provides holistic psychological and child psychiatric care; the patient is taken into account in their entirety, including their family and social network. The SPEA is a category A training center for the postgraduate training of physicians.

The service occupies the new premises of the Maison de l’enfance et de l’adolescence (MEA) which groups all the units of the service in a particularly warm setting, designed specifically to improve the quality of care for the most fragile young male and female patients.