Psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service - 80% to 100%

Company Description ##

With more than 13'000 employees representing 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are a reference institution at national and international levels. 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 to offer 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 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (SPEA) is responsible for the hospital management in day hospital or outpatient settings of children, female and male adolescents suffering from mental disorders. It provides holistic psychological and child psychiatric care, where 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 doctors.

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

Job Description ##

You will join the Alimentation et Nutrition chez l-enfant et l-adolescent ou adolescente (AliNEA) Unit, a unit specialized in the assessment and management of eating disorders and nutritional disorders in children and young people from 4 to 16 years old.

You will ensure the management of children, female and male adolescents presenting with eating disorders (TCA) and eating disorders (TA). This activity is part of an integrated multidisciplinary approach combining child psychiatry, pediatrics, psychology, nursing care, and work with families.

You will conduct psychotherapies for children, female and male adolescents, and their families.

You will participate in supervisions, various meeting times, and present clinical situations to your colleagues.

Qualifications ##

You possess a MAS in psychotherapy (or have been in the MAS training process for at least one year) or a title deemed equivalent.

You have experience and interest in working with children and female and male adolescents as well as their families.

You demonstrate an openness to collaborative work with other professionals as well as for multidisciplinary work.

Additional Information ##

• Start date: 01.01.2027
• Number of positions: 2
• Activity rate: 80% to 100%
• Function class: 18 (Psychologue 1) or 20 (Psychologue 2)
• Contract: CDD of one renewable year
• Application deadline: 31.10.2026
• Requests for information: Mme E. Cottingham, psychologist responsible for psychologists ULAH, AliNEA, CASAA and Santé Mouvement, [email protected]

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 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 are taken into account. Paper and email applications will not be processed.