Psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service - 50% to 60%

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 Département de la femme, de l'enfant et de l'adolescent 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 specialized competency centers. The Service de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (SPEA) handles hospital care in day hospitals or outpatient settings for children and 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 physicians. 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 setting, specifically designed to improve the quality of care for the most fragile young patients. Job Description ## You will join the Malatavie-Unité de crise team, which offers crisis follow-up for 13-18 year olds presenting a suicidal risk and who can engage in specific care. You contribute to the reception and orientation work for female and male adolescents, as well as young adults who have suicidal thoughts and significant distress (reception and orientation interviews, assessment of suicidal risk, responding to the Ligne Ados, responding to requests received by email and responding to questions asked by young people on the theme of suicide via the platforms Ciao.ch and on tecoute.ch). As a psychologist in the Prévention team, you participate in supervisions, various meeting times, and present clinical situations to your colleagues. You also work in close connection with the Geneva network. You can provide teaching as well as training on the issue of Suicidal Risk Prevention. 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 the clinical aspect of suicidal risk in female and male adolescents and a good knowledge of the Geneva care network. You are well acquainted with the work of Malatavie Prévention and its organization. You know how to assess suicidal risk and have experience in therapeutic interviews allowing you to conduct individual interviews with female and male adolescents, young adults, and their parents. You are able to ensure telephone and written responsiveness. You know how to face stress and have good abilities to work in a team. You also have a clinical activity (private or institutional) in parallel. Additional Information ## • Start date: 01.11.2026 • Number of positions: 1 • Activity rate: 50% to 60% • Function class: 18 • Contract: 12-month CDD with possibility of renewal • Application deadline: 16.08.2026 • Information requests: M. L. Bornand, head of psychologists for the Malatavie crisis unit, [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 2 most recent work certificates. This advertisement is addressed indistinctly to 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 are taken into account. Paper and email applications will not be processed.