Operating room assistant - 80% to 100%

As an operating room assistant, you prepare the room according to asepsis and safety requirements. You participate in the reception and installation of patients as well as quality/safety controls.

You ensure the optimal progress of surgical interventions while respecting hospital asepsis and hygiene rules.

The forecasting and handling of technical equipment necessary for each type of intervention is an integral part of the position.

You maintain the premises and equipment.

Holding a federal certificate of professional education and training (AFP) as an assistant in care and support (ASA), you have perfect command of French, both spoken and written.

You have a minimum of two years of experience in a hospital setting. Proven experience within operating rooms is an asset.

You have real interpersonal skills that allow you to work in a multidisciplinary team. As a flexible and organized person, you know how to adapt to different contexts, unforeseen circumstances, and variations in workload.

Thanks to your team spirit, you know how to work collaboratively as well as autonomously. Your empathy and interpersonal skills allow you to position yourself as a full partner.

Demonstrating motivation and listening skills, you are a dynamic person, ready to commit to an institution whose values you share, namely: trust, respect, team spirit, recognition, equality, and inclusion.

You can work both day shifts, as well as night and weekend shifts.

• Start date: to be agreed
• Number of positions: 3
• Activity rate: 80% to 100%
• Function class: 9
• Contract type: CDI
• Application deadline: 20.10.2026
• Information request: Mme. M. Hannachi, Deputy Head of Operating Room Nursing, Mounia.Hannachi@hug.ch (mailto:Mounia.Hannachi@hug.ch)

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 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 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 establishment at national and international levels. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8kVMJchPR0)

The Direction des blocs opératoires (https://www.hug.ch/direction-blocs-operatoires) (DBO) has the main mission of facilitating interdisciplinary and interprofessional work, while improving the efficiency of operating room management. It ensures reinforced governance and close coordination with users, as well as with the general management, in order to optimize processes, flows, and resource management. The DBO also works towards the continuous improvement of patient care by guaranteeing the quality and safety of care, the fluidity of clinical pathways, and performance monitoring. Finally, it promotes interprofessional synergies, continuous training, as well as innovation and research in the service of institutional excellence.

The Operating Room Service is composed of 8 modern operating rooms equipped with a state-of-the-art technical platform. Designed to offer optimal patient care 24 hours a day. Each year, more than 30,000 interventions are performed by 1,500 dedicated professionals. These specialists cover all surgical disciplines, such as gynecology-obstetrics, ENT, maxillo-facial, aesthetic, reconstructive, cardiac, vascular, visceral, urological, orthopedic, traumatological, hand, neurosurgery, ophthalmological, and pediatric, including robotic surgery.