Deputy Head of Department - 100%

As a deputy head of department, you ensure the quality of medical services in the various care units of the department, particularly in the Fetal Medicine and Ultrasound Unit. You collaborate with the medical and nursing staff in patient care and ensure the coordination of practical activities, as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies of the patients entrusted to you. Evolution in a stimulating academic environment, within a multidisciplinary team, you are a person recognized for your leadership and take advantage of your excellent organizational, relational and communication skills in a multidisciplinary team and with patients. Moreover, you have demonstrated strong adaptability skills. You efficiently accompany, supervise and guide the internal medicine doctors and the clinic heads of the department in their skill development. Demonstrating a confirmed interest in teaching, you participate in pre/post-graduate and continuing education in obstetrics. Dynamic, flexible and committed person, you develop interdisciplinary clinical projects and participate in research projects in the obstetrics department. You take part in on-site guards and piquets of the gynecology and obstetrics services. You hold a federal diploma of doctor or have a training deemed equivalent recognized by MEBEKO. You have an FMH title in gynecology and obstetrics or a title deemed equivalent recognized by MEBEKO, as well as in-depth training in Swiss maternal-fetal medicine or equivalent with the possibility of accreditation in Switzerland. You have the right to practice allowing you to practice in the canton of Genève and you have a minimum level of French C1. You have a doctoral thesis, privat-docent or a title deemed equivalent. You ensure daytime, nighttime and weekend schedules according to the needs of the department. Entry into function: 01.10.2026 Number of positions: 1 Activity rate: 100% Function class: 26 Contract: CDI Application deadline: 15.08.2026 Request for information: Mrs. C. Garcia, RRH deputy, cristina.garcia@hug.ch Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, copies of the required diplomas and certificates for the position and the last 2 work certificates. This announcement is addressed to both women and men. Wishing to engage in the fight against unemployment, HUG encourages applications 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. With more than 13'000 collaborators representing 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are a reference institution at national and international level. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here. The Department of Woman, Child and Adolescent has the mission of offering quality and adapted care to the needs of women at every stage of their life and to the health problems faced by newborns, children and adolescents from birth to the age of 16. For many years, the Department of Woman, Child and Adolescent has been developing cutting-edge services and competence centers in several medical specialties. In addition to monitoring and managing pregnancies until delivery, the Obstetrics Service is the reference center in the region for high-risk pregnancies and maternal-fetal medicine. The Maternity unit collaborates closely with the Neonatology Unit where around 500 newborns are hospitalized each year and where teams take turns 24/7 to provide care and close surveillance. The Obstetrics Service, the largest Maternity in Switzerland with over 4000 deliveries per year, has the mission of managing pregnant women and diagnosing pregnancy until delivery, as well as during the post-partum period. Normal and high-risk pregnancies are monitored by the service, which performs ultrasound scans and prenatal diagnosis. Therapeutic interruptions of pregnancy with a gestational age over 12 weeks are also managed, as well as services in fetal medicine (monitoring, diagnosis, intrauterine treatment). The Maternity unit is committed to welcoming women and couples in optimal comfort and safety conditions, respecting intimacy and individual values.