Chief Resident with a specialty title in physical medicine and orthopedic rehabilitation - 80%

As a Chief Resident holding the specialist title in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, you ensure the specialized outpatient care of female and male patients presenting with musculoskeletal pathologies, complex traumatic sequelae, and functional limitations requiring expertise in rehabilitation. You contribute to the development of the clinical activities of the physical medicine and orthopedic rehabilitation unit (UMPRO) in close collaboration with the orthopedic surgery and traumatology teams and the various specialists involved in the care pathway.

In this role, you are involved in the outpatient follow-up of polytrauma patients, for whom you perform in-depth functional assessments, define rehabilitation goals, and coordinate the therapeutic interventions necessary to optimize their functional recovery and autonomy. You participate in the management of complex situations requiring an interdisciplinary approach.

As part of your activity, you perform diagnostic and therapeutic acts specific to the discipline, notably infiltrations and injections in the musculoskeletal field. You also contribute to the continuous improvement of clinical practices and the development of the unit's services.

You demonstrate rigor, clinical sense, and a high capacity for analysis in managing sometimes complex situations, including the management of short-term complications. Thanks to your sense of organization and your ability to prioritize, you efficiently ensure your clinical activities while responding to multiple demands (patients, telephones, correspondence, meetings).

You operate in a demanding environment, at the interface of care, teaching, and research. In this capacity, you collaborate closely with the entire medical-nursing team and ensure clear, fluid, and respectful communication, both with your colleagues and with female and male patients, by adapting your speech to their understanding.

Relying on your team spirit, you demonstrate solidarity in the face of unforeseen events and high workloads. As a Chief Resident, you actively participate in the supervision and training of resident doctors, adopting a mentoring posture and sharing your expertise. You take part in the service's on-call duty.

You hold a federal medical diploma or possess training deemed equivalent by the Commission des professions médicales of the Federal Office of Public Health (MEBEKO).

You hold an FMH title in physical medicine and rehabilitation or you have a title deemed equivalent recognized by MEBEKO and possess the cantonal right to practice or are able to obtain it before your start of duty from the Cantonal Doctor of Geneva.

You justify confirmed experience in physical medicine and rehabilitation allowing you to be autonomous in your activities. You are comfortable with technical gestures, notably the performance of injections. Your previous experience is ideally carried out in a university environment with a high volume of activity.

For non-French speaking persons, the C1 French level in spoken and written tests is required.

You have excellent communication skills in a multidisciplinary team and with the clientele, you are a dynamic, flexible, committed person and demonstrate discretion. Furthermore, you have demonstrated strong adaptation skills.

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

• Start date: to be agreed
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 80%
• Function class: 24
• Contract: CDI
• Application deadline: 03.11.2026
• Inquiry: M. M.-A. Démaret, Médecin adjoint et consultant en médecine physique et de réadaptation ainsi qu'en médecine du sport, Marc-Antoine.Demaret@hug.ch (mailto:Marc-Antoine.Demaret@hug.ch)

Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, and copies of the diplomas and certificates required for the position.

This announcement 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.

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The Department of Surgery (https://www.hug.ch/chirurgie) ensures the care of female and male patients 24h/24, both in elective and emergency cases requiring surgical intervention. It represents a center of excellence, not only Swiss, but also European in several fields and in several of its surgical specialties.

Within this department, the physical medicine and orthopedic rehabilitation unit (UMPRO) (https://www.hug.ch/chirurgie-orthopedique-traumatologie-lappareil-moteur/reeducation-lappareil-moteur) is attached to the Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil moteur (https://www.hug.ch/orthopedie). This constitutes the most important center of this type in Switzerland. It offers state-of-the-art care covering all areas of reconstructive orthopedic surgery and t