Chief Resident in Infectious Diseases – 50% to 100%

As a chief resident, you have obtained your specialist title in infectious diseases or are about to finalize your training.

In this role, you ensure all clinical activities of the department and evolve in a stimulating university environment, at the interface of care, teaching, and research. Thanks to your clinical expertise and your ability to adapt, you intervene in the following sectors and units of the department: general infectious disease consultation, outpatient infectious disease consultation, septic orthopedics, HIV, geriatric infectious diseases, as well as infectious diseases in immunocompromised patients.

Under the supervision of an assistant physician, you autonomously ensure the evaluation, diagnosis, and follow-up of often complex clinical situations, while providing specialized support to the medical care teams. You mobilize your clinical sense, your analytical spirit, and your decision-making capacity in order to guarantee quality care based on best medical practices.

Thanks to your sense of organization and your ability to manage priorities, you efficiently conduct your clinical activities while responding to the numerous demands related to your function (patients, telephones, correspondence, meetings). You ensure compliance with institutional procedures and actively contribute to the continuous improvement of quality and safety of care.

Faced with demanding situations and the diversity of problems encountered, you demonstrate discernment, resilience, and excellent stress management. Your intellectual curiosity and your interest in the evolution of medical knowledge allow you to maintain a high level of expertise.

You evolve within a multidisciplinary team, collaborating closely with different services, as well as the professionals of the institution in a coordinated approach centered on the needs of patients. You maintain constructive working relationships and promote clear, respectful, and adapted communication with your colleagues, the persons receiving care, and their relatives.

Relying on your team spirit, you demonstrate solidarity in the face of unforeseen events. As a chief resident, you actively participate in the supervision and training of the department's internal doctors, adopting a mentoring posture and sharing your expertise.

Furthermore, you have the possibility to participate in ongoing research projects within the department.

You hold the federal diploma of physician or possess a diploma deemed equivalent by the Commission des professions médicales (MEBEKO).

You hold the FMH title in infectious diseases or have a title deemed equivalent recognized by MEBEKO or are about to obtain it. You possess the cantonal right of practice or are able to obtain it before your start of duty from the cantonal physician of the canton of Genève.

You benefit from at least three years of experience in internal medicine as well as three years of versatile clinical activity in the field of infectious diseases.

You perfectly master the French language (minimum C1 level required) and possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

Possessing excellent skills to communicate in a multidisciplinary team and with the patient population, you are a dynamic, flexible, and committed person. Furthermore, you have demonstrated strong adaptation capacities.

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

• Start of duty: 01.11.2026 or to be agreed
• Number of positions: 2
• Activity rate: 50% to 100%
• Function class: 22 or 24 depending on obtaining the specialty title
• Contract type: CDI
• Application deadline: 16.10.2026
• Request for information: Mme. M.-A. Bertinat, secrétariat des médecins adjoints, Marie-Agnes.Bertinat@hug.ch (mailto:Marie-Agnes.Bertinat@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 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.

Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform are taken into account. Paper and email applications will not be processed.

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