Psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service - 80% to 100%

You will join the Alimentation et Nutrition chez l'Enfant et l'Adolescent (AliNEA) Unit, a specialized unit in the assessment and management of eating disorders and dietary disorders in children and young people aged 4 to 16.

You will ensure the management of children, boys, and girls presenting with eating disorders (TCA) and eating disorders (TA). This activity is part of an integrated multidisciplinary approach combining child psychiatry, pediatrics, psychology, nursing care, and work with families.

You will conduct psychotherapies for children, boys, and girls, and for their families.

You will participate in supervisions, various meeting times, and present clinical situations to your colleagues.

You possess an MAS in psychotherapy (or have been in the MAS training process for at least one year) or a degree deemed equivalent.

You have experience and interest in working with children and adolescents, as well as their families.

You demonstrate an openness to collaborative work with other professionals as well as for multidisciplinary work.

• Start date: 01.01.2027
• Number of positions: 2
• Activity rate: 80% to 100%
• Function class: 18 (Psychologist 1) or 20 (Psychologist 2)
• Contract: Fixed-term contract for one year, renewable
• Application deadline: 31.10.2026
• Information requests: Mme E. Cottingham, psychologist responsible for psychologists ULAH, AliNEA, CASAA and Santé Mouvement, emily.cottingham@hug.ch (mailto:emily.cottingham@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 2 most recent work certificates.

This advertisement is addressed equally 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 institution 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 Département de la femme, de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (https://www.hug.ch/departement-femme-enfant-ado) has the mission of offering quality care adapted to the needs of women at each stage of their lives and to the health problems faced by newborns, children, and adolescents from birth until the age of 16. It works towards the development of cutting-edge services and specialty competence centers.

The Service de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (https://www.hug.ch/enfants-ados/pedopsychiatrie) (SPEA) handles hospital care in day hospitals or outpatient settings for children, boys, and girls 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 doctors.

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.