Internal Medicine Physician at the Traffic Medicine and Psychology Unit (UMPT) - 50%

Company Description ##

With more than 13'000 employees representing 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are a reference institution at the national and international levels. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here.

The Département de médecine de premier recours (DMPR) has the societal mission of enabling access to quality care for all through local medicine, ensuring the management of light medical and surgical emergencies, promoting prevention among citizens, providing medical knowledge for judicial investigations, and promoting the health of travelers.

Due to the versatility of its skills, the Centre universitaire romand de médecine légale (CURML) has the mission to respond to all requests for expertise or advisory assistance in the medico-legal field, medical law, and doping analysis. Located at the Lake Geneva level, its field of expertise operates at regional, national, and international levels.

The Unité de Médecine et Psychologie du Trafic (UMPT) of the CURML performs medical driver fitness examinations, psychological driver fitness examinations, and medico-psychological driver fitness examinations. The UMPT has two level 4 physicians, specialists in SSML traffic medicine, and two psychologists specializing in FSP traffic psychology. The consultation offices are located in the cantons of Genève, Vaud, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, and Jura.

Job Description ##

Within the Unité de médecine et psychologie du trafic (UMPT), you will participate, under supervision, in automobile driver fitness examinations carried out at the various sites of the unit. To do this, you will collaborate closely with the UMPT psychologists in the context of evaluating the situations entrusted to you and contribute to high-quality interdisciplinary care.

As part of your activities, you will also perform biological sampling intended for toxicological analysis and write expertise reports that are validated and co-signed by the physician responsible for the unit.

In order to develop your skills in this specialized field, you will participate in scientific seminars as well as undergraduate training in traffic medicine, taught in French and/or German.

Qualifications ##

You hold a medical degree or have training deemed equivalent by the Commission des professions médicales (MEBEKO).

Your excellent communication skills allow you to interact within a multidisciplinary team and with patients. You are autonomous, flexible, and demonstrate commitment.

Clinical experience within the Geneva hospital and/or outpatient network is desired.

For non-French speaking candidates, a C2 level of French in the written test is required.

Additional Information ##

• Start date: as soon as possible
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 50%
• Function class: 20
• Contract type: CDD or CDI depending on the profile
• Application deadline: 06.10.2026
• Information request: Dr C. Palmiere, médecin adjoint agrégé responsable d-unité, email: [email protected]

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 to women and men alike.

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