ICUS 1 – Unit Care Coordinator Nurse

Ref 2580344 | Date: 22 Sept 2026

Association les Châtaigniers

Association Les Châtaigniers operates a medico-social establishment (EMS), a home care and support organization (OSAD), as well as an occupational therapy organization. It considers that the quality of services relies primarily on the women and men who make them possible.

It develops an organization based on competence, responsibility, trust, transparency, and continuous improvement. Each staff member actively participates in demanding clinical governance, promoting skill development, interprofessional cooperation, and organizational innovation.

The Association integrates all its activities into an integrated management approach aimed at guaranteeing the quality of services, the safety of the people supported, the health and safety of its employees, environmental protection, and the continuous improvement of its practices.

ICUS 1 – Unit Care Coordinator Nurse

In your capacity as a Unit Care Coordinator Nurse (ICUS), you will perform the fundamental missions of the nursing profession, supplemented by responsibilities for clinical coordination, care organization, team supervision, and continuous quality improvement.

You will participate daily in clinical practice and the delivery of care, while ensuring its organization, continuity, safety, and compliance with professional and institutional requirements.

Your missions include notably:

• Clinical assessment of care needs;
• clinical reasoning;
• planning of interventions;
• interprofessional coordination;
• delivery of nursing services;
• delegation and supervision of care activities;
• clinical documentation;
• communication with residents, beneficiaries, their relatives, and network partners;
• health prevention and promotion;
• quality, safety, and risk management;
• supervision, training, and development of professional skills.

Profile sought

You are a qualified nurse called upon to exercise a local management function reconciling clinical practice, care coordination, service organization, and professional skill development.

You meet notably the following conditions:

• Bachelor of Science HES-SO in nursing, ES nurse diploma, or a Swiss or foreign title allowing the practice of the profession in Switzerland; foreign titles must be recognized by the Swiss Red Cross in accordance with applicable provisions;
• authorization to practice in the canton of Genève obtained no later than the start of duties;
• confirmed professional experience in geriatrics in the support, care, and coordination of services intended for elderly people; experience in psychogeriatrics is an asset;
• adherence to the values and institutional project of the Association Les Châtaigniers;
• agile, participatory, committed professional personality, demonstrating discernment, a sense of responsibility, and a marked interest in interprofessional work;
• demonstrated ability to exercise local management favoring collaboration, skill development, and quality of care;
• mastery of professional digital tools in the healthcare field, notably the computerized resident file, clinical information systems, and collaborative tools; knowledge of the PLAISIR model is an asset;
• good mastery of the Microsoft 365 environment, notably Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Postgraduate training in management, clinical governance, quality, geriatrics, psychogeriatrics, infection prevention and control, palliative care, or any other relevant field is desired.

In the absence of such training, the selected person commits to undertaking training adapted to the responsibilities of the position within a timeframe agreed upon with the Association.

We offer

An interprofessional working environment, within a human-sized institution;

• the possibility to contribute actively to the evolution of practices, quality of care, and institutional projects;
• possibilities for continuing education and professional development;
• remuneration according to the salary scale of the State of Genève;
• meals at a preferential price for employees;
• a green and pleasant environment in Veyrier.

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