Internal Medicine Resident in Infectious Diseases - 100%

• 22 September 2026
• 100%
• Temporary
• Genève

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The Département de médecine (DMED) ensures comprehensive and specialized care for patients, in both hospital and outpatient settings. Driven by a human, holistic approach based on best medical practices, it offers reference care in many specialties (cardiology, gastroenterology, pneumology, angiology, and nephrology), with 24/7 availability. Committed to clinical excellence, teaching, and research, the DMED promotes innovation, continuous skill development, and patient-centered care organization, while ensuring quality of life at work and efficient service delivery.

Within this department, the Service des maladies infectieuses aims to reconcile clinical activity meeting the needs of a university hospital with academic research and teaching activities with the Faculty of Medicine. It ensures the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with infectious pathologies, including HIV/AIDS. It relies on a medical team specialized in infectious diseases and microbiology and develops its activities in close connection with many hospital partners to guarantee multidisciplinary and high-quality care.

This position is newly created and is part of the ALTER deployment which aims to ensure the compliance of work organization with the Labour Act (LTr).

Internal Medicine Resident in Infectious Diseases - 100%

As an internal medicine resident, you have begun your training pathway in internal medicine and now wish to move towards obtaining the specialist title in infectious diseases.

In this context, you will join the Service des maladies infectieuses and participate in the activities of various specialized consultations, notably in general infectious diseases, with immunocompromised persons, with the elderly, in the field of septic orthopedics, and HIV/AIDS, through rotations.

Under the supervision of senior physicians, you will ensure the management of the patients entrusted to you, both in outpatient and inpatient settings, within the entire institution. You will progressively develop your clinical expertise by being confronted with various and sometimes complex situations, which strengthen your analytical capacities, your clinical judgment, and your ability to adapt quickly to new medical contexts.

Thanks to your sense of organization and rigor, you will ensure the clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic activities necessary for patient care. You will ensure compliance with internal rules and procedures, with a constant concern for the quality of the medical services provided.

Faced with the diversity of consultation requests and the complexity of certain clinical situations, you demonstrate composure, discernment, and good stress management. Your intellectual curiosity encourages you to deepen your knowledge and understand the challenges of the situations you face. You also welcome constructive feedback with openness and use it as a lever for progress in achieving your training objectives.

Evolving in a stimulating and demanding university environment, within a multidisciplinary team, you will also participate in the training of medical interns. You will collaborate closely with all the medico-nursing teams of the institution, in a proactive approach centered on the needs of patients. You will ensure clear, respectful, and adapted communication, both with your colleagues and with the people receiving care and their relatives.

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

As part of your training pathway, you will develop your skills in accordance with the training plan and FMH requirements for three years within the service. This service offers an environment recognized for the quality of its teaching, a wide range of activities in infectious diseases, as well as development opportunities promoting the attainment of the FMH title. You will also benefit from personalized support through coaching sessions, targeted training, and regular supervision provided by senior physicians as well as clinical instructors and heads of clinic.

Qualifications

You hold a federal medical diploma or possess an equivalent diploma recognized by the Commission des professions médicales (MEBEKO). You justify at least three years of experience in general internal medicine or already hold an FMH in general internal medicine. First experience in clinical infectious diseases is an asset. You aim to obtain the FMH specialist title in infectious diseases and wish to complete all or part of your training within the service.

You have a perfect command of the French language (C1 level required) and very good written and oral expression skills.

Possessing excellent communication skills in a multidisciplinary team and with patients, you are a dynamic, flexible, and committed person. Moreover, you have demonstrated strong adaptation capacities.

Additional information

You can work both in daytime shifts and in night and weekend shifts.

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