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Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

Provides tertiary care, teaching, and research

Art Therapist in Pediatric Intensive Care

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Part-timeGeneva, SwitzerlandNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor HES in art therapy or an equivalent qualification recognized in Switzerland is required.
  • At least five years of clinical practice in a hospital setting, ideally in pediatrics or acute care, with children, adolescents, and their families.
  • Ability to work autonomously and adapt creatively to unexpected situations.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with professional secrecy.
  • Emotional stability, flexibility in work organization, and effective stress management.

Responsibilities

  • Provide hospitalized children and their relatives with artistic mediation adapted to their clinical condition and specific needs within the pediatric intensive care unit.
  • Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support the child's overall care, including anxiety and pain management, emotional expression, prevention of medical trauma, and end-of-life support.
  • Conduct individual sessions at the patient's bedside or in an isolation room while adapting to intensive-care requirements for hygiene, asepsis, and infection prevention.
  • Assess the needs of children and families, define individualized therapeutic objectives, and document interventions in the patient record.
  • Use drawing, modeling, storytelling, music, puppets, and collage to encourage emotional expression, develop children's resources, and support their experience of hospitalization.
  • Support patients from infancy through adolescence who face anxiety, pain, invasive procedures, or consequences of medical trauma, including when their communication abilities are limited or absent.
  • Provide parents and siblings with support throughout the care pathway, including palliative care, end-of-life, and bereavement contexts.
  • Share observations during interdisciplinary conferences and clinical handoffs, and contribute to coordinated therapeutic responses.
  • Participate in service projects related to the well-being of hospitalized children, developmental care, and pediatric palliative care.
  • Manage materials and monitor the budget allocated to the activity.
  • Promote the contribution of art therapy among care teams, share expertise, and contribute to developing the practice within the institution.
  • Participate in evaluation initiatives and research projects intended to enrich knowledge and practice in hospital art therapy.

Desired Qualifications

  • A federal diploma in art therapy or an equivalent qualification recognized in Switzerland is an asset.
  • Clinical practice in pediatrics or acute care is ideally preferred.

About the Company

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

Provides tertiary care, teaching, and research

The Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (Geneva University Hospitals) provide medical treatment, teaching and research across a network of 10 hospitals and 30 care facilities in Geneva. It brings together 10 clinical, medical-technical and academic departments, 7 centers of excellence and 2 translational labs to deliver patient care, training and scientific investigations, serving about 2,100 beds, over a million outpatient visits annually and around 13,000 staff. It differentiates itself as an international reference for excellence in medicine by aligning care with teaching and research and upholding four values—quality, service, innovation and responsibility—across its large, integrated system. Its goal is to offer the best possible care for all patients while advancing medical knowledge through ongoing teaching and research.

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Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
1995

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