Infirmière en radio-oncologie
About the job
- Possess three years of experience.
- Exercise clinical judgment, rigor, and organizational skills to set priorities and work autonomously in complex or urgent situations.
- Communicate precisely, listen effectively, and work collaboratively with patients and other professionals.
- Establish trusting relationships with patients and contribute to respectful interprofessional collaboration.
- Manage the emotional demands of care situations, recognize personal limits, and mobilize appropriate resources.
- Demonstrate reliability, availability, and adaptability; reflect on practice and maintain and develop professional knowledge and skills.
- Participate in internal mobility within the Oncology Department according to the organization defined by care managers and the required competencies.
- Conduct nursing consultations, provide technical care, and perform clinical follow-up for outpatients in the radio-oncology service, including the ENT and breast units.
- Provide nursing care to patients receiving high-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy.
- Use oncology expertise to assess patient needs, monitor clinical status, and help prevent and manage treatment side effects.
- Adapt interventions as patient situations evolve, for preventive, curative, or palliative purposes, and provide care within autonomous nursing practice or under medical prescription.
- Provide therapeutic education tailored to each patient's needs to support treatment understanding, participation in care, and autonomy.
- Collaborate with radiation oncologists, medical radiology technologists, medical physicists, and other service professionals.
- Coordinate patient pathways and continuity of care with internal and external healthcare partners.
- Document assessments and interventions in the integrated patient record and ARIA.
- Follow the service's radiation-protection instructions.
- Contribute to improving care practices and processes, promoting nursing activity, and developing service projects.
- Participate in the nursing team's day, night, and weekend rotation during approximately twenty weeks per year when the team operates on a three-shift schedule.
About the company
Geneva University Hospitals runs a network of about 10 hospital sites and 30 care facilities to deliver medical treatment, teaching, and research. It combines patient care with education for health professionals and scientific work, supporting patients with integrated clinical services, advanced diagnostics, and translational research that moves discoveries from the lab to the bedside. The network differentiates itself by serving as an international reference for excellence in medicine, guided by four values—quality, service, innovation and responsibility—and by offering multiple centers of excellence and translational labs at a large scale. Its goal is to provide access to the best possible care for all patients while advancing medical knowledge through teaching and research.
Company Size
N/A
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
1995
Get referred to Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
See people who can refer or advise you
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- HUG posted CHF 34.8 million surplus in 2025, reversing pandemic-era deficits.
- HUG launched 2026-2030 strategy after 30th anniversary celebrations, signaling renewed investment.
- HUG’s top-20 ranking and specialty gains support recruiting and referral growth.
What critics are saying
- Geneva’s 2026 budget fight triggered HUG staff strike threats over pay freezes.
- Cour des comptes slammed HUG governance in November 2025, issuing twelve recommendations.
- HUG’s complex 13,000-person, CHF 2.4 billion operation faces execution risk under scrutiny.
What makes Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève unique
- HUG ranked 19th globally in Newsweek 2026, validating elite clinical reputation.
- HUG won Pfizer’s 2026 biomedical prize for personalized cancer vaccine research.
- HUG opened Geneva’s ambulatory surgery center in May 2026, strengthening same-day care.
Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?
Benefits
- Flexible Work Hours