Organizational structure

Board steering committee

The Board steering committee, appointed by the Board of directors, is composed of five members: the chair, the vice-chair, the secretary, and two members elected by the Board, including one staff representative. The director general and deputy director general also attend Board steering committee meetings to report on the activities of the executive.

The Board steering committee prepares the meetings of the Board of directors. As the guarantor of the Board’s effective and efficient functioning, it may also handle any matter delegated by the Board and exercises certain specific responsibilities.

Executive committee

The HUG is managed by an executive committee whose role is to propose the institution's policy to its Board of directors. Operational decisions are delegated to the chair of the Executive committee, who is accountable to the Board of directors for the results achieved by HUG.

The Execuitve committee of the HUG is made up of to nine members, including members of general management, medical management, care management, and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva. Except for the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, the members of the Executive committee are appointed by the Board of directors. Based upon consultation with the College of chief physicians and chief medical officers, the medical director is chosen from among the full professors and chief medical officers.

Medical activities and management

To provide a standard of care in line with patient needs, the HUG operates based on a decentralization of the medical activities and management.

Care, from emergencies to rehabilitation, is dispensed within a framework of ten medical departments (FR) which encompass seventy services, made up, in turn, of units. Ten transversal centres ensure the coordination of different specialties around the patient. 

The Operations department covers all logistical, technical, and hospitality functions. Alongside, fourteen directorates and their services provide all other support functions common to the entire hospital.