Your new job as a nursing assistant

In the nursing department at Cologne University Hospital, everyone is there for each other: Welcome to the team!
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"I get a lot of
support
from the team."

Stephan Grytzka, nursing assistant and deputy group leader
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Your tasks as a nursing assistant

How you support the care team

For example, you observe how patients are feeling, check blood sugar levels or write ECGs. You administer medication, give injections and help with personal hygiene. No matter how you support your team, whether it's making beds or in emergency situations, with us you will feel the difference: You are an important part of our nursing care.

These are your advantages

Benefits as a nursing assistant

You can look forward to a varied mix of responsible tasks and daily routine activities - combined with the opportunity to gain further qualifications at any time to suit you and your life.

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Secure job in the public sector

At Cologne University Hospital, you will be working in the public sector and therefore have a crisis-proof job with very good prospects for the future.

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Intensive training

Experienced colleagues will train you for 8 weeks. This gives you time to ask questions and practise many things again under supervision.

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Many possible applications

When planning, we take into account what interests you or what you don't want to do. You also have plenty of choice when it comes to areas of work.

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Shortcut for training

If you decide to train as a nursing specialist, it will only take you 2 years instead of 3.

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Individual further development

We support you on your career path with free further training and a career model specially developed for the care sector.

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30 days vacation

With us, you get more vacation than required by law and additional compensatory days in accordance with our collective agreement.

Your life. Your career.

Career Model for Nursing

Let your interests and talents guide you, and forge your own path within the three career tracks: subject matter expertise, leadership, and education.

Would you like to lead a team?

Then a management career is the right choice for you. You can find out more in the interview with Martina Ostermann, Director of General Nursing Services.

Do you want to share your knowledge?

Maybe our educational program would be a good fit for you. Get some interesting insights from Dean Shams, Director of Nursing Education at the Children's Hospital.

Would you like to specialize?

Our professional career path will help you reach your goals. Hear from Samee Anton, Clinical Director of the Heart Center, about how she has grown in her role with us.

About the Career Model
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More balance, more relief

The collective agreement on relief provides financial compensation or additional days off during peak workloads as well as better staffing ratios for significantly more pleasant working conditions in care. Find out more about our relief models and how we implement them step by step.

Find out more

Do you still have questions? We look forward to hearing from you!

The nursing assistant in figures

Anything but ordinary

Cologne University Hospital is one of the leading university hospitals in Germany. It goes without saying that many things are one size bigger here. Benefit from more variety, more training opportunities and more support.

1500

Patient beds are available at Cologne University Hospital

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instead of 3 years of nursing training for you

70

Wards, outpatient clinics and specialist departments

200

Seminars and many other development opportunities