Your apprenticeship as a healthcare assistant

As a professional in administration, you ensure that everything works behind the scenes - from patient care to accounting.
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"As business people,
we get to know many
different areas of the clinic."

Rania Bouzambou, trainee healthcare assistant

Your training as a healthcare assistant at a glance

Duration of training, salary, vacation: everything you need to know about training as a healthcare assistant at the university hospital.

Duration of training

3 years (can be shortened to 2.5 years)

Start of training

Annually on August 1

Application period

Expected from September to the end of February

Salary

1st year € 1,236.82
2nd year € 1,290.96
3rd year € 1,340.61

Vacation

32 days

Your working hours

Fixed times or flexible with flexitime depending on area

Prerequisites

At least intermediate school leaving certificate

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Tasks as a business administrator

Training in hospital administration

You will work in a variety of areas, such as patient admission, procurement or financial accounting. For example, you will take care of the billing of treatment costs with the cost bearers and help to ensure that all services are paid for correctly. You will soon be able to work independently under supervision.

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These are the requirements

Application for healthcare assistants

You have an intermediate school-leaving certificate or a degree from a commercial college or vocational college with a focus on business/health or a high school diploma. You can express yourself very well in German, are confident with numbers and are proficient in programs such as Word and Excel. Experience from an internship is a plus.

Your benefits as an apprentice

Training in administration

With us, it's not just the numbers that count. In addition to your professional development, we also make sure that your job fits in with your private life. You can look forward to a working environment that encourages and challenges you.

Flexible working hours

You can work flexitime and from a home office during your apprenticeship

Chance of shortening

Training duration of 2 or 2.5 years is possible

Many areas of application

Such as patient admission, procurement or accounting

Discover new territory

Do an internship abroad in the country of your choice

Frequently asked questions / FAQ

During your training, you will alternate between 2 days at vocational school and 3 days on the job. This is all part of your curriculum: Health management, customer care, documentation and reporting, data processing, marketing, accounting and finance, human resources, quality management and materials management.

You will work in different areas of the university hospital: For example, finance, procurement, patient administration, human resources, nursing management, praise and complaints management or warehouse logistics.

You have great career prospects after your training. You can work in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities or in outpatient care, but are also in high demand with health insurance companies, retirement homes or medical supply stores. Good to know: After successfully completing your training, you have a very good chance of being taken on. So why not stay at one of Europe's leading university hospitals?

You are welcome to apply using the online form, which you can find under all current vacancies for apprenticeships. Unfortunately, we cannot consider e-mail applications.

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

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