Healthcare & care
Nurse, elderly carer, physiotherapist, medical specialist
Roles we place
The most frequently recruited roles in this industry. Yours not listed? Write to us — we also work with niche specialisations.
Nurse
Typical qualifications:
Anerkennung
Język DE B1+
Elderly carer
Typical qualifications:
Język DE B1+
Physiotherapist
Typical qualifications:
Anerkennung
Medical specialist
Typical qualifications:
Approbation
Język DE B2+
Verification
What we verify in this industry
Care and nursing
Nursing/care diploma, recognition status (Anerkennung) or deficit notice, German certificate B1+ (telc/Goethe), up-to-date vaccinations, criminal record check.
Across all industries
Identity (ID document), work references and employment history from the last 3–5 years, phone verification with the last 2 employers, criminal record check (for selected industries), German level (phone test or certificate).
Abbreviations, certificates and terms used above — briefly explained, with Poland–Germany equivalents.
- Anerkennung
- Official recognition of foreign qualifications in Germany. A Polish diploma/licence is compared with the German reference profession.
- Defizitbescheid
- A notice stating the differences between a foreign and a German qualification and what is needed for full recognition.
- Anpassungslehrgang
- An adaptation course/placement filling the gaps named in the Defizitbescheid — the path to full recognition.
- telc / Goethe (level B1–B2)
- Recognised German-language certificates. The required level depends on the job (e.g. care work usually B1–B2).
- Gesundheitszeugnis
- A health/food-hygiene certificate. Similar to Poland’s “książeczka sanepidu” — required e.g. in gastronomy.
- Führungszeugnis
- German certificate of good conduct (no criminal record). The Polish counterpart is the KRK certificate.