In order to work as a Nurse in Austria the following requirements must be met:
- Your professional qualification must be recognized in the Federal Ministry for health and social services.
- You have to be registered as a nurse in the Gesundheitsberuferegister.
- Proof of your german language skills on level B2
The recognition of your professional training
The recognition of your professional training completed abroad has to be done at the Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection.
For Croatian Nurses you find a specific information sheet listing all the necessary documents and the necessary steps for recognition.
Under the following Link: information sheet for HR Nurses
For Czech Nurses you find a specific information sheet listing all the necessary documents and the necessary steps for recognition.
For Romanian Nurses you find a specific information sheet listing all the necessary documents and the necessary steps for recognition.
Under the following Link: information sheet for RO Nurses
For Slowakian Nurses you find a specific information sheet listing all the necessary documents and the necessary steps for recognition.
Under the following Link: information sheet for SK Nurses
Registration in the Austrian healthprofessional register
All Nurses who want start working in Austria must be registered. This must be done BEFORE you start to work.The registration is valid for five years and has to be renewed in a five year cyclus. If the registration is not renewed the nurse loses her/his rigth to work in Austria. After the sucsessfull registarion you get a identification card that shows you are entitelt to work as a Nurse in Austria and is also valid for identification. Link to the Healthprofessional Register
For non-Austrian Nurses, the following documents must be submitted for registration with the authority:
- proof of professional qualification as a Nurse (e.g. Nursing Diploma, Bachelor Certificate). This document must be translated and notarized.
- Nostrifikationsbescheide or certificate of recognition
- proof of completion of special or specialization training (e.g. critical care diploma). This documents must be translated and notarized.
- proof of identity (e.g. passport, identity card)
- proof of trustworthiness (e.g. criminal records certificate), not older than three months at the time of application
- proof of health status (medical certificate), at the time of application not older than three months
- proof of German language skills on level B2
- passport photo