About Helios

Our contracts

The Helios Hospital Group is a corporation that forms a historically grown network of individual, economically independent hospitals. This means that specific details of the employment contracts may vary.

Contracts and partners

Helios cooperates with many recognized network and cooperation partners who have relevant know-how.

These include:

ZAV & Defa: These two cooperation partners advise and support you throughout the entire process.

Other cooperation partners are recruitment companies that have signed a framework agreement with us. The key principles for the fair recruitment of skilled workers are defined in this agreement.

The Helios employment contract

The Helios group-wide collective agreements, which were concluded with the trade unions Marburger Bund und Verdi in 2007, apply in many of the acute-care hospitals. The other hospitals have their own agreements called company-level collective agreements.

You can download the framework collective agreement concluded between Helios and the trade union for acute-care hospitals here.

Binding clause

There are generally no binding clauses in our employment contracts. For you, this means that you are not bound to our company by special agreements. If you want to leave the company, you do not have to make repayments, for example, for your training or further education.

Key contract terms

Below you will find some important aspects of a contract you
should pay attention to.

Important aspects	Example (from: framework collective agreement)
Term:	The contract is usually concluded for an indefinite period.
Probationary period:	The probationary period is usually 6 months.
Illness:	If you are ill for a period longer than 3 days, you need to present a medical certificate.
Working hours:	In a full-time position, you work between 38.5 and 40 hours a week. The employment protection regulations stipulate that you must not work more than 6 days without having a day off.
Holiday leave:	You have about 29 days of paid annual holiday leave.
Notice periods:	These periods vary; if you are employed for a period of less than 2 years, the notice period is 1 month before the end of the month.

Example salary:

1. At the beginning: nursing assistant

Until professional recognition, you will be working as a nursing assistant. Your monthly salary will be at least EUR 2,406.57 (collective agreement pay grade I) in a full-time position.

2. After successful recognition: nursing professional

After you have acquired professional recognition in Germany, you will receive an employment contract as a nursing professional. Your monthly salary will increase to at least EUR 2,747.49 (collective agreement pay grade IV) in a full-time position.

If anything is unclear in the employment contract, ask your point of contact from the Human Resource Department. Upon request, you can also receive your contract in your native language.