Nursing specialist
Job description
As a nurse, you provide professional and independent care to sick people and people in need of care of all ages. You will observe and document the overall condition of your patients, carry out the necessary medical treatment measures and guide them towards health-promoting behaviour. To do this, you will acquire general medical and nursing expertise in the first two years of your training. You will deepen this knowledge in the third year of training with your practical assignments in acute or long-term care.
The new generalist nursing training (nursing specialist) offers you a combination of the previous professions of geriatric nursing, healthcare and nursing as well as healthcare and paediatric nursing.
Career prospects
Due to demographic developments, the need for nursing care and therefore the demands on nursing staff are increasing enormously. The generalist nursing training programme helps you to meet these requirements and opens up numerous career and development opportunities.
As a nursing specialist, you will also acquire a professional qualification that is recognised in all countries of the European Union. Committed graduates can later work in a managerial position, e.g. as a ward or nursing service manager. Another option is to complete a relevant degree programme such as nursing science, nursing management, nursing education or healthcare management. In this way, the nursing profession offers an ideal springboard for your career in the healthcare sector!
Admission requirements
- Secondary school leaving certificate/secondary school leaving certificate or equivalent educational qualification or
- Secondary school leaving certificate/main school leaving certificate and successfully completed vocational training of at least two years' duration or
- Secondary school leaving certificate/main school leaving certificate and authorisation to work as a geriatric care assistant, nursing assistant or nursing assistant
You also need sufficient knowledge of German (at least level B1 at the start of the training, B2 is recommended).
We will be happy to inform you about the possibilities of crediting existing training or partial training and thus shortening the training during a personal interview!
If you have already completed training in a nursing profession abroad, you have the option of taking the knowledge test here or starting an adaptation course .
Training structure
In the three-year generalist nursing training course, you will learn essential skills to assess the individual care needs of people of all ages in different life and care situations. You will be able to organise, design and manage the care process.
Would you like to work in geriatric care later on? Then training to become a carer is the right career path for you!
In the first and second year of training, you will receive general and interdisciplinary training. In the third year of training you can
- graduate as a nursing specialist as part of the generalist training programme or
- obtain the qualification of geriatric nurse with the specialisation "geriatric care".
The generalist nursing training programme is divided into theoretical and practical phases (dual training).
Depending on your choice of training company, you will have to complete internships in the areas of outpatient care, inpatient long-term care (e.g. in a retirement home), acute care (in hospitals) and in-depth internships in psychiatry and paediatrics.
Learning fields
The content of the lessons is divided into 11 areas of expertise:
- start of training - becoming a carer
- Supporting people in need of care in movement and self-care
- Reflecting on initial care experiences - Communicating with a focus on understanding
- Promoting health and acting preventively
- Provide nursing support for people in curative processes and improve patient safety
- Acting safely in acute situations
- Rehabilitative nursing care in an interprofessional team
- Supporting people in critical life situations and in the last phase of life
- Supporting people in organising their lives in a lifeworld-oriented manner
- Promoting development and health in childhood and adolescence in care situations
- Supporting people with mental health problems and cognitive impairments in a person-centred and lifeworld-oriented manner
Application
We look forward to receiving your application with the following application documents:
- Cover letter
- complete CV in tabular form (signed and with e-mail address)
- one passport photo (+ one digital passport photo)
- notarised copies of certificates
- medical certificate
- required vaccination certificates
- Proof of sufficient German language skills (at least level B2)
- Recognition and equivalence of the foreign school-leaving certificate by the responsible certificate recognition office of the respective federal state
You will be informed of other specific entry requirements during the interview.
We will be happy to help you choose your training institution.
Conclusion
After two years of training, you will have the opportunity to decide whether you would like to become a nursing specialist or a geriatric nurse.
After successfully completing the three-year training programme, you will receive state recognition as a nursing specialist or geriatric nurse.
Training allowance
Your training company will pay you an appropriate training allowance. This is based on the collective wages of ver.di and can vary from organisation to organisation. The amounts stated should therefore only be seen as guidelines.
- 1. Year of training: around €1,190
- 2. Year of training: around € 1,252
- 3. Year of training: around € 1,353
Source: ver.di (retrieval date 05/2024)
Training costs
Tuition free.
Full-time training
During the three-year full-time training programme, you will complete general, specialist and practical lessons as well as accompanying internships. The block teaching time is a maximum of 40 hours per week.
BAföG
The latest changes to BAföG have brought numerous improvements: there are more people entitled to funding and higher funding amounts. Please contact your education funding office. You can find the locations of all offices at www.das-neue-bafoeg.de
- BAföG can be applied for our vocational training programme. Find out more at: www.bafög.de
- AFBG: Upgrading Training Assistance Act ("Meister BAföG"). Find out more at: www.aufstiegs-bafoeg.de
- Education loan: www.kfw.de
During the interview, we will also inform you about the possibility of municipal reimbursement of travel expenses, scholarship offers and job vacancies with our cooperation partners.
WeGebAU
Low-skilled employees, unskilled employees and employees in small and medium-sized enterprises can be supported: Your employer must release you from work for the duration of the training programme while continuing to pay your salary. Under certain conditions, the employer can be granted a wage subsidy. To do this, your employer must enquire about individual funding options at the Employer Service of the Employment Agency.
Education voucher
Funding via education voucher from the employment agency or job centre (according to SGB II or III), but also possible via pension insurance providers and BFD.
Please enquire with your case manager about your personal funding options. If you fulfil the requirements, the course fees and any other costs will be covered.
Generalist education voucher
Funding in accordance with SGB II/SGB III (education voucher) is probably possible; advice on this is provided by the job centre or employment agency.