94 hospitals · 33 countries
Hospitals that hire international health staff
Who the big teaching hospitals are, whether they recruit from abroad, what you need before they can hire you, and the national pay scale that applies. Every page is checked against the hospital's own careers site and official sources.
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UK and Ireland
United Kingdom· 10 hospitals
- Barts Health NHS TrustNHS trust · LondonA group of five east London hospitals, including St Bartholomew's and The Royal London, that employs doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and scientists. It is a licensed visa sponsor, and its one dedicated international programme is OSCE preparation for the nurses it hires from abroad.Working here
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNHS foundation trust · CambridgeAddenbrooke's and the Rosie in Cambridge, with over 11,000 staff including around 1,500 doctors. CUH is a licensed sponsor, and its own overseas recruitment programme, run for about ten years, is for nurses, with OSCE preparation, rent help and short-term accommodation.Working here
- Cardiff and Vale University Health BoardNHS Wales university health board · CardiffThe health board for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, with about 17,000 staff and the University Hospital of Wales, employing doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and scientists. It is a licensed sponsor and has recruited overseas specialist doctors through a Welsh Government scheme.Working here
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustNHS foundation trust · LondonOne of the largest NHS foundation trusts in the UK, running five London hospitals including Evelina London and Royal Brompton and Harefield, and employing doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and scientists. It is a licensed visa sponsor and runs an international programme for nurses.Working here
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustNHS trust · LondonFive hospitals in central and west London, including St Mary's, Charing Cross and Hammersmith. It is a licensed sponsor and publishes which roles it will sponsor for overseas doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and healthcare scientists.Working here
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustNHS trust · LeedsA 20,000-strong teaching trust running seven hospitals on five sites in Leeds, employing doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and scientists. It is a licensed sponsor and hosts an NMC OSCE test centre, a trust-run OSCE course for nurses and medical observerships for doctors.Working here
- Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustNHS foundation trust · ManchesterOne of the largest acute trusts in the UK, with over 28,000 staff across ten hospitals in Manchester and Trafford, employing doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and scientists. It is a licensed sponsor, and its dedicated international scheme is the International Fellowship Scheme for overseas doctors.Working here
- NHS Greater Glasgow and ClydeNHS Scotland health board · GlasgowThe largest NHS organisation in Scotland, with around 41,000 staff and 23 hospitals including the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. It is a licensed sponsor and recruits through the NHS Scotland job portal.Working here
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNHS foundation trust · OxfordOne of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK, with over 16,000 staff across the John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Horton hospitals. It runs a Bridging Programme for internationally educated nurses and fellowship schemes for overseas doctors in some specialties.Working here
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustNHS foundation trust · BirminghamA Birmingham trust of more than 20,000 staff running Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals, employing doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and scientists. It is a licensed sponsor, and its published international programme is for nurses.Working here
Ireland· 6 hospitals
- Beaumont HospitalAcademic teaching hospital · DublinBeaumont is RCSI's principal teaching hospital, Ireland's largest national neuroscience centre and home of the National Kidney Transplant Service, with over 4,500 staff in north Dublin.Working here
- Cork University HospitalHSE statutory university teaching hospital · CorkCUH is the largest HSE-run hospital in Ireland and the only Model 4 hospital with adult, paediatric, maternity and mental health services on one campus. It employs over 5,000 staff.Working here
- Mater Misericordiae University HospitalVoluntary university teaching hospital · DublinThe Mater is a level 4 voluntary teaching hospital in Dublin's north inner city with over 4,220 staff and a long list of national services, from heart and lung transplant to spinal injuries.Working here
- St James's HospitalAcute academic teaching hospital · DublinSt James's describes itself as Ireland's largest acute academic teaching hospital. It offers a relocation package for staff moving from overseas and pays on the HSE consolidated salary scales.Working here
- St Vincent's University HospitalVoluntary academic teaching hospital · DublinSt Vincent's is a UCD teaching hospital at Elm Park in Dublin 4, home to national liver and pancreas transplant and cystic fibrosis services, employing doctors, nurses, health and social care professionals and scientists. Its recent international recruitment has included nurses from the Philippines and India.Working here
- University Hospital GalwayHSE university teaching hospital · GalwayUHG is the Model 4 hospital of Galway University Hospitals, a supra-regional cancer and cardiac centre for the west of Ireland, run by the HSE in the West and North West region.Working here
Western Europe
Germany· 6 hospitals
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinUniversity medical centre · BerlinCharité employs more than 25,000 people across four Berlin campuses. It recruits registered nurses directly in seven countries and pays for their recognition; doctors and other health professionals apply to advertised posts once their German recognition is in place.Working here
- LMU Klinikum MünchenUniversity medical centre · MunichLMU Klinikum, Munich's largest university hospital, employs around 11,900 people on two campuses. Its integration team takes international nurses through recognition, aiming to finish it in the first year; doctors and other health professionals apply to advertised posts.Working here
- TUM KlinikumUniversity medical centre · MunichThe Technical University of Munich's hospital, formed in 2024 from Klinikum rechts der Isar and the German Heart Centre Munich, employs around 8,500 people. Its integration team supports nurses with foreign qualifications; doctors and other health professionals apply to advertised posts.Working here
- Uniklinik KölnUniversity medical centre · CologneCologne's university hospital employs around 12,000 people from more than 100 nations. A dedicated team recruits international nurses, who can start as nursing assistants while recognition is completed; doctors and other health professionals apply to advertised posts.Working here
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)University medical centre · HamburgHamburg's university hospital employs more than 17,000 people. For nurses with foreign qualifications it runs its own adaptation course and a federal pilot that admits nurses with B1 German; doctors and other health professionals apply to advertised posts.Working here
- Universitätsklinikum HeidelbergUniversity medical centre · HeidelbergHeidelberg's university hospital employs more than 14,500 people from 133 nations. It has recruited several hundred nurses from abroad through the government-run Triple Win programme since 2017; doctors and other health professionals apply to advertised posts.Working here
Netherlands· 7 hospitals
- Amsterdam UMCUniversity medical centre · AmsterdamAmsterdam UMC is the university medical centre of Amsterdam, run from the AMC and VUmc locations. Clinical jobs need BIG registration and Dutch; research jobs and pay follow the national Cao umc.Working here
- Erasmus MCUniversity medical centre · RotterdamErasmus MC in Rotterdam describes itself as the largest university medical centre in the Netherlands, and it has an International Office that handles permits for new international employees.Working here
- Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)University medical centre · LeidenLeiden University Medical Center has a Visa Service Desk that applies to the IND for new international staff and their families. Clinical roles still need BIG registration and Dutch.Working here
- Maastricht University Medical Center+ (Maastricht UMC+)University medical centre · MaastrichtMaastricht UMC+ sits on the Belgian and German borders and already employs many international colleagues. Clinical work needs BIG registration and Dutch; pay follows the Cao umc.Working here
- Radboud university medical center (Radboudumc)University medical centre · NijmegenRadboudumc in Nijmegen has an International Office HR that arranges immigration for new non-EU employees and a guesthouse for international staff. Clinical roles need BIG registration and Dutch.Working here
- UMC UtrechtUniversity medical centre · UtrechtUMC Utrecht has more than 1,100 beds and 12,000 employees, and uses the International Service Desk to handle visas and permits for international staff. Clinical roles need BIG registration and Dutch.Working here
- University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)University medical centre · GroningenUMCG is the largest university medical centre in the north of the Netherlands, with about 13,000 colleagues. Clinical roles need BIG registration and Dutch; pay follows the Cao umc.Working here
France· 2 hospitals
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)University hospital group · ParisAP-HP runs 38 hospitals in and around Paris with 100,000 staff in 230 occupations. It recruits openly online, but non-EU health professionals reach it through France's national authorisation routes, in French.Working here
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)University hospital group · LyonThe Hospices Civils de Lyon, France's second-largest university hospital trust, employ 24,000 people across 13 public hospitals. Non-EU health professionals reach them through France's national authorisation routes, in French.Working here
Belgium· 2 hospitals
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-LucUniversity hospital · BrusselsSaint-Luc, a Brussels university hospital linked to UCLouvain, has 973 licensed beds and about 6,000 staff from 72 nationalities. It works in French and recruits only through its own jobs site.Working here
- UZ Leuven (University Hospitals Leuven)University hospital · LeuvenUZ Leuven is Belgium's largest university hospital, with 10,147 staff at the end of 2025, including 1,950 doctors and dentists and 3,006 nurses and midwives. It has run a small government-to-government pilot with Indian nurses and is clear that clinical work needs Dutch.Working here
Luxembourg· 2 hospitals
- Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL)Acute hospital with teaching and research missions · LuxembourgThe CHL, created in Luxembourg City in 1976, had 2,995 employees in more than 50 occupations and of 42 nationalities in 2025. It advertises posts online, but you need a Luxembourg licence and B2 French or German first.Working here
- Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (HRS)Private hospital group · LuxembourgHôpitaux Robert Schuman is a private hospital group in Luxembourg City with more than 2,450 employees and 360 doctors. It says plainly that you need French or German, and sometimes both.Working here
Switzerland· 2 hospitals
- Inselspital, Universitätsspital BernUniversity hospital · BernBern's university hospital, the centre of the Insel Gruppe, has around 11,000 staff and pays the cost of Swiss Red Cross recognition of foreign health diplomas. Non-EU applicants in every profession face Switzerland's strict permit rules.Working here
- Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ)University hospital · ZurichZurich's university hospital employs staff from 93 nations. Before you apply it asks nurses for SRK recognition or a positive PreCheck and doctors for MEBEKO recognition, and other regulated health professions need Swiss recognition too.Working here
Liechtenstein· 1 hospital
Nordic and Baltic countries
Sweden· 2 hospitals
- Karolinska University HospitalUniversity hospital · StockholmKarolinska University Hospital in Stockholm employs about 16,500 people and was ranked 4th in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026. To work there clinically you need a Swedish licence and Swedish at C1.Working here
- Sahlgrenska University HospitalUniversity hospital · GothenburgSahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg calls itself Sweden's largest hospital, with 17,400 employees on four sites. It recruits internationally, but asks for a Swedish licence and Swedish at C1.Working here
Norway· 2 hospitals
- Haukeland University HospitalUniversity hospital trust · BergenHaukeland University Hospital in Bergen is the regional hospital for Western Norway, with over 13,000 employees. It needs Norwegian authorisation and Norwegian at university-entrance level for patient-facing work.Working here
- Oslo University HospitalUniversity hospital trust · OsloOslo University Hospital is Norway's largest university hospital, with about 25,000 employees. It hires through Webcruiter, works in Norwegian and needs Norwegian authorisation or a licence before you start.Working here
Denmark· 2 hospitals
- Aarhus University HospitalUniversity hospital · AarhusAarhus University Hospital calls itself Denmark's first and largest super-hospital, with more than 10,000 employees. Most posts are described only in Danish, and clinical roles need Danish authorisation.Working here
- Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University HospitalUniversity hospital · CopenhagenRigshospitalet is Denmark's highly specialised national hospital, ranked 1st in Denmark by Newsweek in 2026. It needs Danish authorisation and Danish for any post with patient contact, and it does not hire through agencies.Working here
Finland· 2 hospitals
- HUS Helsinki University HospitalUniversity hospital group · HelsinkiHUS Helsinki University Hospital is Finland's biggest healthcare provider, with 26,500 employees in 2025. It welcomes international applicants, but its working languages are Finnish and Swedish.Working here
- Tampere University Hospital (Tays)University hospital · TampereTampere University Hospital (Tays) is run by the Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa, Finland's largest, which employs more than 19,000 people. Every Pirha vacancy needs at least Finnish at B1.1.Working here
Iceland· 2 hospitals
- Akureyri Hospital (Sjúkrahúsið á Akureyri)Specialty and teaching hospital · AkureyriAkureyri Hospital (SAk) is one of Iceland's two specialty hospitals and the medical base for the national air ambulance. It recruits doctors, nurses and other health professionals through Starfatorg, and has recently appealed publicly for nursing staff.Working here
- Landspítali, the National University Hospital of IcelandNational university hospital · ReykjavíkLandspítali is Iceland's largest healthcare provider, with more than 7,000 staff. It has an International Staff Services team, pays for Icelandic classes in your first two years and gets expedited permit processing.Working here
Estonia· 2 hospitals
- North Estonia Medical Centre (Regionaalhaigla)Regional hospital foundation · TallinnEstonia's largest cancer, trauma, heart and psychiatric centres, with almost 5,000 people across the Regionaalhaigla group. The hospital welcomes international applicants but expects registration in Estonia and Estonian for clinical work.Working here
- Tartu University Hospital (Tartu Ülikooli Kliinikum)University hospital foundation · TartuEstonia's only university hospital and its only organ transplant centre, with 963 beds and more than 5,000 employees. It recruits in Estonian, through the national registration route.Working here
Latvia· 2 hospitals
- Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University HospitalState-owned university hospital · RigaA multi-profile university hospital in Riga, founded in 1910, with about 3,460 employees and Latvia's cardiology and transplantation centres. Its adverts quote hourly pay, and every post requires Latvian.Working here
- Riga East Clinical University HospitalState-owned university hospital · RigaLatvia's largest multi-profile hospital, with more than 2,000 beds on five inpatient sites and almost 5,000 staff. It recruits in Latvian through its own careers pages.Working here
Lithuania· 2 hospitals
- Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikosUniversity hospital · KaunasLithuania's largest multi-profile hospital, with more than 8,000 staff and about 1.6 million patient visits a year. Its Lithuanian adverts often state the salary.Working here
- Vilnius University Hospital Santaros KlinikosUniversity hospital · VilniusOne of Lithuania's largest hospitals, with about 5,900 staff and around 250 transplants a year. Clinical posts need a Lithuanian practice licence and Lithuanian.Working here
Southern Europe
Spain· 2 hospitals
- Hospital Clínic de BarcelonaPublic university hospital · BarcelonaHospital Clínic, Barcelona's public university hospital, has 7,180 staff and 755 beds and hires doctors, nurses and other health professionals through its own jobs portal. Its adverts welcome recently homologated professionals from abroad, and permanent contracts require Catalan within three years.Working here
- Hospital Universitario Virgen del RocíoPublic university hospital · SevilleVirgen del Rocío in Seville is the largest hospital complex in Andalusia's public health system, with 10,148 staff including doctors, nurses and other health professionals. It hires through the Andalusian Health Service, whose statutory posts are open to Spanish and EU nationals.Working here
Portugal· 2 hospitals
- Unidade Local de Saúde de Braga (Hospital de Braga)Public hospital and local health unit · BragaULS Braga runs the Hospital de Braga in northern Portugal, a 704-bed hospital serving about 1.2 million people, with 4,791 staff including doctors, nurses and other health professionals at the end of 2025. It recruits through its own recruitment portal and public competitions, in Portuguese.Working here
- Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria (Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon)Public university hospital and local health unit · LisbonULS Santa Maria runs Lisbon's Hospital de Santa Maria and serves more than 350,000 people. It recruits doctors, nurses and other health professionals through public competitions and spontaneous applications, and expects registration with the relevant Portuguese professional order.Working here
Italy· 2 hospitals
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto IPublic university hospital trust · RomeRome's Policlinico Umberto I is a public university hospital with 1,235 beds and 4,700 staff, hiring doctors, nurses, midwives and other health professionals through public competitions. Those competitions are open to non-EU citizens only with an EU long-term residence permit, refugee or subsidiary protection status.Working here
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSPrivate non-profit university hospital and research hospital · RomeGemelli in Rome is a private non-profit university hospital with 1,526 beds and 5,322 employees, recruiting doctors, nurses, midwives and other health professionals through its own job portal rather than public competitions. Italian recognition, registration and Italian language still apply to every regulated profession.Working here
Malta· 2 hospitals
- Gozo General HospitalPublic general hospital · Victoria, GozoGozo General Hospital is the only hospital on Gozo, linked to Mater Dei by air and land ambulance. Its doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health staff are public officers hired through Malta's public service calls, with the same registration, language and eligibility rules.Working here
- Mater Dei HospitalPublic acute general and teaching hospital · MsidaMater Dei in Msida is Malta's main public acute and teaching hospital, employing doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. It hires through public service calls that need council registration, Maltese and English, and that are open to non-EU citizens mainly through long-term residence.Working here
Greece· 2 hospitals
- AHEPA University General Hospital of ThessalonikiPublic university general hospital · ThessalonikiAHEPA is the 627-bed university hospital of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, employing doctors, nurses and other health professionals within Greece's National Health System. Permanent ESY doctor posts need Greek or EU citizenship, but its fixed-term service contracts for doctors also accept third-country nationals with long-term residence or an EU Blue Card.Working here
- Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens (Evangelismos - Polykliniki)Public general hospital · AthensEvangelismos in central Athens opened in 1884 and has been a public ESY hospital since 1983, employing doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Its permanent doctor posts follow ESY rules that require Greek or EU citizenship, and everything happens in Greek.Working here
Cyprus· 2 hospitals
- Limassol General HospitalPublic general hospital · LimassolLimassol General is a State Health Services Organisation hospital in the Limassol-Paphos directorate, staffed by doctors, nurses and other health professionals. It hires through SHSO notices that require Cypriot or EU citizenship, with a narrow exception, and very good Greek.Working here
- Nicosia General HospitalPublic general hospital · NicosiaNicosia General is the State Health Services Organisation's flagship hospital and, by its own account, the largest in Cyprus, with 217 doctors and 1,009 nursing officers. SHSO hires only Cypriot and EU citizens unless the Council of Ministers allows an exception, and asks for very good Greek.Working here
Central and Eastern Europe
Austria· 2 hospitals
- LKH-Univ. Klinikum GrazUniversity hospital · GrazStyria's university hospital is run by KAGes and works with the Medical University of Graz. KAGes's international recruiting unit brings in nurses with B1 German and a nostrifiable degree; doctors and other health professionals apply to advertised posts.Working here
- Universitätsklinikum AKH WienUniversity hospital · ViennaVienna's university hospital employs around 9,000 people and is run with the Medical University of Vienna. Doctors are hired by MedUni Wien; nurses and most other health professionals by the Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, which has recruited nurses abroad through #Nurses4Vienna.Working here
Poland· 2 hospitals
- University Clinical Centre of the Medical University of Warsaw (Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego)University hospital · WarsawThe Medical University of Warsaw's clinical centre runs three teaching hospitals in the capital. To work there from outside the EU you need a Polish right to practise and working Polish.Working here
- University Hospital in Kraków (Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie)University hospital · KrakówThe Jagiellonian University's teaching hospital runs 1,279 beds across its Prokocim campus and the historic Kopernika complex. Non-EU staff need a Polish right to practise and working Polish.Working here
Czechia· 2 hospitals
- General University Hospital in Prague (Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze)University hospital · PragueThe teaching hospital of the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University, founded in 1790. It takes foreign-trained doctors and pharmacists for the 6-month practical part of the Czech approbation examination and accepts nurses and other health workers who are going through recognition.Working here
- Motol University Hospital (Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka)University hospital · PraguePrague's Motol University Hospital merged with Na Homolce Hospital on 1 January 2026 to form Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka (FNMH), which describes itself as the largest hospital in the Czech Republic.Working here
Slovakia· 2 hospitals
- Louis Pasteur University Hospital Košice (Univerzitná nemocnica L. Pasteura Košice)State university hospital · KošiceUNLP Košice calls itself the second largest hospital in Slovakia and the end-referral hospital for the whole of eastern Slovakia. It accepts nurse applications all year round, and internationally trained doctors, nurses, midwives and other health professionals reach it through the national recognition route.Working here
- University Hospital Bratislava (Univerzitná nemocnica Bratislava)State university hospital · BratislavaUNB describes itself as the largest hospital in Slovakia: five hospitals across Bratislava, about 1,400 doctors and a long-running shortage of nurses. Its human resources team helps third-country applicants with recognition, exam preparation and permits.Working here
Hungary· 2 hospitals
- Semmelweis University Clinical CentreUniversity clinical centre · BudapestHungary's oldest medical university runs more than forty clinical departments in Budapest. To work there you need a recognised qualification, OKFŐ registration and working Hungarian.Working here
- University of Debrecen Clinical CentreUniversity clinical centre · DebrecenOne of Hungary's largest healthcare providers, with nearly 3,500 beds across campuses in Debrecen and Berettyóújfalu. Posts are advertised in Hungarian under the national health service employment law.Working here
Slovenia· 2 hospitals
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana (Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana)Public university hospital · LjubljanaSlovenia's largest healthcare institution employs about 8,700 people and has a page for foreign applicants. Expect to need recognised qualifications and Slovenian at B2 or C1.Working here
- University Medical Centre Maribor (Univerzitetni klinični center Maribor)Public university hospital · MariborNorth-eastern Slovenia's university hospital had 3,784 staff at the end of 2024. It hires only through advertised vacancies, and foreign-trained staff need recognition and Slovenian.Working here
Croatia· 2 hospitals
- Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka (Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka)Public clinical hospital centre · RijekaKBC Rijeka is the main hospital for about 600,000 people in western Croatia, with 1,069 beds and more than 3,800 staff. It employs doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and other health professionals through Croatian-language tenders that ask for a licence for independent work.Working here
- University Hospital Centre Zagreb (Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb)Public university hospital centre · ZagrebKBC Zagreb is Croatia's largest health institution and its Central National Hospital. It hires through open job tenders in Croatian; you need a recognised qualification, a Croatian licence and B2 Croatian first.Working here
Romania· 2 hospitals
- Bucharest Clinical Emergency Hospital (Floreasca)Public clinical emergency hospital · BucharestRomania's first emergency hospital, founded in 1934, with 731 beds in 16 wards and a 24/7 SMURD helicopter crew. Posts are filled by public competition (concurs) in Romanian.Working here
- Cluj-Napoca County Emergency Clinical HospitalPublic regional emergency hospital · Cluj-NapocaNorth-west Romania's regional emergency hospital, with 1,542 beds, more than 3,000 employees and 41 clinical and non-clinical wards. It publishes salary lists for every post, as Romanian law requires.Working here
Bulgaria· 2 hospitals
- University Hospital Alexandrovska (UMBAL Alexandrovska)University multi-profile hospital · SofiaBulgaria's first university and multi-profile hospital, founded in 1879, with 26 clinics in central Sofia. It recruits in Bulgarian, and non-EU graduates must first pass Bulgaria's language and state exams.Working here
- University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment St. George (UMBAL Sveti Georgi)University multi-profile hospital · PlovdivA two-site university hospital in Plovdiv with more than 1,500 beds and nearly 2,900 staff, serving five provinces of south-central Bulgaria. Its adverts ask for a CV in Bulgarian and membership of the professional body.Working here
North America
United States· 10 hospitals
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterAcademic medical center · Los Angeles, CaliforniaCedars-Sinai is a nonprofit academic medical center in Los Angeles that began in 1902 as a 12-bed hospital. It publishes no international recruitment program, so doctors, nurses, pharmacists and therapists trained abroad need the right California license, and visa options are set program by program or role by role.Working here
- Cleveland ClinicAcademic medical center · Cleveland, OhioCleveland Clinic is one of the largest health systems in the US, with 83,000 caregivers at the end of 2025. It publishes clear H-1B and J-1 rules for doctors in residency and a paid observership for physicians practicing abroad, while nurses, pharmacists, therapists and scientists trained abroad apply to individual roles.Working here
- Houston Methodist HospitalAcademic medical center · Houston, TexasHouston Methodist Hospital is a 1,000-bed academic hospital in the Texas Medical Center with 9,078 employees. The international recruitment it describes is for nurses, through an international nursing agency; doctors trained abroad enter through its residency programs, and other professionals apply to individual roles.Working here
- Massachusetts General HospitalAcademic medical center · Boston, MassachusettsMassachusetts General Hospital is a 1,045-bed teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Mass General Brigham, whose Office for Global Professionals and Scholars handles visas for its hospitals.Working here
- Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota)Academic medical center · Rochester, MinnesotaMayo Clinic's Rochester campus is one of the largest hospital employers in the Midwest. Its published international routes are for nurses, with dedicated visa support that may include green card sponsorship, and for doctors in its residency programs, which sponsor J-1 and some H-1B visas; pharmacists, therapists and scientists apply to individual roles.Working here
- NewYork-Presbyterian HospitalAcademic medical center · New York, New YorkNewYork-Presbyterian is New York City's academic system of Columbia and Weill Cornell Medicine, with 45,000 employees, 10,000 physicians and 14,000 nurses. It publishes no international recruitment program, and visa rules for residents differ by program.Working here
- Northwestern Memorial HospitalAcademic medical center · Chicago, IllinoisNorthwestern Memorial Hospital anchors the 11-hospital Northwestern Medicine system in downtown Chicago. Residents train through McGaw Medical Center, which sponsors H-1B visas only for exceptional candidates and otherwise uses the J-1, while nurses and other professionals apply to individual roles.Working here
- Stanford Health Care (Stanford Hospital)Academic medical center · Palo Alto, CaliforniaStanford Health Care is the adult academic health system of Stanford Medicine, with 619 licensed beds and 17,200 employees. Doctors in training use the ECFMG J-1, as Stanford does not sponsor H-1B visas for international medical graduates, and nurses and other professionals apply to individual roles with a California license.Working here
- The Johns Hopkins HospitalAcademic medical center · Baltimore, MarylandThe Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, founded in 1889, is the main teaching hospital of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Residents and clinical fellows who graduated abroad train on an ECFMG-sponsored J-1 visa, while nurses, pharmacists, therapists and scientists trained abroad apply to individual roles.Working here
- UCLA Health (Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center)Academic medical center · Los Angeles, CaliforniaRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is UCLA Health's 520-bed flagship in Westwood. Its residency visa policy prefers the ECFMG J-1 and allows H-1B only in defined cases, while nurses and other professionals trained abroad apply to individual roles with a California license.Working here
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