Hôpitaux Robert Schuman Careers, Salaries & Jobs

Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (HRS) was formed in 2014 by bringing together the Clinique Bohler, the Hôpital Kirchberg and the ZithaKlinik in Luxembourg City and the Clinique Sainte Marie in Esch-sur-Alzette, which closed in May 2025.

HRS describes itself as a leading private hospital group in Luxembourg, with a further service site at the Cloche d'Or.

Its careers site gives these figures for 2025: more than 2,450 employees and 360 doctors, more than 700 beds across its sites, 30 nationalities, nearly 35,000 operations, more than 80,000 outpatient and emergency attendances and 197,000 days of hospital care. It also says it made more than 250 hires in 2025.

Care is organised in six competence poles: woman, mother and child; internal medicine; musculoskeletal; psychiatry; visceral surgery and oncology; and geriatrics, together with a national specialised ophthalmology service and the national juvenile psychiatry service.

Two points matter for an international applicant. First, HRS doctors are self-employed (libéral) practitioners accredited to the hospital, not HRS employees, so most HRS vacancies are for nurses and other salaried staff. Second, HRS says all staff need at least French or German, that one language alone is sometimes not enough, and that each advert states the languages required.

Run by

Fondation Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (declared of public utility in 1992), through HRS - Hôpitaux Robert Schuman S.A., created in 2016 to run its hospitals

Leadership

• Dr Marc Berna, Directeur général
• Prof. Claude Braun, Directeur médical
• Prof. Gilbert Massard, Directeur médical
• Christian Kirwel, Directeur des soins

• Woman, mother and child

  Obstetrics with 2,965 births in 2024, neonatology, high-risk pregnancy care, gynaecology and paediatric emergencies.

• Musculoskeletal surgery

  The Kirchberg endoprosthetics centre, set up in 2013, is certified (EndoCert) as Luxembourg's first and only hip and knee surgery centre, according to HRS.

• Psychiatry

  Adult psychiatry at Kirchberg and the national juvenile psychiatry service (SNPJ).

• Specialised ophthalmology

  The national specialised ophthalmology service (SNOS) provides round-the-clock care for surgical eye emergencies such as retinal detachment.

• Visceral surgery and oncology

  One of HRS's six competence poles, covering digestive surgery and cancer care.

• Geriatrics

  A dedicated geriatrics pole, including geriatric rehabilitation.

• HRS's careers site has a section on the steps for working in health care in Luxembourg. It tells candidates to have a diploma obtained outside Luxembourg recognised and then to apply to the Ministry of Health and Social Security for authorisation to practise, and recommends starting these steps as soon as you plan to apply, because documents can take weeks or months.
• On languages, HRS says it works in a multilingual environment, that candidates must master at least French or German, that one of these languages is sometimes not enough, and that its adverts always state the language requirements.
• HRS does not describe an international recruitment programme or visa support. Its staff come from 30 nationalities; its 2024 report lists French (34%), Luxembourg (31%), German (15%) and Belgian (9%) nationals as the largest groups among 2,329 staff. It does not accept spontaneous applications: you apply to published vacancies or set a job alert.
• Doctors at HRS are self-employed practitioners accredited to the hospital (médecins agréés). HRS also takes trainee doctors in specialty training (MEVS) for part of their specialisation, and more than 1,000 trainees a year in total.

• Authorisation to practise from the Ministry of Health and Social Security. HRS's careers site says general care nurses and midwives can apply for it directly, without the recognition procedure; Guichet.lu applies this exemption to qualifications listed in Annex V of Directive 2005/36/EC. Other qualifications need recognition first, from the Ministry of Research and Higher Education (MESR) for degrees above secondary level.

• Language: the licence requires B2 in French or German, and HRS adds that one language is sometimes not enough. Check the language line in each advert.

• Doctors with a non-EU diploma must first be recognised in another EU member state on an equal footing with Annex V diplomas before applying for a Luxembourg licence. At HRS, doctors work as self-employed accredited practitioners rather than employees.

• Residence permit: non-EU nationals need a residence permit, for example an EU Blue Card or a salaried worker permit after the employer declares the vacancy to ADEM.

• Licence fees: €75 for nurses and other health professions and €450 for doctors, paid online through MyGuichet.lu.

1. 1

   Start recognition and your licence early

   Follow the Guichet.lu steps for your profession. HRS recommends starting as soon as you consider applying in Luxembourg because documents take weeks or months.
2. 2

   Get B2 French or German

   B2 is the licence minimum; HRS says some posts need both languages.
3. 3

   Search HRS vacancies

   Use recrutement.hs.lu to search published job offers by profession; read the language requirements in each advert.
4. 4

   Set a job alert

   HRS does not take spontaneous applications. If nothing fits, create a job alert to be told by email when a matching post is published.
5. 5

   Apply and interview

   Apply directly to the vacancy online and follow HRS's selection process.
6. 6

   Arrange your residence permit

   Non-EU nationals plan a Blue Card or salaried worker permit with the employer, starting with a long-stay visa.