UNLP Košice Careers, Salaries & Jobs

Univerzitná nemocnica L. Pasteura Košice (UNLP) is a state contributory organisation whose founder is the Slovak Ministry of Health.

It describes itself as the second largest hospital in Slovakia and the end-referral hospital for the whole region of eastern Slovakia.

The hospital works across two campuses: the historic 'old hospital' at Rastislavova 43, opened as the State Hospital in Košice on 24 June 1924, and the 'new hospital' at Trieda SNP 1, whose inpatient wing opened in 1981. Its own pages give more than 1,356 beds and 3,530 employees, with 46 clinical departments: 25 clinics, 11 departments, 9 specialised centres and 3 institutes.

UNLP is the teaching base of the Faculty of Medicine of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (UPJŠ) in Košice and of the Faculty of Health Care of the University of Prešov, as well as several secondary health schools. It also runs biomedical research and clinical trials.

For an internationally trained health professional, UNLP is the largest public employer in eastern Slovakia. Clinical work is in Slovak, so you follow the national recognition route: recognition by SUDV, the supplementary exam in Slovak and chamber registration, with the option of starting as a supervised trainee.

Founded

1924

Run by

Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (state contributory organisation)

Leadership

• Ľuboslav Beňa, Director (riaditeľ)
• Ivana Baraníková, Deputy Director for Medical Care, Internal Medicine Fields (námestníčka Úseku LPS pre internistické odbory)
• Tomáš Gajdzik, Acting Deputy Director for Medical Care, Surgical Fields (poverený funkciou námestníka Úseku LPS pre chirurgické odbory)
• Alena Kellnerová, Deputy Director for Nursing (námestníčka Úseku ošetrovateľstva)

Switchboard

+421 55 615 3111

• Emergency and trauma care

  Emergency departments (oddelenie urgentného príjmu) on both campuses, the Clinic of Trauma Surgery at Rastislavova and the Clinic of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Trauma at Trieda SNP.

• Neurosurgery and neurology

  The Neurosurgical Clinic and the Neurological Clinic at Trieda SNP, with a further neurology department at Rastislavova.

• Haematology and oncohaematology

  The Clinic of Haematology and Oncohaematology at Trieda SNP.

• Transplantation and tissue banking

  A transplant department at Trieda SNP and the Combined Tissue Bank (Združená tkanivová banka) at Rastislavova.

• Infectious diseases and travel medicine

  The Clinic of Infectology and Travel Medicine at Rastislavova. During the first two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic the Rastislavova campus was the end-referral 'red' hospital, treating more than 2,500 Covid patients.

• Occupational medicine and clinical toxicology

  The Clinic of Occupational Medicine and Clinical Toxicology at Rastislavova.

• Head and neck surgery

  The Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and the Clinic of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery.

• UNLP's own careers pages do not describe an international recruitment programme, relocation package or support for applicants trained outside the EU, and its adverts are in Slovak. We found no hospital page naming a recruitment agency or a partner country.
• Its adverts say serious applicants have the door open all year round, so nurse vacancies are not limited to a closing date. You send a CV with a short application, saying which department you would like to work in, and suitable candidates are invited to interview.
• International applicants therefore reach UNLP by applying directly to its personnel department ([email protected]), usually once SUDV has recognised their formal qualification. At that point Slovak law lets a hospital employ you as a supervised temporary trainee for up to 18 months while you prepare for the supplementary exam in Slovak.
• Before you rely on the hospital to arrange permits, ask the personnel department whether it will apply to the labour office for confirmation that the vacancy can be filled, which is the basis for temporary residence for employment.

• Recognition of your qualification: with a diploma from outside the EU, apply to the Centre for the Recognition of Diplomas (SUDV) at the Ministry of Education. The first decision recognises your formal qualification; after the supplementary exam you apply again for recognition of your professional qualification.

• Supplementary exam in Slovak: doctors sit it at the Faculty of Medicine of the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava; nurses with a bachelor's degree at its Faculty of Nursing and Health Professional Studies. It has a written and an oral part and is held only in Slovak.

• Temporary professional traineeship: after the first recognition decision you can work under supervision for up to 18 months, without interruption, at one provider and only once. You give the employer a declaration that you know Slovak or English to the extent needed, and the employer must notify the Ministry of Health.

• Slovak language: knowledge of the state language to the extent needed for your profession is a condition of practising. Passing the supplementary exam counts as proof; otherwise the Ministry of Health tests your Slovak.

• Chamber registration: doctors register with the Slovak Medical Chamber and nurses and midwives with the Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives when they start work.

• Residence and work: non-EU staff usually need temporary residence for employment, based on a labour office confirmation that the vacancy can be filled, or an EU Blue Card. Shortage lists are published per region every quarter; check the Košice region list for your role. EU, EEA and Swiss citizens need no permit.

1. 1

   Check the vacancies

   Open the UNLP vacancies page (unlp.sk/personalne-informacie/volne-pracovne-miesta). Adverts are PDF files in Slovak; in 2026 they included general nurse and scrub nurse posts across several clinics.
2. 2

   Send a CV and short application

   Email your CV and a short application to the personnel department at [email protected], with the signed consent to the processing of personal data that the page provides. Say which clinic or department you would like to work in.
3. 3

   Get your formal qualification recognised

   Apply to SUDV with your diploma, transcript and an official Slovak translation. Its stated processing time for third-country health qualifications is 2 months from a complete application.
4. 4

   Agree a supervised traineeship

   With the first decision, ask UNLP whether it can employ you as a temporary trainee under supervision for up to 18 months while you prepare for the supplementary exam, and whether it will apply to the labour office for a vacancy confirmation.
5. 5

   Apply for residence

   With the labour office confirmation, apply for temporary residence for employment, or an EU Blue Card if you qualify, at a Slovak embassy or the foreign police.
6. 6

   Pass the exam, complete recognition and register

   Pass the supplementary exam in Slovak, apply to SUDV for recognition of your professional qualification and register with your chamber before you practise independently.

• Nurse, professional activities (UNLP advert, 2026)

  From €1,524.00 a month

  Full time, 0 years of practice.

• Nurse, specialised activities (UNLP advert, 2026)

  From €1,676.40 a month

  Full time, 0 years of practice.

• Advanced practice nurse or nursing manager (UNLP advert, 2026)

  From €1,752.60 a month

  Full time, 0 years of practice.

• Doctor without a specialisation (statutory minimum)

  1.50 times the average monthly wage

  Section 80a(1), Act No. 578/2004.

• Doctor with a specialisation (statutory minimum)

  2.50 times the average monthly wage

  Section 80a(2), Act No. 578/2004.

• Increase for each year worked: 0.015 (doctors without a specialisation), 0.03 (specialists) or 0.01 (most others) times the average wageSection 80b(5), up to 30 years; work in your profession abroad counts.